Abstract: The present invention relates to new fusion proteins comprising an FGF-18 moiety fused to an anti-NGF moiety. Said fusion protein can be used for the treatment of a cartilage disorder such as osteoarthritis or cartilage injury.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 20, 2018
Date of Patent:
February 7, 2023
Inventors:
Anne Gigout, Christian Brenneis, Thomas Rysiok, Stefan Zielonka
Abstract: The present invention relates to bispecific antibodies having activity against a vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and an angiopoietin (ANG), and methods of making and using such bispecific antibodies.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 14, 2020
Date of Patent:
January 31, 2023
Assignee:
MEDIMMUNE LIMITED
Inventors:
Ching Ching Leow, Nazzareno Dimasi, Karen Coffman, Ryan Fleming, Ping Tsui, Changshou Gao, Mario A. Cepeda, Adrian Schwartz Mittelman
Abstract: Antibody drug conjugates (ADC's) that bind to 191P4D12 protein and variants thereof are described herein. 191P4D12 exhibits tissue specific expression in normal adult tissue, and is aberrantly expressed in the cancers listed in Table I. Consequently, the ADC's of the invention provide a therapeutic composition for the treatment of cancer.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 15, 2020
Date of Patent:
January 24, 2023
Assignees:
AGENSYS, INC., SEAGEN INC.
Inventors:
Daulet Satpayev, Robert Kendall Morrison, Karen Jane Meyrick Morrison, Jean Gudas, Aya Jakobovits, Michael Torgov, Zili An
Abstract: The present invention provides methods for treating angiogenic eye disorders by sequentially administering multiple doses of a VEGF antagonist to a patient. The methods of the present invention include the administration of multiple doses of a VEGF antagonist to a patient at a frequency of once every 8 or more weeks. The methods of the present invention are useful for the treatment of angiogenic eye disorders such as age related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, diabetic macular edema, central retinal vein occlusion, branch retinal vein occlusion, and corneal neovascularization.
Abstract: The present disclosure provides binding agents that modulate the interaction between liver-expressed antimicrobial peptide 2 (LEAP2) and growth hormone secretagogue receptor (GHSR). Specifically, the present disclosure provides binding agents, such as LEAP2 peptides that bind GHSR and methods of their use to treat or ameliorate a neuroendocrine and/or metabolic disease or disorder such as obesity, diabetes, acromegaly, gigantism and/or Prader-Willi syndrome. The present disclosure also provides binding agents, such as antibodies, that bind LEAP2, and methods of their use to, e.g., treat or ameliorate a neuroendocrine and/or metabolic disease or disorder such as cachexia, anorexia, or other wasting syndromes, increase growth hormone levels, or increase GHSR activity.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 14, 2020
Date of Patent:
January 10, 2023
Assignee:
NGM Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.
Inventors:
Daniel David Kaplan, Xuecai Ge, Hui Tian
Abstract: The present invention relates to VEGF-binding agents, DLL4-binding agents, VEGF/DLL4 bispecific binding agents, and methods of using the agents for treating diseases such as cancer. The present invention provides antibodies that specifically bind human VEGF, antibodies that specifically bind human DLL4, and bispecific antibodies that specifically bind human VEGF and/or human DLL4. The present invention further provides methods of using the agents to inhibit tumor growth. Also described are methods of treating cancer comprising administering a therapeutically effect amount of an agent or antibody of the present invention to a patient having a tumor or cancer.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 14, 2020
Date of Patent:
November 29, 2022
Assignee:
MEREO BIOPHARMA 5, INC.
Inventors:
Austin L. Gurney, Aaron Ken Sato, Christopher John Bond
Abstract: The present invention relates to mouse antibodies that bind to angiopoietin-2 (Ang2), humanized anti-Ang2 antibodies derived therefrom, and the use thereof. The anti-Ang2 antibodies have a dual function of activating the Tie2 receptor together with neutralizing Ang2. The anti-Ang2 antibodies show the property of normalizing abnormal and pathological blood vessels, and thus exhibits therapeutic efficacy against various diseases and disorders associated with abnormal blood vessels. The present invention further provides an angiogenesis inhibitor and a composition for treatment of diseases associated with abnormal Ang2 expression and Tie2 dysregulation, which comprise the antibody as an active ingredient, and a composition for diagnosing diseases associated with Ang2 inhibition and Tie2 activation, which comprises the antibody.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 17, 2020
Date of Patent:
November 15, 2022
Assignees:
Institute for Basic Science, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Inventors:
Gou Young Koh, Jeomil Bae, Mi Jeong Kim, Jin-Sung Park, Su Jin Seo, Jaeryung Kim, Jang Ryul Park, Pilhan Kim, Wangyuhl Oh
Abstract: Angiopoietin-like protein (ANGPTL)3/8 fusion proteins are disclosed. Nucleic acid constructs encoding ANGPTL3/8 fusion proteins also are disclosed. Methods of making and using the same also are disclosed, especially for generating antibodies against ANGPTL3 and/or ANGPTL8.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 19, 2021
Date of Patent:
November 8, 2022
Assignee:
Eli Lilly and Company
Inventors:
Qing Chai, Jonathan Wesley Day, Robert John Konrad, Yuewei Qian, Oliver Schroeder, Robert William Siegel
Abstract: A method of treating a patient suffering from low back by administering to the patient a pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of an antibody that binds specifically to nerve growth factor (NGF) or an antigen binding fragment thereof.
Abstract: Provided are antibodies, and antigen-binding fragments thereof, which specifically bind to an extracellular poor loop of an alpha 1a subunit of L-type voltage gated calcium channel, and related compositions, kits, and methods of use thereof, for instance, administration to a subject in need thereof to modify an immune response, for example, in the treatment of cancer.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 24, 2020
Date of Patent:
November 8, 2022
Assignee:
The University of British Columbia
Inventors:
Wilfred Arthur Jefferies, Kyung Bok Choi, Shawna Rose Stanwood, Franz Fenninger, Brett Alexander Eyford, Lonna Munro, Cheryl Gurine Pfeifer, Reinhard Gabathuler
Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an anti-BMP10 antibody, and a therapeutic agent for hypertension and a hypertensive disease, containing the antibody as an active ingredient. The present invention relates to an anti-BMP10 monoclonal antibody or an antibody fragment thereof that binds to human BMP10 (bone morphogenetic protein 10). Further, the present invention relates to a therapeutic agent for hypertension and a hypertensive disease containing an antagonist for at least one of BMP10 and a BMP9/BMP10 heterodimer, a diagnostic agent or a pharmaceutical composition for a disease associated with human BMP10, an immunological detection method or a measurement method for human BMP10 using the antagonist, and use of the antagonist for producing a pharmaceutical composition for treating hypertension and a hypertensive disease.
Abstract: The present invention is related to a pharmaceutically acceptable aqueous formulation comprising at least a neutral salt and a biopharmaceutical protein, wherein the concentration ratio between the biopharmaceutical protein and the neutral salt is in the range of ?0.7 and ?5.
Abstract: The present invention provides methods for treating metastatic cancer comprising identifying subjects who will respond favorably to anti-VEGF therapy. According to certain aspects of the invention, subjects are identified based on their expression level of one or more predictive biomarkers. Favorable response to anti-VEGF therapy is indicated by high expression levels of certain biomarkers or by low expression levels of certain biomarkers. An exemplary predictive biomarker is VEGF-A. Also disclosed herein are prognostic biomarkers useful for identifying cancer-bearing subjects who are expected to have better relative survival outcomes.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 21, 2019
Date of Patent:
September 13, 2022
Assignee:
REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Inventors:
Tasha Nicholle Sims, Bo Gao, Israel Lowy
Abstract: The present invention provides variant VEGF polypeptides which have been altered in their C-terminal heparin binding region to lower their heparin binding affinity. These variants have been found to act as receptor antagonists for VEGF receptors and antagonize angiogenesis. These variants are useful to treat diseases characterized by pathological angiogenesis.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 31, 2018
Date of Patent:
September 6, 2022
Assignee:
The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary, Dept. of Health and Human Services
Abstract: The invention provides antibodies that specifically bind to an epitope containing N-acetylglucosamine or N-acetyl-galactosamine expressed by a cancer cell or an inflammatory cell. Also provided are compositions including these antibodies, as well as polynucleotides, vectors, host cells, and methods useful for production thereof. Further provided are methods and kits for treating or preventing cancer in an individual by administering to the individual an antibody that specifically binds to an epitope containing N-acetylglucosamine or N-acetyl-galactosamine, optionally in combination with another anti-cancer agent. Still further provided are methods and kits for treating or preventing gastrointestinal disease in an individual by administering to the individual an antibody that specifically binds to an epitope containing N-acetylglucosamine or N-acetyl-galactosamine.