Patents Assigned to UNIVERSITY OF ZÜRICH
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Patent number: 9434944Abstract: A miR-323-3p inhibitor is provided for the prevention or therapy of rheumatoid arthritis, comprising a sequence capable of forming a hybrid to miR-323-3p as an oligonucleotide or a vector from which such oligonucleotide is transcribed, or as a miRNA decoy or sponge.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2012Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF ZURICHInventors: Steffen Gay, Mary Connolly, Caroline Ospelt
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Patent number: 9296678Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds according to formula (I) for medical use. The compounds are particularly suitable for the treatment and/or prevention of a medical condition involving hypoxic, anoxic and/or inflamed mammalian tissue. Furthermore, the invention relates to the use of said compounds for preparing a medicament and to pharmaceutical preparations comprising such compounds. The invention also relates to methods of treating or protecting patients having or being prone to develop a medical condition involving hypoxic, anoxic and/or inflamed mammalian tissue, the methods comprising administration of a therapeutically effective amount of such compounds.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2013Date of Patent: March 29, 2016Assignees: UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH, ETH ZURICHInventors: Ludwig K. Limbach, Inge K. Herrmann, Beatrice Beck-Schimmer, Wendelin J. Stark, Martin Urner
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Patent number: 9271993Abstract: Novel pharmacological treatment of bacterial infectious diseases in humans by use of apramycin of formula (I) or apramycin derivatives having significantly low toxicity.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2011Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignees: UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH, ETH ZURICHInventors: Erik Boettger, Andrea Vasella
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Patent number: 9259484Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for preventing or treating head and neck squamous cell cancer and bladder cancer using an immunotoxin comprising (a) a ligand that binds to a protein on the cancer cell attached to; (b) a toxin that is cytotoxic to the cancer cell. In a specific embodiment, the invention is directed to the prevention or treatment of head and neck squamous cell cancer or bladder cancer using Vb4-845, which is a recombinant immunotoxin comprising a humanized, MOC31-derived, single-chain antibody fragment that is fused to a truncated form of Pseudomonas exotoxin A. Also encompassed by the invention are combination therapy methods, including the use of reduced dosages of chemotherapeutic agents, for the prevention or treatment of cancer. Also encompassed by the invention are formulations and methods for direct administration of the recombinant immunotoxin to the carcinoma, for the prevention or treatment of cancer.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2013Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF ZURICHInventors: Uwe Zangemeister-Wittke, Claudio Di Paolo, Dominique Christine Tschudi, Nicholas Ronald Glover, Dimitri Peter Fitsialos
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Publication number: 20150252102Abstract: Provided are novel human tau-specific antibodies as well as fragments, derivatives and variants thereof as well as methods related thereto. Assays, kits, and solid supports related to antibodies specific for tau are also disclosed. The antibody, immunoglobulin chain(s), as well as binding fragments, derivatives and variants thereof can be used in pharmaceutical and diagnostic compositions for tau targeted immunotherapy and diagnosis, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2014Publication date: September 10, 2015Applicants: UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH, BIOGEN IDEC INTERNATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE GMBHInventors: ROGER NITSCH, FENG CHEN, JAN GRIMM, JEAN-LUC BAERISWYL, CHRISTOPH HOCK
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Publication number: 20150165004Abstract: The invention relates to therapeutic compounds which are inhibitors of serine proteases, to pharmaceutical compositions thereof and to their use in the treatment of the human or animal body. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method for the treatment of neutropenia comprising the administration to a subject in need thereof of a therapeutically effective amount of a serine protease inhibitor. The invention also comprises prevention of apoptosis of myeloid cells (1) during and after transfection of bone marrow cells performed for gene therapy, (2) during blood stem cell mobilization performed for reconstitution of hematopoiesis and (3) during infusion of cells of the myeloid lineage for reconstitution of hematopoiesis for gene therapy or for treatment of neutropenia by infusion of neutrophils.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2014Publication date: June 18, 2015Applicants: UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH, MED DISCOVERY S.A.Inventors: Adriano FONTANA, Mike RECHER, Christoph KUNDIG
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Publication number: 20150025296Abstract: A method of delivering a radioactive liquid includes, performing an initialization, including; extracting at least a first amount of a radioactive liquid from a source of radioactive liquid, measuring a radioactivity level for the first amount of radioactive liquid, and performing a calibration phase. The calibration phase includes, extracting a second amount of radioactive liquid from the source of radioactive liquid wherein the second amount is calculated based on the radioactivity level of the first amount to provide a total dose of radioactive liquid having a predetermined radioactivity level, and delivering the total dose and performing at least one more calibration and delivery phases.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2014Publication date: January 22, 2015Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF ZURICHInventors: Alfred Buck, Bruno Weber
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Publication number: 20140301945Abstract: Provided are novel human copper-zinc superoxide dismutase, also known as superoxide dismutase 1 or SOD1, specific antibodies as well as fragments, derivatives and variants thereof as well as methods related thereto. Assays, kits, and solid supports related to antibodies specific for SOD1 are also disclosed. The antibody, immunoglobulin chain(s), as well as binding fragments, derivatives and variants thereof can be used in pharmaceutical and diagnostic compositions for SOD1 targeted immunotherapy and diagnosis, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2011Publication date: October 9, 2014Applicants: UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH, NEURIMMUNE HOLDING AGInventors: Fabio Montrasio, Maria Grazia Barenco Montrasio, Jan Grimm, Roger Nitsch, Christoph Hock, Tobias Welt, Jordan McAfoose, Marcel Maier
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Publication number: 20140255304Abstract: Provided are novel TDP-43-specific binding molecules including polypeptides such as human antibodies, as well as fragments, derivatives and variants thereof. Also provided are methods related to these TDP-43 specific binding molecules. Assays, kits, and solid supports related to TDP-43-specific binding molecules, including polypeptides such as, human antibodies are also disclosed. The TDP-43-specific binding molecule, antibody, immunoglobulin chain(s), as well as binding fragments, derivatives and variants thereof can be used in pharmaceutical and diagnostic compositions for TDP-43 targeted immunotherapy and diagnosis, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2012Publication date: September 11, 2014Applicants: BIOGEN IDEC INTERNALTIONAL NEUROSCIENCE GMBH, UNIVERSITY OF ZURICHInventors: Nitsch Roger, Christoph Hock, Maria Grazia Barenco Montrasio, Fabio Montrasio, Jan Grimm, Jean-Luc Baeriswyl, Paul Weinreb, Janaky Coomaraswamy, Omar Quintero-Monzon
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Publication number: 20140186363Abstract: The present invention relates to MAGEA3 binding antibodies.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2012Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicants: UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH, CT ATLANTIC LTD.Inventors: Christoph Esslinger, Michael Höcker, Martin Treder, Alexander Knuth, Elke Jaeger
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Publication number: 20140184498Abstract: A motion recognizing apparatus and method are provided. According to an aspect, a motion recognizing apparatus may include: an optical sensor configured to sense at least a portion of a subject where a motion occurs and to output one or more events in response thereto; a motion tracing unit configured to trace a motion locus of the portion where the motion occurs based on the one or more outputted events; and a motion pattern determining unit configured to determine a motion pattern of the portion where the motion occurs based on the traced motion locus.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2014Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicants: UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH, SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jun Haeng LEE, Delbruck TOBI, Hyunsurk RYU, Keun Joo PARK, Chang Woo SHIN
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Publication number: 20140100278Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds according to formula (I) for medical use. The compounds are particularly suitable for the treatment and/or prevention of a medical condition involving hypoxic, anoxic and/or inflamed mammalian tissue. Furthermore, the invention relates to the use of said compounds for preparing a medicament and to pharmaceutical preparations comprising such compounds. The invention also relates to methods of treating or protecting patients having or being prone to develop a medical condition involving hypoxic, anoxic and/or inflamed mammalian tissue, the methods comprising administration of a therapeutically effective amount of such compounds.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2013Publication date: April 10, 2014Applicants: ETH ZURICH, UNIVERSITY OF ZURICHInventors: Ludwig K. Limbach, Inge K. Herrmann, Beatrice Beck-Schimmer, Wendelin J. Stark, Martin Urner
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Publication number: 20140044644Abstract: The present invention generally relates to the technical field of medicine, in particular to the field of neurodegenerative, neurological and protein misfolding disorders such as amyloidosis. By establishing a role of ankG in APP processing the method of the present invention provides a new insight into the role of ankG in AD pathology and provides ankG as a target, drug, diagnostic agent and particularly as a vaccine in the treatment and diagnosis of the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2012Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF ZURICHInventors: Antonella Santuccione Chadha, Mario Merlini, Roger Nitsch, Jan Grimm, Christoph Hock
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Publication number: 20130216555Abstract: Provided are novel specific binding molecules, particularly human antibodies as well as fragments, derivatives and variants thereof that recognize neoepitopes of disease-associated proteins which derive from native endogenous proteins but are prevalent in the body of a patient in a variant form and/or out of their normal physiological context. In addition, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such binding molecules, antibodies and mimics thereof and methods of screening for novel binding molecules, which may or may not be antibodies as well as targets in the treatment of neurological disorders such as Alzheimer's disease are described.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2012Publication date: August 22, 2013Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF ZÜRICHInventor: University of Zürich
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Publication number: 20130195858Abstract: The invention relates to microRNA-34a and related microRNAs for use in the treatment of B-cell lymphoma. Likewise it relates to microRNA-34a for use in the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of B-cell lymphoma, and for a method of treatment of B-cell lymphoma comprising administering microRNA-34a. These claims are based on the observation that microRNA-34a shows strong anti-proliferative effects when overexpressed in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (gDLBCL) cell lines, or when delivered intratumorally or systemically in xenograft models of DLBCL.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2011Publication date: August 1, 2013Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF ZURICHInventors: Vanessa Craig, Anne Mueller
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Publication number: 20130165397Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel pharmacological treatment of bacterial infectious diseases in humans. Specifically the invention relates to the use of apramycin of formula (I) or apramycin derivatives to treat bacterial infectious diseases in humans. It is demonstrated that apramycin surprisingly does not have the expected high level of toxicity observed with related aminoglycoside antibiotics but actually is even significantly less toxic than compounds already used in human medicine such as gentamicin.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2011Publication date: June 27, 2013Applicants: ETH ZURICH, UNIVERSITY OF ZURICHInventors: Erik Boettger, Andrea Vasella
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Publication number: 20130156785Abstract: Methods for diagnosing inflammatory and/or cardiovascular diseases by assaying for Fibroblast Activation Protein (FAP) expression in a body fluid is provided as well as therapeutic means based thereon.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2011Publication date: June 20, 2013Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF ZURICHInventors: Chad Brokopp, Simon Hoerstrup
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Publication number: 20120328712Abstract: The present invention relates to new rhenium compounds of formula (I) with medical utility, corresponding pharmaceutical compositions as well as medical uses thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2011Publication date: December 27, 2012Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF ZURICHInventors: Fabio Zobi, Roger Alberto, Lukas Kromer
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Publication number: 20120329819Abstract: The present invention relates to a new polymorphic or crystalline form of Pemetrexed Disodium, processes for its preparation and its use, in particular for the preparation of medicaments.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2010Publication date: December 27, 2012Applicants: UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH, AZAD PHARMACEUTICAL INGREDIENTS AGInventors: Uwe Jens Albrecht, Hannes Helmboldt, Vsevold Valerievich Nikolaev
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Publication number: 20120207737Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of glycan-binding polypeptides and glycans as a medicament, in particular for treating and/or preventing helminthic infections or an immune disease. Moreover, the present invention is directed to corresponding pharmaceutical compositions, food products and animal feed comprising isolated glycans and/or glycan-binding polypeptides. In addition, the present invention teaches methods for identifying anti-helminthic carbohydrate-binding polypeptides, for identifying helminthic glycan and gene targets involved in glycan-mediated toxicity, for identifying helminths susceptible to glycan-mediated toxicity, and for identifying anti-helminthic and anti-allergic substances.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2010Publication date: August 16, 2012Applicants: UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH, ETH ZURICHInventors: Markus Kunzler, Martin Walti, Alex Butschi, Markus Aebi, Michael Hengartner