Patents by Inventor Beihong Hu

Beihong Hu 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).

  • BIOMARKERS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING SENSITIVITY TO CTLA-4 ANTAGONISTS
    Publication number: 20100099090
    Abstract: CTLA-4 biomarkers useful in a method for predicting the likelihood that a mammal that will respond therapeutically to a method of treating cancer comprising administering an CTLA-4 antagonist, wherein the method comprises (a) measuring in the mammal the level of at least one biomarker s, (b) exposing a biological sample from the mammal to the CTLA-4 antagonist, and (c) following the exposing of step (b), measuring in the biological sample the level of the at least one biomarker, wherein an increase in the level of the at least one biomarker measured in step (c) compared to the level of the at least one biomarker measured in step (a) indicates an increased likelihood that the mammal will respond therapeutically to the method of treating cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: Bristol-Mayers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Zenta Tsuchihashi, Beihong Hu, Maria Jure-Kunkel