Patents by Inventor Andreas Muhs

Andreas Muhs has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9403902
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and compositions comprising highly specific and highly effective antibodies that specifically recognize and bind to specific epitopes from a range of amyloid-beta proteins. The antibodies of the present invention are particularly useful for the treatment of ocular diseases associated with pathological abnormalities/changes in the tissues of the visual system, particularly those ocular diseases associated with amyloid-beta-related pathological abnormalities/changes in the tissues of the visual system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignees: AC IMMUNE S.A., GENENTECH, INC.
    Inventors: Andrea Pfeifer, Maria Pihlgren, Andreas Muhs, Ryan Watts
  • Publication number: 20160168234
    Abstract: The present invention is related to chimeric and humanized antibody and to methods and compositions for the therapeutic and diagnostic use in the treatment of amyloidosis, a group of disorders and abnormalities associated with amyloid protein such as Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicants: GENENTECH, INC., AC IMMUNE S.A.
    Inventors: Andrea Pfeifer, Maria Pihlgren, Andreas Muhs, Ryan Watts
  • Publication number: 20160158242
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds that can be employed in the treatment of a group of disorders and abnormalities associated with amyloid protein, such as Alzheimer's disease, and of diseases or conditions associated with amyloid-like proteins. The compounds of the present invention can also be used in the treatment of ocular diseases associated with pathological abnormalities/changes in the tissues of the visual system. The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and to the use of these compounds for the preparation of medicaments for treating or preventing diseases or conditions associated with amyloid and/or amyloid-like proteins. A method of treating or preventing diseases or conditions associated with amyloid and/or amyloid-like proteins is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Heiko KROTH, Cotinica HAMEL, Pascal BENDERITTER, Wolfgang FROESTL, Nampally SREENIVASACHARY, Andreas MUHS
  • Patent number: 9304138
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and compositions for the therapeutic and diagnostic use in the treatment of diseases and disorders which are caused by or associated with neurofibrillary tangles. In particular, the invention relates to antibodies, which specifically recognize and bind to phosphorylated pathological protein tau-conformers and to methods and compositions involving said antibodies for the therapeutic and diagnostic use in the treatment of tauopathies including Alzheimer's Disease (AD).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignees: KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN, AC IMMUNE S.A.
    Inventors: Andrea Pfeifer, Andreas Muhs, Fred Van Leuven, Maria Pihlgren, Oskar Adolfsson
  • Patent number: 9289488
    Abstract: The method and constructs disclosed and claimed herein allow to control peptide conformation by modulation of the peptide lipidation pattern, spacer and liposome composition, or via co-administration with small molecules. Accordingly, this technology can be applied to the rational design of liposomal vaccines and for the generation of safer and more efficacious therapies for a range of human disease, in particular those based on misfolded proteins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: AC Immune SA
    Inventors: David Hickman, Maria Pilar Lopez-Deber, Andreas Muhs
  • Publication number: 20160024193
    Abstract: The present invention relates to anti-Tau antibodies, such as antibodies that bind to a phosphorylated epitope on human Tau protein with high specificity and/or affinity, and methods of using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Gai Ayalon, Danielle Marie Di Cara, Isidro Hotzel, Andrea Pfeifer, Andreas Muhs, Maria Pihlgren, Oskar Adolfsson
  • Publication number: 20160000910
    Abstract: The present invention is related to methods and compositions for the therapeutic and diagnostic use in the treatment of diseases and disorders which are caused by or associated with amyloid or amyloid-like proteins including amyloidosis, a group of disorders and abnormalities associated with amyloid protein such as Alzheimer's disease. The present invention provides novel methods and compositions comprising highly specific and highly effective antibodies having the ability to specifically recognize and bind to specific epitopes from a range of ?-amyloid proteins. The antibodies enabled by the teaching of the present invention are particularly useful for the treatment of diseases and disorders which are caused by or associated with amyloid or amyloid-like proteins including amyloidosis, a group of diseases and disorders associated with amyloid plaque formation including secondary amyloidosis and age-related amyloidosis including, but not limited to, neurological disorders such as Alzheimer's Disease (AD).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Applicants: GENENTECH, INC., AC IMMUNE S.A.
    Inventors: Andrea Pfeifer, Maria Pihlgren, Andreas Muhs, Ryan Watts
  • Patent number: 9221812
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds that can be employed in the treatment of a group of disorders and abnormalities associated with amyloid protein, such as Alzheimer's disease, and of diseases or conditions associated with amyloid-like proteins. The compounds of the present invention can also be used in the treatment of ocular diseases associated with pathological abnormalities/changes in the tissues of the visual system. The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and to the use of these compounds for the preparation of medicaments for treating or preventing diseases or conditions associated with amyloid and/or amyloid-like proteins. A method of treating or preventing diseases or conditions associated with amyloid and/or amyloid-like proteins is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: AC Immune SA
    Inventors: Heiko Kroth, Cotinica Hamel, Pascal Benderitter, Wolfgang Froestl, Nampally Sreenivasachary, Andreas Muhs
  • Patent number: 9221900
    Abstract: The present invention is related to safe and functional antibodies for the therapeutic and diagnostic use in the treatment of an amyloidosis, a group of disorders and abnormalities associated with amyloid protein, such as Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignees: AC IMMUNE S.A., GENENTECH, INC.
    Inventors: Andrea Pfeifer, Andreas Muhs, Oskar Adolfsson, Ryan J. Watts
  • Patent number: 9175094
    Abstract: The present invention is related to methods and compositions for the therapeutic and diagnostic use in the treatment of diseases and disorders which are caused by or associated with amyloid or amyloid-like proteins including amyloidosis, a group of disorders and abnormalities associated with amyloid protein such as Alzheimer's disease. The present invention provides novel methods and compositions comprising highly specific and highly effective antibodies having the ability to specifically recognize and bind to specific epitopes from a range of ?-amyloid proteins. The antibodies enabled by the teaching of the present invention are particularly useful for the treatment of diseases and disorders which are caused by or associated with amyloid or amyloid-like proteins including amyloidosis, a group of diseases and disorders associated with amyloid plaque formation including secondary amyloidosis and age-related amyloidosis including, but not limited to, neurological disorders such as Alzheimer's Disease (AD).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignees: AC IMMUNE S.A., GENENTECH, INC.
    Inventors: Andrea Pfeifer, Maria Pihlgren, Andreas Muhs, Ryan Watts
  • Patent number: 9146244
    Abstract: The present invention is related to methods and compositions for the therapeutic and diagnostic use in the treatment of diseases and disorders which are caused by or associated with amyloid or amyloid-like proteins including amyloidosis, a group of disorders and abnormalities associated with amyloid protein such as Alzheimer's disease. The present invention provides methods and compositions comprising highly specific and highly effective antibodies having the ability to specifically recognize and bind to specific epitopes from a range of ?-amyloid proteins. The antibodies enabled by the teaching of the present invention are particularly useful for the treatment of diseases and disorders which are caused by or associated with amyloid or amyloid-like proteins including amyloidosis, a group of diseases and disorders associated with amyloid plaque formation including secondary amyloidosis and age-related amyloidosis including, but not limited to, neurological disorders such as Alzheimer's Disease (AD).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: AC IMMUNE S.A.
    Inventors: Andrea Pfeifer, Maria Pihlgren, Andreas Muhs
  • Publication number: 20150259406
    Abstract: The present invention is related to methods and pharmaceutical compositions for the therapeutic and diagnostic use in the treatment of diseases and disorders which are caused by or associated with neurofibrillary tangles. In particular, the invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising an antigenic peptide, particularly an antigenic phopho-peptide mimicking a major pathological phosphor-epitope of protein tau, for the therapeutic and diagnostic use in the treatment of tauopathies including Alzheimer's Disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: Andrea Pfeifer, Andreas Muhs, Maria Pihlgren, Fred Van Leuven
  • Publication number: 20150175682
    Abstract: The present invention provides, methods end composites for the therapeutic and diagnostic use in the treatment of diseases and disorders which are caused by or associated with neurofibrillary tangles. In particular, the Invention relates to humanized antibodies, which specifically recognize and bind to phosphorylated pathological protein tau-conformers to methods and compositions involving antibodies for the therapeutic and diagnostic use In the treatment of tauopathies including Alzheimer's Disease (AD).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Andrea Pfeifer, Andreas Muhs, Maria Pihlgren, Oskar Adolfsson, Fred Van Leuven, Gai Ayalon, Danielle Marie Di Cara, Isidro Hotzel
  • Publication number: 20150023950
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 2,6-diaminopyridine compounds that can be employed in the treatment of a group of disorders and abnormalities associated with amyloid protein and of diseases or conditions associated with amyloid-like proteins. The compounds of the present invention can also be used in the treatment of ocular diseases associated with pathological abnormalities/changes in the tissues of the visual system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Heiko Kroth, Wolfgang Froestl, Andrea Pfeifer, Andreas Muhs
  • Patent number: 8916590
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 2,6-diaminopyridine compounds that can be employed in the treatment of a group of disorders and abnormalities associated with amyloid protein and of diseases or conditions associated with amyloid-like proteins. The compounds of the present invention can also be used in the treatment of ocular diseases associated with pathological abnormalities/changes in the tissues of the visual system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: AC Immune SA
    Inventors: Heiko Kroth, Wolfgang Froestl, Andrea Pfeifer, Andreas Muhs
  • Publication number: 20140314837
    Abstract: The present invention provides means for treating, alleviating and preventing amyloid-related pathology in young to middle-aged subjects with Down's syndrome (DS). In particular, the present invention provides antigenic peptide fragments derived from amyloid protein or amyloid-like protein for use in the preventive treatment of amyloid-related pathology in young to middle-aged subjects with Down's syndrome.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventors: Andrea Pfeifer, Andreas Muhs, Rime Madani, Pavel Vasilyevich Belichencko, William Charles Mobley
  • Publication number: 20140294731
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and compositions for the therapeutic and diagnostic use in the treatment of diseases and disorders which are caused by or associated with neurofibrillary tangles, in particular, the invention relates to antibodies, which specifically recognize and bind to phosphorylated pathological protein tau-conformers and to methods and compositions involving said antibodies for the therapeutic and diagnostic use in the treatment of tauopathies including Alzheimer's Disease (AD).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Andrea Pfeifer, Andreas Muhs, Maria Pihlgren, Oskar Adolfsson, Fred Van Leuven
  • Publication number: 20140255412
    Abstract: The present invention is related to methods and pharmaceutical compositions for the therapeutic and diagnostic use in the treatment of diseases and disorders which are caused by or associated with neurofibrillary tangles. In particular, the invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising an antigenic peptide, particularly an antigenic phopho-peptide mimicking a major pathological phosphor-epitope of protein tau, for the therapeutic and diagnostic use in the treatment of tauopathies including Alzheimer's Disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Inventors: Andrea Pfeifer, Andreas Muhs, Maria Pihlgren, Fred Van Leuven
  • Patent number: 8796439
    Abstract: The present invention is related to chimeric and humanized antibody and to methods and compositions for the therapeutic and diagnostic use in the treatment of amyloidosis, a group of disorders and abnormalities associated with amyloid protein such as Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignees: AC Immune S.A., Genetech, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrea Pfeifer, Maria Pihlgren, Andreas Muhs, Ryan Watts
  • Publication number: 20140199323
    Abstract: The present invention is related to methods and compositions for the therapeutic and diagnostic use in the treatment of diseases and disorders which are caused by or associated with amyloid or amyloid-like proteins including amyloidosis, a group of disorders and abnormalities associated with amyloid protein such as Alzheimer's disease. The present invention provides novel methods and compositions comprising highly specific and highly effective antibodies having the ability to specifically recognize and bind to specific epitopes from a range of ?-amyloid proteins. The antibodies enabled by the teaching of the present invention are particularly useful for the treatment of diseases and disorders which are caused by or associated with amyloid or amyloid-like proteins including amyloidosis, a group of diseases and disorders associated with amyloid plaque formation including secondary amyloidosis and age-related amyloidosis including, but not limited to, neurological disorders such as Alzheimer's Disease (AD).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicants: Genentech, Inc., AC Immune S.A.
    Inventors: Andrea Pfeifer, Maria Pihlgren, Andreas Muhs, Ryan Watts