Patents by Inventor BREDA TWOMEY

BREDA TWOMEY 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).

  • Publication number: 20240076365
    Abstract: This invention relates to crystals of the human Gremlin-1 protein, and the human Gremlin-1 protein in complex with an inhibitory antibody. The invention also relates to the structure of human Gremlin-1 (on its own, or in complex with the antibody) and uses of these structures in screening for agents which modulate Gremlin-1 activity. The invention further provides antibodies which bind an allosteric inhibitory site on Gremlin-1, together with pharmaceutical compositions and medical uses of such antibodies and agents identified by the screening methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: NEESHA DEDI, BREDA TWOMEY, MICHAEL JOHN WRIGHT, GARETH CHARLES GLYNDWR DAVIES, DAVID JAMES MCMILLAN
  • Publication number: 20240000893
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for the treatment of fibrosis. The invention discloses new research which demonstrates that interferon-lambda has directly acting anti-fibrotic effects both in vitro and in vivo and may be used to provide effective new therapies for the treatment of multiple types of fibrosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicants: UCB BIOPHARMA SRL, FIVE PRIME THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Timothy Scott JOHNSON, Breda TWOMEY, Janine POWERS, Danielle E. KELLAR
  • Patent number: 11807680
    Abstract: This invention relates to crystals of the human Gremlin-1 protein, and the human Gremlin-1 protein in complex with an inhibitory antibody. The invention also relates to the structure of human Gremlin-1 (on its own, or in complex with the antibody) and uses of these structures in screening for agents which modulate Gremlin-1 activity. The invention further provides antibodies which bind an allosteric inhibitory site on Gremlin-1, together with pharmaceutical compositions and medical uses of such antibodies and agents identified by the screening methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: UCB BIOPHARMA SRL
    Inventors: Neesha Dedi, Breda Twomey, Michael John Wright, Gareth Charles Glyndwr Davies, David James McMillan
  • Publication number: 20210163586
    Abstract: This invention relates to crystals of the human Gremlin-1 protein, and the human Gremlin-1 protein in complex with an inhibitory antibody. The invention also relates to the structure of human Gremlin-1 (on its own, or in complex with the antibody) and uses of these structures in screening for agents which modulate Gremlin-1 activity. The invention further provides antibodies which bind an allosteric inhibitory site on Gremlin-1, together with pharmaceutical compositions and medical uses of such antibodies and agents identified by the screening methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: NEESHA DEDI, BREDA TWOMEY, MICHAEL JOHN WRIGHT, GARETH DAVIES, DAVID JAMES MCMILLAN
  • Patent number: 10947304
    Abstract: This invention relates to crystals of the human Gremlin-1 protein, and the human Gremlin-1 protein in complex with an inhibitory antibody. The invention also relates to the structure of human Gremlin-1 (on its own, or in complex with the antibody) and uses of these structures in screening for agents which modulate Gremlin-1 activity. The invention further provides antibodies which bind an allosteric inhibitory site on Gremlin-1, together with pharmaceutical compositions and medical uses of such antibodies and agents identified by the screening methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: UCB BIOPHARMA SRL
    Inventors: Neesha Dedi, Breda Twomey, Michael John Wright, Gareth Davies, David James McMillan
  • Publication number: 20190374610
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for the treatment of fibrosis. The invention discloses new research which demonstrates that interferon-lambda has directly acting anti-fibrotic effects both in vitro and in vivo and may be used to provide effective new therapies for the treatment of multiple types of fibrosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Timothy Scott Johnson, Breda Twomey, Janine Powers
  • Publication number: 20190330323
    Abstract: This invention relates to crystals of the human Gremlin-1 protein, and the human Gremlin-1 protein in complex with an inhibitory antibody. The invention also relates to the structure of human Gremlin-1 (on its own, or in complex with the antibody) and uses of these structures in screening for agents which modulate Gremlin-1 activity. The invention further provides antibodies which bind an allosteric inhibitory site on Gremlin-1, together with pharmaceutical compositions and medical uses of such antibodies and agents identified by the screening methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: NEESHA DEDI, BREDA TWOMEY, MICHAEL JOHN WRIGHT, GARETH DAVIES, DAVID JAMES MCMILLAN