Patents Assigned to UCB Biopharma SPRL
  • Patent number: 9926313
    Abstract: A series of substituted 3H imidazo[4,5-b]pyridine derivatives of formula (I), being potent modulators of human TNFa activity, are accordingly of benefit in the treatment and/or prevention of various human ailments, including autoimmune and inflammatory disorders; neurological and neurodegenerative disorders; pain and nociceptive disorders; cardiovascular disorders; metabolic disorders; ocular disorders; and oncological disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: UCB BIOPHARMA SPRL
    Inventors: Michael Louis Robert Deligny, Jag Paul Heer, Victoria Elizabeth Jackson, Boris Kroeplien, Fabien Claude Lecomte, John Robert Porter
  • Patent number: 9920052
    Abstract: A series of substituted 1H imidazo[4,5-c]pyridine derivatives of formula (I), being potent modulators of human TNFa activity, are accordingly of benefit in the treatment and/or prevention of various human ailments, including autoimmune and inflammatory disorders; neurological and neurodegenerative disorders; pain and nociceptive disorders; cardiovascular disorders; metabolic disorders; ocular disorders; and oncological disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: UCB Biopharma SPRL
    Inventors: Victoria Elizabeth Jackson, John Robert Porter
  • Patent number: 9908939
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an anti-CSF-1R antibody and binding fragments thereof, DNA encoding the same, host cells comprising said DNA and methods of expressing the antibody or binding fragment in a host cell. The present invention also extends to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the antibody or a binding fragment thereof and use of the antibody, binding fragment and compositions comprising the same in treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: UCB BIOPHARMA SPRL
    Inventors: Graham Craggs, Karine Jeannine Madeleine Hervé, Diane Marshall
  • Patent number: 9902768
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an asymmetric mixed antibody comprising two heavy chains or heavy chain fragments each comprising at least a variable region, a hinge region and a CH1 domain, wherein a first heavy chain or fragment thereof is a class IgG4 and has: a the inter-chain cysteine at position 127, numbered according to the Kabat numbering system, in the CH1 domain is substituted with another amino acid; and b optionally one or more of the amino acids positioned in the upper hinge region is substituted with cysteine, and wherein the second heavy chain or fragment thereof is characterized in that part or all of the chain has a different amino acid sequence to said first heavy chain in at least the region outside the variable region (for example the constant region), formulations comprising the same, therapeutic used of both of the above, and processes for preparing the antibodies and formulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: UCB BIOPHARMA SPRL
    Inventors: David Paul Humphreys, Shirley Jane Peters
  • Patent number: 9902720
    Abstract: A series of substituted pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyridine derivatives, being potent modulators of human TNF? activity, are accordingly of benefit in the treatment and/or prevention of various human ailments, including autoimmune and inflammatory disorders; neurological and neurodegenerative disorders; pain and nociceptive disorders; cardiovascular disorders; metabolic disorders; ocular disorders; and oncological disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: UCB BIOPHARMA SPRL
    Inventors: Daniel Christopher Brookings, Victoria Elizabeth Jackson, Boris Kroeplien
  • Patent number: 9901673
    Abstract: Provided is a cassette unit suitable for use with an auto-injector having an electrically powered drive unit. The cassette unit has a housing defining a cassette unit housing cavity and a needle projection aperture. The housing cavity is arranged for receipt of a syringe suitable for delivery of a drug to a patient. The syringe has a barrel for containing a volume of a liquid drug formulation, the barrel defining a flange at the rear end thereof and a forward shoulder at the forward end thereof. The cassette unit includes one or more shoulder support features for supporting the forward shoulder of the syringe. In use, the one or more shoulder support features act to direct a major part of an applied load path to travel through the shoulder at the forward end of the syringe and lesser load to pass through the flange at the rear end thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: UCB BIOPHARMA SPRL
    Inventors: Martin John McLoughlin, Kevin Richard Lozeau, Agnete Enga, Eric Freitag, Daniel Formosa, Michael Schumann, Brian Lipford, Jake Cowperthwaite, Alex Flamm, Ilario Melzi
  • Patent number: 9901686
    Abstract: The syringe systems disclosed herein provide in part devices for allowing patients with compromised joint strength to more easily administer medicine. Certain exemplary syringe embodiments include a handle forming a handgrip, a syringe barrel that magnifies the dosage marks located on an inner barrel, and a tip cap slidably engageable with the syringe barrel for shielding a needle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: UCB BIOPHARMA SPRL
    Inventors: Darrell P. Morgan, Alex Lee, Dan Formosa, Steven Vordenberg, Joern Vicari, Eric Freitag, Boris Kontorvich
  • Patent number: 9901674
    Abstract: Provided is a cassette unit suitable for use with an auto-injector having an electrically powered drive unit. The cassette unit has a housing defining a cassette unit housing cavity and a needle projection aperture. The housing cavity is arranged for receipt of a syringe for injected delivery of a drug to a patient. The cassette unit includes a removable cap that in a capping position fits over and thereby acts to close off the needle projection aperture; and connecting to the removable cap, a needle cover defining a needle sheath for sheathing the needle tip of the syringe. The removable cap is provided with one or more first engagement features arranged for selectively engaging one or more second engagement features of the cassette unit housing when the removable cap is in the capping position to thereby restrict/prevent rotation of the removable cap and needle cover relative to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: UCB BIOPHARMA SPRL
    Inventors: Martin John McLoughlin, Darrell P. Morgan, Michael James David Heald, Kevin Richard Lozeau, Agnete Enga, Eric Freitag, Daniel Formosa, Michael Schumann, Brian Lipford, Jake Cowperthwaite, Alex Flamm, Ilario Melzi
  • Patent number: 9890154
    Abstract: A series of substituted 3H-imidazo[4,5-c]pyridine derivatives of formula (I), being potent modulators of human TNFa activity, are accordingly of benefit in the treatment and/or prevention of various human ailments, including autoimmune and inflammatory disorders; neurological and neurodegenerative disorders; pain and nociceptive disorders; cardiovascular disorders; metabolic disorders; ocular disorders; and oncological disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: UCB Biopharma SPRL
    Inventors: Victoria Elizabeth Jackson, Boris Kroeplien, John Robert Porter
  • Patent number: 9890174
    Abstract: A series of substituted fused tricyclic imidazole derivatives, in particular dihydro-1H-pyrano[4?,3?:4,5]imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine, 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroimidazo[1,2-a:5,4-c?]dipyridine, dihydro-1H-pyrano[3?,4?:4,5]imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine and tetrahydro-6H-cyclohepta[4,5]imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine, and analogs thereof, being potent modulators of human TNF? activity, are accordingly of benefit in the treatment and/or prevention of various human ailments, including autoimmune and inflammatory disorders; neurological and neurodegenerative disorders; pain and nociceptive disorders; cardiovascular disorders; metabolic disorders; ocular disorders; and oncological disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: UCB BIOPHARMA SPRL
    Inventors: Rikki Peter Alexander, Julien Alistair Brown, Michael Deligny, Jag Paul Heer, Victoria Elizabeth Jackson, Sophie Jadot, Boris Kroeplien, Malcolm Mac Coss, Yogesh Anil Sabnis, Dominique Louis Léon Swinnen, Nathalie Van Houtvin, Zhaoning Zhu
  • Patent number: 9890219
    Abstract: The invention relates to antibody molecules having specificity for antigenic determinants of both IL-17A and IL-17F, therapeutic uses of the antibody molecules and methods for producing said antibody molecules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: UCB BIOPHARMA SPRL
    Inventors: Ralph Adams, Andrew George Popplewell, Stephen Edward Rapecki
  • Publication number: 20180037646
    Abstract: The present invention relates neutralising epitopes of IL-17A and IL-17F and antibodies which bind those epitopes. The present invention also relates to the therapeutic uses of the antibody molecules and methods for producing them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: UCB BIOPHARMA SPRL
    Inventors: Thomas Allen Ceska, Alistair James Henry, Jiye Shi
  • Patent number: 9884152
    Abstract: Provided is a cassette unit suitable for use with an auto-injector having an electrically powered drive unit. The cassette unit has a housing defining a cassette unit housing cavity and a needle projection aperture. The cassette unit housing cavity is arranged for receipt of a syringe suitable for use in the injected delivery of drug to a patient. The cassette unit includes a needle cover defining a needle sheath. The removable cap is provided with a connector defining one or more needle cover gripping elements for gripping the needle cover. The connector defines a central hub and the one or more needle gripper elements attach to the central hub and in spaced arrangement relative to each other. The connector locates within the removable cap such that the central hub of the connector is in spaced relationship with a far end wall or surface of the cap interior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: UCB Biopharma SPRL
    Inventors: Martin John McLoughlin, Darrell P. Morgan, Michael James David Heald, Kevin Richard Lozeau, Agnete Enga, Eric Freitag, Daniel Formosa, Michael Schumann, Brian Lipford, Jake Cowperthwaite, Alex Flamm, Ilario Melzi
  • Patent number: 9878092
    Abstract: There is provided a cassette unit that is suitable for use with an auto-injector having an electrically powered drive unit. The cassette unit has a housing defining a cassette unit housing cavity and a needle projection aperture. The cassette unit housing cavity is arranged for receipt of a syringe that is suitable for use in the injected delivery of drug to a patient. The cassette unit includes a removable cap that in a capping position fits over and thereby, acts such as to close off, the needle projection aperture. The cassette unit includes a cap lock feature movable from a first cap locking position in which it prevents removal of the removable cap from the capping position with the cassette unit to a second cap non-locking position in which it no longer prevents such cap removal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: UCB Biopharma SPRL
    Inventors: Martin John McLoughlin, Darrell P. Morgan, Michael James David Heald, Kevin Richard Lozeau, Agnete Enga, Heather Martin, Eric Freitag, Daniel Formosa, Michael Schumann, Brian Lipford, Jake Cowperthwaite, Alex Flamm, Keith Lipford, Ilario Melzi
  • Publication number: 20180022748
    Abstract: The invention relates to 9H-pyrrolo-dipyridine derivatives of formula I, processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as radiopharmaceuticals in particular as imaging agents for the detection of Tau aggregates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: UCB Biopharma SPRL
    Inventors: Joel Mercier, Laurent Provins, Celine Vermeiren, Yogesh Anil Sabnis
  • Patent number: 9873703
    Abstract: A series of substituted imidazo[1,2-b]pyridazine derivatives of formula (I), being potent modulators of human TNFa activity, are accordingly of benefit in the treatment and/or prevention of various human ailments, including autoimmune and inflammatory disorders; neurological and neurodegenerative disorders; pain and nociceptive disorders; cardiovascular disorders; metabolic disorders; ocular disorders; and oncological disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: UCB BIOPHARMA SPRL
    Inventors: Mezher Hussein Ali, Daniel Christopher Brookings, Julien Alistair Brown, Martin Clive Hutchings, Victoria Elizabeth Jackson, Boris Kroeplien, John Robert Porter, Joanna Rachel Quincey
  • Patent number: 9873735
    Abstract: The invention relates to antibody molecules having specificity for antigenic determinants of human OX40, therapeutic uses of the antibody molecules and methods for producing said antibody molecules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: UCB Biopharma Sprl
    Inventors: Ralph Adams, Pallavi Bhatta, Sam Philip Heywood, David Paul Humphreys
  • Patent number: 9867941
    Abstract: Provided is a drive unit for an auto-injector having a drive unit housing arranged for docking receipt of a syringe or of a cassette unit comprising a syringe movable from a rest position, in which a needle tip of the syringe is within the drive unit housing to a use position, in which the needle tip protrudes from a needle delivery aperture; and a drive arrangement including one or more electrically powered sources of axial drive; a first drive transfer element for advancing the syringe to said use position; and a second drive transfer element for moving a plunger into the barrel of the syringe to eject liquid contents thereof. The drive unit housing is provided with a skin sensor arrangement having an array of plural skin sensor electrodes located about the needle delivery aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: UCB Biopharma SPRL
    Inventors: Martin John McLoughlin, Michael James David Heald, Cameron Townley Charles, Dylan Sanders Garrett, Kevin Richard Lozeau
  • Patent number: 9868749
    Abstract: A series of substituted benzimidazole, imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine and pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyridine derivatives, and analogues thereof, being potent modulators of human TNF? activity, are accordingly of benefit in the treatment and/or prevention of various human ailments, including autoimmune and inflammatory disorders; neurological and neurodegenerative disorders; pain and nociceptive disorders; cardiovascular disorders; metabolic disorders; ocular disorders; and oncological disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: UCB BIOPHARMA SPRL
    Inventors: Rikki Peter Alexander, Jonathan Mark Bentley, Gareth Neil Brace, Daniel Christopher Brookings, Prafulkumar Tulshibhai Chovatia, Hervé Jean Claude Deboves, Craig Johnstone, Elizabeth Pearl Jones, Boris Kroeplien, Fabien Claude Lecomte, James Madden, Craig Miller, John Robert Porter, Matthew Duncan Selby, Michael Alan Shaw, Darshan Gunvant Vaidya, Ian Andrew Yule
  • Patent number: 9850240
    Abstract: A series of substituted [1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-a]pyridine derivatives, being potent modulators of human TNF activity, are accordingly of benefit in the treatment and/or prevention of various human ailments, including autoimmune and inflammatory disorders; neurological and neurodegenerative disorders; pain and nociceptive disorders; cardiovascular disorders; metabolic disorders; ocular disorders; and oncological disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: UCB BIOPHARMA SPRL
    Inventors: Daniel Christopher Brookings, Victoria Elizabeth Jackson