Patents Examined by Yunsoo Kim
  • Patent number: 10342876
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a stable protein composition containing a surfactant and having less than 400 subvisible particles of 10 microns or greater diameter per container, or less than 10,000 subvisible particles of 2 microns or greater per container. A method of manufacturing such a stable protein composition is disclosed, which includes a unit of operation that removes or decreases an esterase activity that degrades the surfactant. The unit of operation may be hydrophobic interaction chromatography or filtration, mixed mode chromatography, or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Hanne Bak, John Mattila, Ning Li, Xiaolin Tang, Daniel Dix, Chen Li, William Markis
  • Patent number: 10335395
    Abstract: This invention relates to methods that provide immunosuppressants and therapeutic macromolecules that are administered within a pharmacodynamically effective window of the immunosuppressants to induce immune tolerance to the therapeutic macromolecules. The methods allow shifting the immune response in favor of tolerogenic immune response development specific to the therapeutic macromolecule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Selecta Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventor: Takashi Kei Kishimoto
  • Patent number: 10322084
    Abstract: Described herein are compositions of antibodies and carrier proteins and methods of making and using the same, in particular, as a cancer therapeutic. Also described are lyophilized compositions of antibodies and carrier proteins and methods of making and using the same, in particular, as a cancer therapeutic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: Svetomir N. Markovic, Wendy K. Nevala
  • Patent number: 10316095
    Abstract: Formulations of anti-VLA-1 antibodies are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Santarus, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam Jeremy Fowler, Craig Michael Bowe, Wayne Curtis Yount, Nathan Jeremy Cobb, Timothy Martin Kelly
  • Patent number: 10308716
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing polyclonal antibodies against an antigenic target protein which comprises inducing an immune response in a host by applying an immunogenic composition comprising membrane vesicles incorporating said antigenic target protein to said host and obtaining antibodies against said target protein from the host's serum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e. V.
    Inventors: Marlitt Stech, Katja Hanack, Katrin Messerschmidt, Stefan Kubick
  • Patent number: 10308969
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a multimeric protein composed of a monomeric protein, wherein the monomeric protein is obtained by fusing a protein having an immunoglobulin fold structure to a protein that can serve as a subunit structure, the method including the steps of: (A) preparing the monomeric protein having an insoluble granular form in cells of a microorganism; (B) solubilizing the monomeric protein prepared in step (A) with an aqueous solution containing lauroyl-L-Glu; (C) diluting a solution obtained in step (B) in a buffer containing arginine hydrochloride to lower a concentration of lauroyl-L-Glu; and (D) replacing a solvent of a solution obtained in step (C) with a buffer using gel filtration chromatography or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
    Inventors: Daisuke Ejima, Haruna Sato, Kouhei Tsumoto, Masayo Date
  • Patent number: 10300016
    Abstract: Described herein are compositions of antibodies and carrier proteins and methods of making and using the same, in particular, as a cancer therapeutic. Also described are lyophilized compositions of antibodies and carrier proteins and methods of making and using the same, in particular, as a cancer therapeutic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: Svetomir N. Markovic, Wendy K. Nevala
  • Patent number: 10286072
    Abstract: The invention provides aqueous pharmaceutical adalimumab compositions suitable for long-term storage of adalimumab, methods of manufacture of these compositions, methods of administration, and kits containing same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Coherus Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Manning, Robert W. Payne
  • Patent number: 10286071
    Abstract: The invention provides aqueous pharmaceutical adalimumab compositions suitable for long-term storage of adalimumab, methods of manufacture of these compositions, methods of administration, and kits containing same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Coherus Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Manning, Robert W. Payne
  • Patent number: 10286037
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a method for producing a polypeptide composition comprising: combining a polypeptide with a volatile additive to form a liquid mixture and lyophilizing the liquid mixture to obtain a lyophilized polypeptide composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: GlaxoSmithKline LLC
    Inventors: James Kranz, Joseph Rinella
  • Patent number: 10278978
    Abstract: Present invention relates to a human lung tissues-active targeting immune nanoliposome of methylprednisolone, wherein, nanoliposomes loaded with therapy drugs is covalently coupled with nanobodies against human pulmonary surfactant protein A. Wherein, the therapy drug is methylprednisolone sodium succinate, the nanoliposome consists of phospholipids, cholesterols and long cycling materials. The molar ratio of the methylprednisolone sodium succinate to phospholipids within the nanoliposome is 0.30-0.45. Present invention successfully provides a new human lung tissues targeting hormone preparation, wherein, the nanoliposome serves as a carrier, the nanobody against human pulmonary surfactant protein A serves as a specific lung tissue targeting ligand, methylprednisolone sodium succinate serves as a therapy drug. In accordance with present invention, an efficient, stable human lung tissues-active targeting immune nanoliposome, with specific active lung targeting, is prepared.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: SHANGHAI PULMONARY HOSPITAL
    Inventors: Huiping Li, Zhaofang Yin, Xian He, Shanmei Wang
  • Patent number: 10279009
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention employ methods and compositions for enhancing potency of immune cells that express one or more therapeutic proteins. In certain cases, the methods modulate expression of a CAR transgene in an immune cell, such as a T cell. Specific embodiments employ the exposure of cells and/or individuals to be treated with the cells with an effective amount of at least one agent that upregulates expression of the therapeutic protein, such as a mitogen, histone deacetylase inhibitor, and or DNA methyltransferase inhibitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Baylor College of Medicine
    Inventors: Juan Fernando Vera Valdes, Malcolm Brenner, Usanarat Anurathapan
  • Patent number: 10280227
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a highly concentrated, stable pharmaceutical formulation of a pharmaceutically active anti-CD20 antibody, such as e.g. Rituximab, Ocrelizumab, or HuMab<CD20>, or a mixture of such antibody molecules for subcutaneous injection. In particular, the present invention relates to formulations comprising, in addition to a suitable amount of the anti-CD20 antibody, an effective amount of at least one hyaluronidase enzyme as a combined formulation or for use in form of a co-formulation. The said formulations comprise additionally at least one buffering agent, such as e.g. a histidine buffer, a stabilizer or a mixture of two or more stabilizers (e.g. a saccharide, such as e.g. ?,?-trehalose dihydrate or sucrose, and optionally methionine as a second stabilizer), a nonionic surfactant and an effective amount of at least one hyaluronidase enzyme. Methods for preparing such formulations and their uses thereof are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Adler, Hanns-Christian Mahler, Oliver Boris Stauch
  • Patent number: 10272160
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides nanostructures (e.g., monolayer or bilayer nanostructures) comprising porphyrins with cobalt chelated thereto such that the cobalt metal resides within monolayer or bilayer in the porphyrin macrocycle. The nanostructures can have presentation molecules with a histidine tag attached thereto, such that at least a part of the his-tag is within the monolayer or bilayer and coordinated to the cobalt metal core and the presentation molecules are exposed to the outside of the nanostructures. The nanostructures can further comprise a cargo. The nanostructures can be used to deliver the cargo to an individual.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignees: The Research Foundation for The State University of New York, PATH
    Inventors: Jonathan Lovell, Shuai Shao, Jumin Geng, Wei-Chiao Huang, Shwu-Maan Lee, Charles Richter King
  • Patent number: 10273298
    Abstract: The invention provides novel compositions of antibodies based on liquid vehicles selected from semifluorinated alkanes. The use of these vehicles provides for improved stability and shelf-life of antibodies and their derivatives. The compositions are useful for topical administration or for parenteral injection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: NOVALIQ GMBH
    Inventors: Bernhard Günther, Dieter Scherer, Anthony Pettigrew, Gesche Graf
  • Patent number: 10258689
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a stable liquid formulation of etanercept (recombinant p75 sTNFR:Fc fusion protein), and more particularly, to a liquid formulation comprising one or more stabilizers selected from the group consisting of methionine, lysine, histidine, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof in an amount sufficient to reduce by-product formation of etanercept during storage. The liquid formulation according to the present invention effectively reduces production of etanercept by-products and to stably maintain its pharmaceutical efficacies for long-term storage. Therefore, the reconstitution procedure is not required before administration, and the sterile formulation can be administered to patients to ensure patient safety. Thus, it can be applied to the fields in need of etanercept treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Suk Young Choi, Youn Kyung Ko, Jin Eon So
  • Patent number: 10258678
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of prophylaxis and therapy of cancer. In particular there is provided a protein Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) or peptide fragments here of that are capable of eliciting anti-cancer immune responses. Specifically, the invention relates to the use of IDO or peptides derived here from or IDO specific T-cells for treatment of cancer. The invention thus relates to an anti-cancer vaccine which optionally may be used in combination with other immunotherapies and to IDO specific T-cells adoptively transferred or induced in vivo by vaccination as a treatment of cancer. It is an aspect of the invention that the medicaments herein provided may be used in combination with cancer chemotherapy treatment. A further aspect relates to the prophylaxis and therapy of infections by the same means as described above. The use of IDO and immunogenic peptide fragments hereof in cancer and infection treatment, diagnosis and prognosis is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: IO Biotech ApS
    Inventors: Mads Hald Andersen, Per Thor Straten
  • Patent number: 10253093
    Abstract: Isolated human monoclonal antibodies which bind to IL-8 (e.g., human IL-8) are disclosed. The human antibodies can be produced in a hybridoma, transfectoma or in a non-human transgenic animal, e.g., a transgenic mouse, capable of producing multiple isotypes of human monoclonal antibodies by undergoing V-D-J recombination and isotype switching. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the human antibodies, non-human transgenic animals, hybridomas, and transfectomas which produce the human antibodies, and therapeutic and diagnostic methods for using the human antibodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: CORMORANT PHARMACEUTICALS AB
    Inventors: Jessica Teeling, Paul Parren, Ole Baadsgaard, Debra Hudson, Jørgen Petersen
  • Patent number: 10238733
    Abstract: This invention generally relates to cationic oil-in-water emulsions that can be used to deliver negatively charged molecules, such as an RNA molecule. The emulsion particles comprise an oil core and a cationic lipid. The cationic lipid can interact with the negatively charged molecule thereby anchoring the molecule to the emulsion particles. The cationic emulsions described herein are particularly suitable for delivering nucleic acid molecules (such as an RNA molecule encoding an antigen) to cells and formulating nucleic acid-based vaccines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS S.A.
    Inventors: Luis Brito, Andrew Geall, Derek O'Hagan, Manmohan Singh
  • Patent number: 10238735
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition made of one or more preparation and comprising a therapeutically effective dose of at least one recombinant human C3-derivative and at least one antigen für vaccination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignees: PLS-DESIGN GMBH, KLINIKUM RECHTS DER ISAR DER TECHNISCHEN UNIVERSITAT MUNCHEN, HELMHOLTZ ZENTRUM MUNCHEN FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM FUR GESUNDHEIT UND UMWELT GMBH
    Inventors: Reinhard Bredehorst, Thomas Grunwald, Markus Ollert, Carsten Schmidt-Weber, Edzard Spillner