Patents Issued in February 7, 2019
  • Publication number: 20190040109
    Abstract: Provided is a molded article of a composition comprising a polypeptide, wherein the polypeptide is at least one kind selected from the group consisting of natural spider silk protein and polypeptides derived from natural spider silk protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicants: Spiber Inc., Kojima Industries Corporation, Tekunohama Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Sugahara, Kaori Sekiyama, Ayumi Abe, Junichi Shimokata, Junichi Noba, Shinji Hirai
  • Publication number: 20190040110
    Abstract: Composites based on a polymer and a mixture of proteins derived from a MaSp (major ampullate spidroin) protein are provides. Further, methods for preparation of same, and method of use of the composites are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2017
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Shmulik ITTAH, Meni SHIMEL, Ella SKLAN, Dganit STERN
  • Publication number: 20190040111
    Abstract: Disclosed is an isolated or purified T cell receptor (TCR) having antigenic specificity for mutated Kirsten rat sarcoma viral oncogene homolog (KRAS) presented in the context of an HLA-Cw*0802 molecule. Related polypeptides and proteins, as well as related nucleic acids, recombinant expression vectors, host cells, populations of cells, and pharmaceutical compositions 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: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: The United States of America,as represented by the Secretary,Department of Health and Human Service
    Inventors: Eric Tran, Yong-Chen Lu, Steven A. Rosenberg
  • Publication number: 20190040112
    Abstract: A method of treating a patient who has melanoma includes administering to said patient a composition containing a population of activated T cells that selectively recognize cells in the patient that aberrantly express a peptide. A pharmaceutical composition contains activated T cells that selectively recognize cells in a patient that aberrantly express a peptide, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, in which the T cells bind to the peptide in a complex with an MHC class I molecule, and the composition is for treating the patient who has melanoma. A method of treating a patient who has melanoma includes administering to said patient a composition comprising a peptide in the form of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, thereby inducing a T-cell response to the melanoma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Annika Sonntag, Toni Weinschenk, Andrea Mahr, Oliver Schoor, Jens Fritsche, Harpreet Singh
  • Publication number: 20190040113
    Abstract: A method of treating a patient who has melanoma includes administering to said patient a composition containing a population of activated T cells that selectively recognize cells in the patient that aberrantly express a peptide. A pharmaceutical composition contains activated T cells that selectively recognize cells in a patient that aberrantly express a peptide, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, in which the T cells bind to the peptide in a complex with an MHC class I molecule, and the composition is for treating the patient who has melanoma. A method of treating a patient who has melanoma includes administering to said patient a composition comprising a peptide in the form of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, thereby inducing a T-cell response to the melanoma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Annika SONNTAG, Toni WEINSCHENK, Andrea MAHR, Oliver SCHOOR, Jens FRITSCHE, Harpreet SINGH
  • Publication number: 20190040114
    Abstract: A method of treating a patient who has melanoma includes administering to said patient a composition containing a population of activated T cells that selectively recognize cells in the patient that aberrantly express a peptide. A pharmaceutical composition contains activated T cells that selectively recognize cells in a patient that aberrantly express a peptide, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, in which the T cells bind to the peptide in a complex with an MHC class I molecule, and the composition is for treating the patient who has melanoma. A method of treating a patient who has melanoma includes administering to said patient a composition comprising a peptide in the form of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, thereby inducing a T-cell response to the melanoma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Annika Sonntag, Toni Weinschenk, Andrea Mahr, Oliver Schoor, Jens Fritsche, Harpreet Singh
  • Publication number: 20190040115
    Abstract: A method of treating a patient who has melanoma includes administering to said patient a composition containing a population of activated T cells that selectively recognize cells in the patient that aberrantly express a peptide. A pharmaceutical composition contains activated T cells that selectively recognize cells in a patient that aberrantly express a peptide, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, in which the T cells bind to the peptide in a complex with an MHC class I molecule, and the composition is for treating the patient who has melanoma. A method of treating a patient who has melanoma includes administering to said patient a composition comprising a peptide in the form of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, thereby inducing a T-cell response to the melanoma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Annika SONNTAG, Toni WEINSCHENK, Andrea MAHR, Oliver SCHOOR, Jens FRITSCHE, Harpreet SINGH
  • Publication number: 20190040116
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides, inter alia, engineered microbes expressing recombinant LEKTI domains that are effective to treat or ameliorate the symptoms of Netherton Syndrome. In certain embodiments, compositions, methods, and kits are provided comprising LEKTI domain expressing microbes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Travis Michael Whitfill, Azim Momin Munivar
  • Publication number: 20190040117
    Abstract: The invention provides methods of purifying antibodies using various antibody-specific purification media to rapidly and efficiently separate mixtures of antibodies, antibody fragments and/or antibody components to isolate a desired antibody product from the mixture. The invention relates to the purification of bispecific monoclonal antibodies carrying a different specificity for each binding site of the immunoglobulin molecule, e.g., antibodies composed of a single heavy chain and two different light chains, one containing a Kappa constant domain and the other a Lambda constant domain, including antibodies of different specificities that share a common heavy chain. The invention also provides the methods of efficiently purifying intact antibodies by separating the intact antibody from non-intact antibodies including free light chains.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Greg ELSON, Nicolas FOUQUE, Jean-Francois DEPOISIER, Nicolas FISCHER, Giovanni MAGISTRELLI
  • Publication number: 20190040118
    Abstract: The present invention provides, in part, an antibody display system that simultaneously uses a secretion and a display mode. A bait complexed with a monovalent antibody fragment can be expressed on the surface of the host cell wherein the fragment may be assayed for antigen binding while full antibody is simultaneously secreted from the host cell. Methods of using the system for identifying antibodies that bind specifically to an antigen of interest are also provided. Polypeptides, polynucleotides and host cells useful for making the antibody display system are also provided along with methods of use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Dongxing Zha, Hussam Hisham Shaheen
  • Publication number: 20190040119
    Abstract: Disclosed is an antibody in which the 80th amino acid residue in a variable region based on the Kabat method and the 171th amino acid residue in a constant region based on the Kabat method are substituted with cysteine in an antibody in which the 80th amino acid residue in the variable region and the 171th amino acid residue in the constant region are not cysteine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: SYSMEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuyuki IDE, Tomofumi NAKADA
  • Publication number: 20190040120
    Abstract: The invention provides antibodies and functional equivalents thereof which are capable of specifically binding RSV. Nucleic acid sequences encoding said antibody, as well as antibody producing cells and methods for producing said antibody are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Tim Beaumont, Adrianus Q. Bakker, Etsuko Yasuda
  • Publication number: 20190040121
    Abstract: Methods of diagnosis and methods of treatment and prevention for autism spectrum disorder are provided using decoy antigens to maternal brain-reactive antibodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: THE FEINSTEIN INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH
    Inventors: Betty A. Diamond, Simone Mader, Lior Brimberg
  • Publication number: 20190040122
    Abstract: There is provided agents for modulation of a chronic inflammatory response wherein the agent modulates the biological activity of tenascin-C. There is also provided methods of identifying agents modulating tenascin-C and chronic inflammation. There are also provided uses of such agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Kim Suzanne Midwood, Brian Maurice John Foxwell
  • Publication number: 20190040123
    Abstract: A genetically modified mouse is provided, wherein the mouse is incapable of rearranging and expressing an endogenous mouse immunoglobulin light chain variable sequence, wherein the mouse expresses only one or two human light chain variable domains encoded by human immunoglobulin sequences operably linked to the mouse kappa (?) constant gene at the endogenous mouse ? locus, wherein the mouse expresses a reverse chimeric antibody having a light chain variable domain derived from one of only two human light chain variable region gene segments and a mouse ? constant domain, and a human heavy chain variable domain and a mouse heavy chain constant domain, from an endogenous mouse heavy chain locus. Bispecific epitope-binding proteins that are fully human are provided, comprising two different heavy chains that associate with an identical light chain that comprises a variable domain derived from one of two different human light chain variable region gene segments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: John McWhirter, Lynn Macdonald, Sean Stevens, David R. Buckler, Andrew J. Murphy
  • Publication number: 20190040124
    Abstract: The invention provides methods, uses and compositions for the treatment of ankylosing spondylitis (AS). The invention describes methods and uses for treating ankylosing spondylitis, wherein a TNF? inhibitor, such as human TNF? antibody, or antigen-binding portion thereof, is used to reduce signs and symptoms of ankylosing spondylitis in a subject. Also described are methods for determining the efficacy of a TNF? inhibitor for treatment of ankylosing spondylitis in a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Robert L. Wong, Hartmut Kupper, Michelle P. Luo, Joachim Sieper, John C. Davis, Desiree Van Der Heijde, Walter P. Maksymowych
  • Publication number: 20190040125
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of treating patients suffering from itching and puritis mediated by cutaneous lymphocyte antigen positive T cell. In particular, diseases or disorders including contact dermatitis, drug induced delayed type cutaneous allergic reactions, toxic epidermal necrolysis, cutaneous T cell lymphoma, bullous pemphigoid, alopecia aereata, vitiligo, acne rosacea, prurigo nodularis, and herpes simplex virus, or combination thereof will benefit from the administration of an IL-31 antagonist. The invention also includes methods of predicting a therapeutically responsive patient population.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Donald Y.M. Leung, Janine M. Bilsborough, Jane A. Gross
  • Publication number: 20190040126
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for treating, preventing or reducing the severity of active eosinophilic esophagitis. In certain embodiments, the present invention provides methods of increasing esophageal distensibility. The methods of the present invention comprise administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutic composition comprising an interleukin-4/interleukin-13 (IL-4/IL-13) pathway inhibitor such as an anti-IL-4R antibody.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Allen RADIN, Jennifer D. HAMILTON, Leda MANNENT
  • Publication number: 20190040127
    Abstract: Provided herein are novel anti-EMP2 antibodies useful for the treatment and diagnosis of cancers that express or overexpress EMP2. In one aspect, provided herein is an isolated antibody that binds to Epithelial Membrane Protein 2 (EMP2), that includes heavy chain variable region and a light chain variable region. The heavy chain variable region includes three heavy chain complementary determining regions (HCDRs) and the light chain variable region includes three light chain variable regions (LCDRs). In some embodiments, the sequence of HCDR1 is SEQ ID NO: 11, the sequence of HCDR2 is SEQ ID NO: 12, the sequence of HCDR3 is SEQ ID NO: 13, the sequence of LCDR1 is SEQ ID NO:14, the sequence of LCDR2 is SEQ ID NO: 15, and the sequence of LCDR3 is SEQ ID NO: 16.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Madhuri WADEHRA, Jonathan BRAUN
  • Publication number: 20190040128
    Abstract: The present invention relates to monoclonal antibodies binding to human lectin-like oxidized LDL (low density lipoprotein) receptor 1 (hereinafter, sometimes referred to as “LOX-1”), and pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment comprising the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Kurt Alex HELDWEIN, Igor SPLAWSKI, Jennifer BROGDON, Joshua GOLDSTEIN, William DOLE, John TRAUGER, Chonghui ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20190040129
    Abstract: The invention relates to an antigen binding site for binding to a P2X7 receptor, the antigen binding site being defined by general formula 1: FR1-CDR1-FR2-CDR2-FR3-CDR3-FR4
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Julian Alexander Barden, Neil Brewis, Philip Jones, Steven Grant
  • Publication number: 20190040130
    Abstract: The present disclosure is generally directed to compositions that include antibodies, e.g., monoclonal, antibodies, antibody fragments, etc., that specifically bind a TREM2 protein, e.g., a mammalian TREM2 or human TREM2, and use of such compositions in preventing, reducing risk, or treating an individual in need thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: ALECTOR LLC
    Inventors: Tina SCHWABE, Eric BROWN, Philip KONG, IIaria TASSI, Seung-Joo LEE, Arnon ROSENTHAL, Robert PEJCHAL, Nels P. NIELSON
  • Publication number: 20190040131
    Abstract: The present disclosure is generally directed to compositions that include antibodies, e.g., monoclonal, chimeric, humanized antibodies, antibody fragments, etc., that specifically bind one or more epitopes within a CD33 protein, e.g., human CD33 or a mammalian CD33, and have improved and/or enhanced functional characteristics, and use of such compositions in preventing, reducing risk, or treating an individual in need thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: ALECTOR LLC
    Inventors: Patricia Culp, Helen Lam, Arnon Rosenthal, Seung-Joo Lee, Nels P. Nielson, Robert Pejchal
  • Publication number: 20190040132
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to anti-ROR1 binding proteins, including those that bind to a ROR1 or portion thereof such as an intracellular C terminal portion of a ROR1 protein, and the use of such binding proteins in immunohistochemical and diagnostic methods. Related kits and methods of using the binding proteins are also provided, as are methods of treatment of subjects having diseases or conditions determined to be candidates for such treatments by the binding proteins or methods of this disclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Ashwini Balakrishnan, Benjamin G. Hoffstrom, Julie Randolph-Habecker, Stanley R. Riddell
  • Publication number: 20190040133
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for the selection of bispecific single chain antibodies comprising a first binding domain capable of binding to an epitope of CD3 and a second binding domain capable of binding to the extracellular domain cell surface antigens with a high molecular weight extracellular domain. Moreover, the invention provides bispecific single chain antibodies produced by the use of the method of the invention, nucleic acid molecules encoding these antibodies, vectors comprising such nucleic acid molecules and methods for the production of the antibodies. Furthermore, the invention provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising bispecific single chain antibodies of the invention, medical uses of the same and methods for the treatment of diseases comprising the administration of bispecific single chain antibodies of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Peter Kufer, Claudia Blümel, Roman Kischel
  • Publication number: 20190040134
    Abstract: The invention concerns pluri- or multipotent stem cells (SCs), e.g. human pluri- or multipotent stem cells (hSCs) engineered to express a multispecific antibody and which further express, on their surface, a human immune cell co-stimulatory ligand or an active fragment thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: GEMoaB Monoclonals GmbH
    Inventor: Armin EHNINGER
  • Publication number: 20190040135
    Abstract: The present invention relates to CD3-binding molecules capable of binding to human and non-human CD3, and in particular to such molecules that are cross-reactive with CD3 of a non-human mammal (e.g., a cynomolgus monkey). The invention also pertains to uses of such antibodies and antigen-binding fragments in the treatment of cancer, autoimmune and/or inflammatory diseases and other conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: MacroGenics, Inc.
    Inventors: Ling Huang, Leslie S. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20190040136
    Abstract: Anti-LAG-3 antibodies are disclosed. Also disclosed are compositions comprising such antibodies, and uses and methods using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Cheng-I WANG, Hsueh Ling Janice OH, Siok Ping YEO, Chia Yin LEE
  • Publication number: 20190040137
    Abstract: The present invention provides stable pharmaceutical formulations comprising a human antibody that specifically binds to human programmed death-1 protein (PD-1). In certain embodiments, the formulations contain, in addition to an anti-PD-1 antibody, a buffer, an amino acid, a non-ionic surfactant, and a sugar. The pharmaceutical formulations of the present invention exhibit a substantial degree of antibody stability upon stress and storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Qingyan HU, Dingjiang LIU
  • Publication number: 20190040138
    Abstract: Proposed is an anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody or an antigen binding fragment thereof, comprising a heavy chain variable region having at least one of the amino acid sequences listed below: (1) the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1; (2) the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 3; (3) the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 5; and (4) an amino acid sequence having more than one conservative amino acid mutation compared with (1)-(3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Yu Xia, Baiyong Li, Zhongmin Maxwell Wang, Faming Zhang, Gan Xi, Ying Huang
  • Publication number: 20190040139
    Abstract: Provided herein is a method for determining cancer treatment using an immune modulating therapy in a subject in need thereof. The method comprises assessing whether a lymphatic system in a subject is dysregulated. When the lymphatic system is dysregulated, a treatment for the lymphatic system is determined before a therapeutic amount of an immune modulating therapy is administered to treat cancer in the subject. Alternatively, when the lymphatic system is dysregulated, an immune modulating therapy is selected to treat cancer in the subject, which immune modulating therapy is independent of immune-cell priming, antigen trafficking, antigen presentation, and any combination thereof. The subject may also be treated for cancer accordingly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Michael David KUO, Ching-Yu HUANG
  • Publication number: 20190040140
    Abstract: The invention provides, inter alia, methods of reducing gastrointestinal immunerelated adverse events, such as colitis and diarrhea, in subjects undergoing an immune treatment, such as an immune oncology treatment, such as anti-CTLA4 antibody and anti-PD-1 antibody combination treatment for melanoma. In certain aspects, the methods encompass administering a therapeutically effective amount of a polypeptide that inhibits MAdCAM-integrin binding, such as an anti-?4?7 integrin antibody, such vedolizumab or a related antibody.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Rachael L. Brake, Eric H. WESTIN
  • Publication number: 20190040141
    Abstract: The present invention provides, in part, methods for treating a tumor in a human subject comprising inhibiting IGF-1 receptor signaling, methods of determining whether a tumor is more or less likely to respond to such treatment, and compositions for practicing such methods. In particular embodiments, the invention provides fully human, humanized, or chimeric anti-IGF-1R antibodies that bind human IGF-1R, IGF-1R-binding fragments and derivatives of such antibodies, and IGF-1R-binding polypeptides comprising such fragments. Other embodiments provide nucleic acids encoding such antibodies, antibody fragments and derivatives and polypeptides, cells comprising such polynucleotides, methods of making such antibodies, antibody fragments and derivatives and polypeptides, and methods of using such antibodies, antibody fragments and derivatives and polypeptides, including methods of treating or diagnosing subjects having IGF-1R-related disorders or conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Pedro J. BELTRAN, Frank J. CALZONE, Gregory FRIBERG, Christopher HAQQ, Anthony W. TOLCHER
  • Publication number: 20190040142
    Abstract: The presently disclosed subject matter relates to multispecific antibodies, e.g., bispecific antibodies and biepitopic antibodies, and methods for screening for such antibodies, and a novel antibody structure that can be used to screen for such bispecific antibodies and biepitopic antibodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: GENENTECH, INC.
    Inventors: Diana Ronai Dunshee, Joanne Hongo, Hok Seon Kim, Junichiro Sonoda, Christoph Spiess, Angie Grace Yee
  • Publication number: 20190040143
    Abstract: The present invention relates to antibodies and antigen binding fragments thereof that bind the extracellular domain of the HER3 receptor and inhibit various HER3 receptor related functions via ligand-dependent and/or ligand-independent mechanisms. Also provided are compositions with increased half-life. In addition, the invention provides compositions and methods for diagnosing and treating diseases associated with HER3 mediated signal transduction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: MedImmune, LLC
    Inventors: Partha S. Chowdhury, David Tice, Zhan Xiao, Philipp Steiner, Krista Kinneer, Marlon Rebelatto
  • Publication number: 20190040144
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to novel FZD5-binding agents and methods and uses thereof for treating a disease or disorder associated with aberrant expression or activity of Frizzled protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Guohua Pan, Jason Moffat, Sachdev Sidhu, Stephane Angers, Zachary Steinhart, Xiaowei Wang
  • Publication number: 20190040145
    Abstract: Binding members for alpha chain of receptor for granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSFR?), especially antibody molecules. Use of the binding members in treating inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, e.g. rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, allergic response, multiple sclerosis, myeloid leukaemia and atherosclerosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Emma Suzanne Cohen, Ralph Raymond Minter, Paula Rosamund Harrison, Matthew Alexander Sleeman, Andrew Donald Nash, Louis Jerry Fabri
  • Publication number: 20190040146
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for treating nasal polyposis. The methods include administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutic composition comprising an interleukin-4 receptor (IL-4R) antagonist such as an anti-IL-4R antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Leda Mannent, Gianluca Pirozzi, Allen Radin, Namita A. Gandhi, Robert Evans
  • Publication number: 20190040147
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for decreasing a nasal polyp score in a subject. The methods include administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutic composition comprising an interleukin-4 receptor (IL-4R) antagonist such as an anti-IL-4R antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Leda Mannent, Gianluca Pirozzi, Brian Swanson, Allen Radin, Namita A. Gandhi, Robert Evans, Jennifer Hamilton
  • Publication number: 20190040148
    Abstract: The invention relates to anti-TNFR1 polypeptides and antibody single variable domains (dAbs) that are resistant to degradation by a protease, as well as antagonists comprising these. The polypeptides, dAbs and antagonists are useful for as therapeutics and/or prophylactics that are likely to encounter proteases when administered to a patient, for example for pulmonary administration, oral administration, delivery to the lung and delivery to the GI tract of a patient, as well as for treating inflammatory disease, such as arthritis or COPD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Laurent JESPERS, Malgorzata Pupecka-Swider, Carolyn Enever, Ian Tomlinson
  • Publication number: 20190040149
    Abstract: The present invention relates to antibodies that bind human programmed cell death 1 (PD-1), and may be useful for treating cancer alone and in combination with chemotherapy and other cancer therapeutics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: INNOVENT BIOLOGICS (SUZHOU) CO., LTD
    Inventors: Hemanta BARUAH, Cheng CHEN, Xiaolin LIU, Andy TSUN, De-Chao Michael YU
  • Publication number: 20190040150
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of treating, reducing the incidence of, or preventing one or more activities in or of a cancer cell, methods of treating, reducing the incidence of, or preventing migration or metastasis of a cancer cell, methods of treating, reducing the incidence of, or preventing a cancer by reducing tumor associated macrophages (TAMs) or their migration, and methods of treating, reducing the incidence of, or preventing a cancer (including metastatic cancer), for example, with an inhibitor of Motile Sperm Domain containing Protein 2 (MOSPD2). Also disclosed are inhibitors of MOSPD2 (e.g., anti-MOSPD2 antibodies or antigen binding fragments thereof) and pharmaceutical compositions containing MOSPD2 inhibitors. Also disclosed are methods for the prediction, diagnosis, or prognosis of cancer, cancer metastasis, tumor progression, or tumor invasiveness in a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Itzhak Mendel, Oshrat PROPHETA-MEIRAN, Yaniv SALEM, Anat SHOHAM, Niva YACOV, Eyal BREITBART
  • Publication number: 20190040151
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an immunoconjugate comprising an antibody, a functional motif, and a linker connecting the functional motif to the antibody. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the antibody may recognize tumor-associated antigens (TAAs), and serves as a targeting module for delivering the functional motif connected therewith to the tumor cells thereby inhibiting tumor growth or detecting the distribution of tumor cells. Also disclosed herein are methods of treating cancers and methods of diagnosing cancers by use of the present immunoconjugate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: Academia Sinica
    Inventors: An-Suei YANG, Wei-Ying KUO, Hung-Ju HSU, Hong-Sen CHEN, Yu-Chi CHOU, Yueh-Liang TSOU, Hung-Pin PENG, Jhih-Wei JIAN, Chung-Ming YU, Yi-Kai CHIU, Ing-Chein CHEN, Chao-Ping TUNG, Michael HSIAO, Hwei-Jiung WANG
  • Publication number: 20190040152
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) comprising a monoclonal antibody, or an antigen-binding fragment thereof, directed against B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA) conjugated to a cytotoxin. The disclosure also provides compositions comprising the antibody-drug conjugate and methods of killing multiple myeloma cells (including multiple myeloma stems cells) that express BCMA by contacting multiple myeloma cells with the ADC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Krista KINNEER, Reena VARKEY, Xiaodong XIAO, Elaine M. HURT, David TICE
  • Publication number: 20190040153
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to monoclonal antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof that bind to human ?-klotho, and pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment comprising the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Regis CEBE, Stephane OLLAND, David Langdon YOWE
  • Publication number: 20190040154
    Abstract: Described herein are methods and compositions for treatment of immune-related diseases or disorders and/or therapy monitoring based on the level of TIGIT, Flg2 and/or IL-33 expression and/or activity. In some embodiments, the methods and compositions described herein are directed to treatment and/or therapy monitoring of cancer and/or infections (e.g., chronic viral infection, intracellular and/or extracellular bacterial infection, and/or fungal infection). In some embodiments, the methods and compositions described herein are directed to treatment and/or therapy monitoring of autoimmune diseases and/or inflammation (e.g., caused by parasitic infection). In some embodiments, the methods and compositions described herein are directed to treatment and/or therapy monitoring of asthma, allergy, and/or atopy. Methods for identifying patients who are more likely to be responsive to and benefit from an immunotherapy that targets TIGIT, Fg12 and/or IL-33 are also described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: THE BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL, INC.
    Inventors: Vijay Kuchroo, Nicole Joller, Ana C. Anderson, Patrick Burkett
  • Publication number: 20190040155
    Abstract: The application pertains to a trispecific antibody molecule which may comprise a diabody-unit integrated into a polypeptide chain having at least six variable domains linked one after another. In certain instances two single-chain Fv (scFv) fragments are distally connected to the diabody-unit providing two further antigen binding sites (FIGS. 1 and 2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Kristina ELLWANGER, Ivica FUCEK, Thorsten ROSS, Thomas MUELLER, Erich RAJKOVIC, Uwe REUSCH, Martin TREDER, Michael WEICHEL
  • Publication number: 20190040156
    Abstract: IgG bispecific antibodies are provided that bind tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF?) and the p19 subunit of interleukin-23 (IL-23p19) and are characterized as having high affinity and simultaneous neutralizing properties to both TNF? and IL-23. The bispecific antibodies of the invention are useful for treating various autoimmune diseases including inflammatory bowel disease, such as Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, and Hidradenitis suppurativa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Stephen J Demarest, Songqing Na, Jeffrey S Boyles, Qing Chai
  • Publication number: 20190040157
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel polypeptide that binds selectively to mouse or rabbit immunoglobulin G. More specifically, the present invention relates to a polypeptide that binds to mouse or rabbit immunoglobulin G, a polynucleotide encoding the polypeptide, an expression vector comprising the polynucleotide, a transformant introduced with the expression vector, a method of producing the polypeptide using the transformant, and a composition for immunoassay comprising the polypeptide. The novel peptide according to the present invention binds specifically to mouse or rabbit immunoglobulin G, can replace conventional expensive secondary immunoglobulin G, and can be used in various biological immunoassays. In addition, a conjugate of the polypeptide of the present invention and immunoglobulin G is useful for fabrication of various immunosensors/immunochips and for drug screening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Hak-Sung Kim, Sukyo Jeong, Woosung Heu, Jong-Won Kim, Joong-Jae Lee
  • Publication number: 20190040158
    Abstract: A method of producing crystalline cellulose from a cellulosic material includes the step of reacting the cellulosic material in an aqueous slurry comprising a transition metal catalyst and a hypohalite solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Sean MCALPINE, Jory NAKONESHNY