Abstract: Antibodies are provided which bind human and Macaca fascicularis CEACAM5 proteins, as well as isolated nucleic acids, vectors and host cells comprising a sequence encoding the antibodies. Also provided are immunoconjugates comprising the antibodies conjugated or linked to a growth-inhibitory agent, and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the antibodies, or immunoconjugates of the invention. The antibodies or immunoconjugates are used for the treatment of cancer or for diagnostic purposes.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 1, 2017
Date of Patent:
October 29, 2019
Assignee:
SANOFI
Inventors:
Pierre-Francois Berne, Francis Blanche, Hervé Bouchard, Béatrice Cameron, Tarik Dabdoubi, Stéphanie Decary, Paul Ferrari, Alexey Rak
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a multi-specific antibody molecule comprising or consisting of three polypeptides: a) a polypeptide chain of formula (I): (Vxx)nVx-Cx-X-V1; and b) a polypeptide chain of formula (II): (Vyy)nVy-Cy c) a polypeptide of formula (III): V2 wherein Vx represents a variable domain, Vxx represents a variable domain, Cx represents a constant region, X represents a linker, V represents a variable domain, Vy represents a variable domain, Vyy represents a variable domain, Cy represents a constant region, V2 represents a variable domain, n independently represents 0 or 1, wherein the polypeptide chain of formula (I) and the polypeptide chain of formula (II) is aligned such that the constant regions Cx and Cy are paired and the variable domains Vx and Vy are paired to form a binding domain and optionally a disulphide bond is present between V and V2, in particular where a disulphide bond is present.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 20, 2013
Date of Patent:
October 29, 2019
Assignee:
UCB BIOPHARMA SPRL
Inventors:
Emma Dave, Sam Philip Heywood, David Paul Humphreys
Abstract: Disclosed is a synthetic T cell receptor (TCR) having antigenic specificity for an HLA-A2-restricted epitope of thyroglobulin (TG), TG470-478. Related polypeptides and proteins, as well as related nucleic acids, recombinant expression vectors, host cells, and populations of cells are also provided. Antibodies, or an antigen binding portion thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions relating to the TCRs of the disclosure are also provided. Also disclosed are methods of detecting the presence of cancer in a mammal and methods of treating or preventing cancer in a mammal.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 12, 2015
Date of Patent:
October 22, 2019
Assignee:
The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
Inventors:
Kenichi Hanada, Qiong J. Wang, James C. Yang, Zhiya Yu
Abstract: Disclosed are antibodies, including antibody drug conjugates, that specifically bind to NTB-A. Also disclosed are methods for using the anti-NTB-A antibodies to detect or modulate activity of (e.g., inhibit proliferation of) an NTB-A-expressing cell, as well as for diagnoses or treatment of diseases or disorders (e.g., cancer) associated with NTB-A-expressing cells. Further disclosed is a method of treating multiple myeloma using an anti-NTB-A antibody drug conjugate, which optionally includes an anti-NTB-A antibody as disclosed herein.
Abstract: Anti-TIM-3 antibodies are disclosed, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising such antibodies, and uses and methods using the same, such as in the treatment of cancer or infectious disease or T-cell dysfunctional disorders. Bispecific antibodies against TIM-3 and other targets are also disclosed, with a preferred embodiment of a bispecific antibody against TIM-3 and CD3.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 27, 2015
Date of Patent:
October 8, 2019
Assignee:
Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Abstract: Herein is reported a method for selecting or deselecting an antibody comprising a) determining for each Asp and Asn residue in an antibody Fv region the conformational flexibility of the C?-atom using a homology model ensemble, b) determining for each Asp and Asn residue in an antibody Fv region the size of the amino acid residue C-terminal to the Asp or Asn residue, and c) selecting an antibody in which the C?-atom is conformationally inflexible and/or the Asp or Asn has a big C-terminal amino acid residue, or deselecting an antibody in which the C?-atom has a moderate to high conformational flexibility and/or the Asp or Asn has a small C-terminal amino acid residue.
Abstract: The invention provides to NTRK (“Neurotrophic Tyrosine Receptor Kinase) gene fusions, NTRK, fusion proteins, and fragments of those genes and polypeptides. The invention further provides methods of diagnosing and treating diseases or disorders associated with NTRK fusions, such as conditions mediated by aberrant NTRK expression or activity, or overexpression of NTRK.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 30, 2014
Date of Patent:
September 10, 2019
Assignee:
Blueprint Medicines Corporation
Inventors:
Nicolas Stransky, Ethan G. Cerami, Christoph Lengauer
Abstract: The invention provides conjugates comprising a coagulating agent conjugated to an antibody, where the antibody specifically binds an extracellular domain epitope of a mammalian PLVAP protein. These agents specifically target HCC tumors and treat the HCC. The invention also provides methods of using these conjugates, such as methods of treating HCC by administering the conjugates provided by the invention or compositions provided by the invention, such as pharmaceutical compositions.
Abstract: The present invention provides modified fibronectin type III (Fn3) molecules, and nucleic acid molecules encoding the modified Fn3 molecules. Also provided are methods of preparing these molecules, and kits to perform the methods.
Abstract: Purified or highly pure recombinant monoclonal antibodies that bind to human colorectal and pancreatic carcinoma-associated antigens (CPAA), along with nucleic acid sequences encoding the antibody chains, and the amino acid sequences corresponding to said nucleic acids and uses for said sequences are provided.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 10, 2017
Date of Patent:
July 30, 2019
Assignee:
PRECISION BIOLOGICS, INC.
Inventors:
Myron Arlen, J. Andrew Bristol, Ariel Hollinshead, Kwong Tsang
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a novel bispecific protein complex and a method of using the complexes to screen for synergistic or novel biological function. The bispecific format is particularly suitable for high-throughput screening because all of its components can be expressed from cells as individual units and the units can be assembled simply by mixing without employing conjugation or coupling chemistry.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 28, 2015
Date of Patent:
July 23, 2019
Assignee:
UCB BIOPHARMA SPRL
Inventors:
Helene Margaret Finney, Stephen Edward Rapecki, Michael John Wright
Abstract: Disclosed herein are humanized anti-LGR5 antibodies for the treatment of cancer. Antibodies disclosed herein may bind LGR5 without disrupting LGR5-RSPO1 binding or signaling, and may disrupt LGR5 signaling through Wnt that is independent of RSPO1. Also disclosed are heavy and light chain polypeptide sequences for the biding of LGR5, for example without disrupting LGR5-RSPO binding or signaling.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 14, 2016
Date of Patent:
July 23, 2019
Assignee:
BIONOMICS INC.
Inventors:
Christopher L. Reyes, Peter Chu, Kristen M. Smith, Lioudmila A. Campbell, Farbod Shojaei, John Thomas Norton
Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods for treating diseases associated with expression of CD19, e.g., by administering a recombinant T cell comprising the CD19 CAR as described herein, in combination with a kinase inhibitor, e.g., a kinase inhibitor described herein. The invention also provides kits and compositions described herein.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 7, 2015
Date of Patent:
July 23, 2019
Assignees:
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, Novartis AG
Inventors:
Carl H. June, David L. Porter, Marcela Maus, Mariusz Wasik, Saar Gill, Joseph Fraietta, Marco Ruella, John Byrd, Jason Dubovsky, Amy Johnson, Natarajan Muthusamy, Saad Kenderian, Joan Mannick, David Glass, Leon Murphy, Jennifer Brogdon, William Raj Sellers
Abstract: Multispecific antibodies based on antibodies that share a common light chain are described herein. The multispecific antibodies include: modified heavy chains having, by domain exchange, a common light chain variable domain VL; and two modified light chains having, by domain exchange, variable heavy chain domains of a first antibody (VH1) and a second antibody (VH2), wherein one light chain is of kappa isotype and one light chain is of lambda isotype. The present invention also relates to methods for the manufacture of such antibodies and their use.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 7, 2016
Date of Patent:
June 18, 2019
Assignee:
Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
Inventors:
Peter Bruenker, Christiane Neumann, Christian Klein, Ekkehard Moessner, Wolfgang Schaefer
Abstract: The invention concerns anti-NGF antibodies (such as anti-NGF antagonist antibodies), and polynucleotides encoding the same. The invention further concerns use of such antibodies and/or polynucleotides in the treatment and/or prevention of pain, including post-surgical pain, rheumatoid arthritis pain, and osteoarthritis pain.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 6, 2016
Date of Patent:
June 18, 2019
Assignee:
Rinat Neuroscience Corp.
Inventors:
Arnon Rosenthal, David Louis Shelton, Patricia Ann Walicke
Abstract: Provided are antibody variants having decreased or increased ability to mediate complement-dependent cytotoxicity (CDC) due to the presence or absence of C-terminal lysines of their heavy chains. Also provided are methods of generating such antibodies, as well as nucleotide constructs and host cells suitable for the production of such antibodies.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 6, 2012
Date of Patent:
June 18, 2019
Assignee:
GENMAG A/S
Inventors:
Paul Parren, Patrick Van Berkel, Ewald T. J. Van Den Bremer
Abstract: Provided is a method for enhancing the potency of a targeted cancer immunotherapy in a subject by using a superantigen in combination with an immunopotentiator (for example, a PD-1 inhibitor).
Abstract: The present invention relates to Chimeric Antigen Receptors (CAR) that are recombinant chimeric proteins able to redirect immune cell specificity and reactivity toward selected membrane antigens, and more particularly in which extracellular ligand binding is a scFV derived from a BCMA monoclonal antibody, conferring specific immunity against BCMA positive cells. The engineered immune cells endowed with such CARs are particularly suited for treating lymphomas, multiple myeloma and leukemia.