Conjugated To A Cytotoxic Agent, Drug, Or Other Biologically-active Substance Patents (Class 530/391.7)
  • Publication number: 20140213775
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a magnetic particle comprising: a ligand that specifically binds an intracellular antigen, a cell membrane penetrating cationic peptide and a peptide comprising an amino acid sequence that is adapted to interact with the secretory pathway in a cell and the use of the particle in selection of cells from heterogeneous cell populations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Inventor: Rosalind Codrington
  • Patent number: 8790649
    Abstract: Novel anti-cancer agents, including, but not limited to, antibodies and immunoconjugates, that bind to EGFR are provided. Methods of using the agents, antibodies, or immunoconjugates, such as methods of inhibiting tumor growth are further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: ImmunoGen, Inc.
    Inventors: Julianto Setiady, Peter U. Park, Lingyun Rui, Thomas Chittenden, Gillian Payne
  • Publication number: 20140205606
    Abstract: The present invention relates to antibodies that specifically bind to the human c-Met receptor protein and that act as strict antagonists of hepatocyte growth factor (HGF)-mediated activation of the c-Met receptor and also inhibit HGF-independent activation of the human c-Met protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: ARGEN-X B.V.
    Inventors: Anna HULTBERG, Michael SAUNDERS, Johannes DE HAARD, Els FESTJENS, Natalie DE JONGE, Paolo Michieli, Christina Basilico, Torsten Dreier
  • Publication number: 20140205599
    Abstract: Described are proteinaceous molecules comprising at least a domain that comprises an amino acid sequence that specifically binds to an MHC-peptide complex on an aberrant cell, functionally connected with a substance that induces apoptosis in aberrant cells, but not in normal cells. These proteinaceous molecules are preferably used in selectively modulating biological processes. The provided proteinaceous molecules are of particular use in pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of diseases related to cellular aberrancies, such as cancers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Inventor: Maria Johanna J.E. Van Driel
  • Publication number: 20140205544
    Abstract: Disclosed is the surprising discovery that aminophospholipids, such as phosphatidylserine and phosphatidylethanolamine, are specific, accessible and stable markers of the luminal surface of tumor blood vessels. The present invention thus provides aminophospholipid-targeted diagnostic and therapeutic constructs for use in tumor intervention. Antibody-therapeutic agent conjugates and constructs that bind to aminophospholipids are particularly provided, as are methods of specifically delivering therapeutic agents, including toxins and coagulants, to the stably-expressed aminophospholipids of tumor blood vessels, thereby inducing thrombosis, necrosis and tumor regression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Philip E. Thorpe, Sophia Ran, Rolf A. Brekken
  • Patent number: 8784811
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods for characterizing, diagnosing, and treating cancer. In particular the invention provides the means and methods for the diagnosis, characterization, prognosis and treatment of cancer and specifically targeting cancer stem cells. The present invention provides an antibody that specifically binds to a non-ligand binding region of the extracellular domain of a human NOTCH receptor and inhibits growth of tumor cells. The present invention further provides a method of treating cancer, the method comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of an antibody that specifically binds to a non-ligand binding region of the extracellular domain of a human NOTCH receptor protein and inhibits growth of tumor cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: OncoMed Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: John A. Lewicki, Austin Gurney, Timothy Hoey, Wan-ching Yen, Sanjeev Satyal
  • Patent number: 8785602
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and compositions useful in the treatment or prevention of Chlamydia infections and cancer. The methods and compositions inhibit the entry of Chlamydia into a host cell expressing EMP2 by interfering with the interaction between the Chlamydia and EMP2. The methods and compositions target cancers which express or overexpress EMP2 nucleic acids and polypeptides by targeting EMP2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Jonathan Braun, Lynn K. Gordon, Kaori Shimazaki Dadgostar, Madhuri Wadehra, Kathleen A. Kelly, Anna M. Wu
  • Patent number: 8784817
    Abstract: Fully human monoclonal Abs includes (i) an antigen-binding variable region that exhibits very high binding affinity for IL-1? and (ii) a constant region that is effective at both activating the complement system though C1q binding and binding to several different Fc receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: XBiotech, Inc.
    Inventor: John Simard
  • Patent number: 8784824
    Abstract: Treatment of lesions of pathological angiogenesis, especially tumors, rheumatoid arthritis, diabetic retinopathy, age-related muscular degeneration, and angiomas. A conjugate is used comprising a molecule that exerts a biocidal or cytotoxic effect on target cells in the lesions and an antibody directed against an extracellular matrix component which is present in such lesions. The antibody may be directed against fibronectin-2 (IL-2), doxorubicin, interleukin-12 (IL-12), Interferon-? (IFN-?), Tumor Necrosis Factor ? (TNF?) or Tissue Factor protein (which may be truncated).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Philogen S.p.A.
    Inventors: Luciano Zardi, Dario Neri, Barbara Carnemolla, Fredrik Nilsson, Lorenzo Tarli, Laura Borsi, Cornelia Halin
  • Publication number: 20140199311
    Abstract: This invention provides an antibody targeting a cancer antigenic protein specifically expressed on the surface of cancer cells and use thereof as a therapeutic and/or preventive agent for cancer. More specifically, the present invention provides an antibody, or a fragment thereof which has immunological reactivity with a CAPRIN-1 protein, the antibody comprising a heavy chain variable region comprising complementarity determining regions of SEQ ID NOs: 5, 6, and 7 and a light chain variable region comprising complementarity determining regions of SEQ ID NOs: 9, 10, and 11, and a pharmaceutical composition for treatment and/or prevention of cancer, comprising the same as an active ingredient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Shinichi Kobayashi, Fumiyoshi Okano, Takanori Saito
  • Publication number: 20140199328
    Abstract: The present invention provides isolated anti-interferon alpha monoclonal antibodies, particularly human monoclonal antibodies, that inhibit the biological activity of multiple interferon (IFN) alpha subtypes but do not substantially inhibit the biological activity of IFN alpha 21 or the biological activity of either IFN beta or IFN omega. Immunoconjugates, bispecific molecules and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the antibodies of the invention are also provided. The invention also provides methods for inhibiting the biological activity of IFN alpha using the antibodies of the invention, as well as methods of treating disease or disorders mediated by IFN alpha, such as autoimmune diseases, transplant rejection and graft versus host disease, by administering the antibodies of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: Medarex, LLC
    Inventors: Alison Witte, Denise Williams, Josephine M. Cardarelli, David King, David B. Passmore
  • Publication number: 20140199242
    Abstract: Novel antibodies for the detection and/or treatment of a cancer (e.g., a pancreatic cancer or an ovarian cancer) are provided. In certain embodiments the antibodies bind a region of the MUC4 protein that does not comprise the central tandem repeat (TR) domain of MUC4. Certain antibodies bind to the MUC4 peptide fragment MUC4-?-N-Ter and/or to the MUC4 peptide fragment MUC4-?-C-Ter. Chimeric constructs comprising such antibodies are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
    Inventors: Surinder K. Batra, Maneesh Jain, Moorthy P. Ponnusamy
  • Publication number: 20140199315
    Abstract: Endogenous Sp35 is a negative regulator for neuronal survival, axon regeneration, oligodendrocyte differentiation and myelination (Negative Regulator). Molecules that block endogenous Sp35 function, such anti-Sp35 antibodies can be used as therapeutics for the treatment of neuron and oligodendrocyte dysfunction. The present invention provides antibodies specific for Sp35, and methods of using such antibodies as antagonists of endogenous Sp35 function. The invention further provides specific hybridoma and phage library-derived monoclonal antibodies, nucleic acids encoding these antibodies, and vectors and host cells comprising these antibodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: Biogen Idec MA Inc.
    Inventors: Sha MI, R. Blake Pepinsky, Zhaohui Shao, Christilyn Graff
  • Publication number: 20140199293
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for making and using humanized anti-LPA monoclonal antibodies, and fragments and derivatives thereof, are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Inventors: Roger A. SABBADINI, Genevieve HANSEN, William A. GARLAND, Steven Tarran JONES, David Gareth WILLIAMS
  • Patent number: 8779104
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and compositions useful in the treatment or prevention of Chlamydia infections and cancer. The methods and compositions inhibit the entry of Chlamydia into a host cell expressing EMP2 by interfering with the interaction between the Chlamydia and EMP2. The methods and compositions target cancers which express or overexpress EMP2 nucleic acids and polypeptides by targeting EMP2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Jonathan Braun, Lynn K. Gordon, Kaori Shimazaki Dadgostar, Madhuri Wadehra, Kathleen A. Kelly, Anna M. Wu
  • Publication number: 20140193332
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compositions of matter useful for the diagnosis and treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases in mammals and to methods of using those compositions of matter for the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2013
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: GENENTECH, INC.
    Inventors: Audrey Goddard, Austin L. Gurney
  • Publication number: 20140193431
    Abstract: Disclosed are a human antibody comprising a human complementarity-determining region (CDR), which binds specifically to c-Met, and a framework region (FR), a polynucleotide encoding the human antibody, an expression vector comprising the polynucleotide, a transformant transformed with the expression vector, a method of producing the human antibody B7 by culturing the transformant, a wound healing composition comprising the human antibody as an active ingredient, a cell regeneration composition comprising the antibody as an active ingredient, and a drug conjugate comprising a drug linked to the human antibody. The c-Met-specific human antibody can function as an HGF mimic that can be used as a wound healing composition. The antibody can be widely used to determine the treatment and prognosis of various diseases, including neuronal infarction, progressive nephropathy, liver cirrhosis, lung fibrosis, kidney injury, liver injury, lung injury, and ulcerative wounds, which are treated by activation of HGF or c-Met.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology
    Inventors: Young Woo Park, KiWon Jo, Chan Woong Park, Seok Ho Yoo, Myeoung Hee Jang, Hye Nan Kim, Seon Ha Yun, Kyu Won Cho, Mi Ra Park
  • Publication number: 20140193334
    Abstract: Acridine containing cisplatin compounds have been disclosed that show greater efficacy against cancer than other cisplatin compounds. Methods of delivery of those more effective cisplatin compounds to the nucleus in cancer cells is disclosed using one or more amino acids, one or more sugars, one or more polymeric ethers, C1-6alkylene-phenyl-NH—C(O)—R15, folic acid, ?v?3 integrin RGD binding peptide, tamoxifen, endoxifen, epidermal growth factor receptor, antibody conjugates, kinase inhibitors, diazoles, triazoles, oxazoles, erlotinib, and/or mixtures thereof; wherein R15 is a peptide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Inventors: Ulrich Bierbach, Song Ding
  • Publication number: 20140193432
    Abstract: The present invention provides: antibodies specifically reacting against hDlk-1 and having anti-tumor activity in vivo (anti-hDlk-1 antibodies, and in particular, humanized anti-hDlk-1 antibodies); fragments of the antibodies; hybridomas that produce the antibodies; a complex of the antibody or antibody fragment and an agent; a pharmaceutical composition, a tumor therapeutic agent, a tumor diagnostic agent and an agent for inducing apoptosis in tumor cells, each of which comprises the aforementioned antibody or the like; a method for treating tumor, a method for detecting tumor, a method for inducing apoptosis in tumor cells, a kit for detecting and/or diagnosing tumor and a kit for inducing apoptosis in tumor cells, each of which comprises the use of the aforementioned antibody or the like; etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: LIVTECH, INC.
    Inventors: Koji NAKAMURA, Hiroyuki YANAI, Toru KANKE, Naoya TSURUSHITA, Shankar KUMAR
  • Publication number: 20140193414
    Abstract: The invention provides anti-HER antibodies, including multispecific anti-HER antibodies, compositions comprising and methods of using these antibodies. Also provided herein are EGFR/HER3 multispecific antibodies that are less toxic than traditional EGFR antagonists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Germaine Fuh, Lauric Haber, Gabriele Schaefer, Mark X. Sliwkowski
  • Publication number: 20140193434
    Abstract: It is intended to identify a cancer antigenic protein specifically expressed on the surface of cancer cells and to provide an antibody targeting the antigenic protein and use of the antibody as a therapeutic and/or preventive agent for cancer. The present invention provides an antibody or a fragment thereof which has immunological reactivity with a CAPRIN-1 protein, the antibody comprising a heavy chain variable region comprising amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 5, 6, and 7 and a light chain variable region comprising amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 9, 10, and 11, and a pharmaceutical composition for treatment and/or prevention of cancer, comprising this antibody or fragment as an active ingredient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Shinichi Kobayashi, Fumiyoshi Okano, Yoshitaka Minamida, Takanori Saito
  • Publication number: 20140193421
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a monoclonal antibody binding to human XCR1, wherein the antibody binds to linear or discontinuous epitopes which comprise at least three amino acids selected from the group consisting of the 8th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 16th, 17th, 22nd, 23rd, 176th, and 177th amino acids in the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 91.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: EISAI R&D MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Sakamoto, Miyuki Nishimura, Tetsu Kawano, Yukihisa Sawa, Toshio Imai
  • Publication number: 20140193405
    Abstract: Provided are humanized anti-CD40 antibodies and antigen-binding fragments and methods for treating disease characterized by expression of CD40 antigen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicants: Seattle Genetics, Inc., Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Leonard G. Presta, Lori Y. O'Connell, Svetlana O. Doronina
  • Publication number: 20140193436
    Abstract: Extracellular-targeted drug conjugates (EDC) in which a targeting moiety targeting a protein associated with the Na,K-ATPase is linked to a drug that interacts with the Na,K-ATPase through a linker a stable linker are useful in the treatment of disease and as tools for the evaluation of biological systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: CENTROSE, LLC
    Inventor: James R. Prudent
  • Publication number: 20140193419
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for diagnosing and treating diseases, particularly cancer, associated with differential expression of cancer-associated targets (CAT) in disease cells compared to healthy cells are provided. Also provided are antagonists and agonists of CAT, and methods for screening agents that modulate CAT level or activity in vivo or in vitro.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: CELERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Steve RUBEN, Karen VAN ORDEN, Bruno DOMON, Candy LEE, Tao HE, Mehdi MESRI, Elizabeth JOSELOFF, Katherine MCKINNON, Paul MOORE, Charles BIRSE
  • Publication number: 20140194601
    Abstract: Antibody drug conjugates (ADC's) that bind to 161P2F10B protein are described herein. 161P2F10B exhibits tissue specific expression in normal adult tissue, and is aberrantly expressed in the cancers listed in Table I. Consequently, the ADC's of the invention provide a therapeutic composition for the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: AGENSYS, INC.
    Inventors: Michael TORGOV, Robert Kendall MORRISON, Aya JAKOBOVITS, Jean GUDAS, Zili AN
  • Patent number: 8772459
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a minibody monomer that binds PSMA is provided. The minibody monomer is encoded by a nucleotide sequence comprising, from N-terminus to C-terminus, an scFv sequence that can bind PSMA, an artificial hinge sequence, and a human IgG CH3 sequence. In another embodiment, a CysDB monomer that binds PSMA is provided. The CysDB monomer may be encoded by a nucleotide sequence comprising, from N-terminus to C-terminus, an scFv sequence that can bind PSMA and a cysteine tail. In other embodiments, methods for diagnosing or treating a cancer associated with PSMA expression in a subject are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: ImaginAb, Inc.
    Inventors: David Ho, Tove Olafsen, Arye Lipman
  • Patent number: 8772457
    Abstract: The invention provides antibodies to specific neural proteins and methods of using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Jasvinder Atwal, Yongmei Chen, Cecilia Pui Chi Chiu, Robert A. Lazarus, Weiru Wang, Ryan J. Watts, Yan Wu, Yingnan Zhang
  • Publication number: 20140187756
    Abstract: The invention provides methods for preparing an antibody-active agent conjugate. The conjugate comprises an antibody, a cysteine residue of an amino acid motif that can be recognized by an isoprenoid transferase located at or after the carboxy-terminus of the antibody, an isoprenoid unit operably linked to the cysteine residue, and an active agent. The invention also provides a composition comprising the antibody-active agent conjugate prepared by the methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2014
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: LegoChem Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Yongzu Kim, Taekyo Park, Sungho Woo, Hyangsook Lee, Sunyoung Kim, Jongun Cho, Doohwan Jung, Youngun Kim, Hyunjin Kwon, Kyuman Oh, Yunseo Chung, Yun-Hee Park
  • Publication number: 20140186359
    Abstract: This invention provides an antibody targeting a cancer antigenic protein specifically expressed on the surface of cancer cells and use thereof as a therapeutic and/or preventive agent for cancer. More specifically, the present invention provides an antibody, or a fragment thereof which has immunological reactivity with a partial CAPRIN-1 polypeptide consisting of the amino acid sequence shown by SEQ ID NO: 5 or an amino acid sequence having 80% or higher sequence identity to the amino acid sequence, and a pharmaceutical composition for treatment and/or prevention of cancer comprising the same as an active ingredient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Fumiyoshi Okano, Shinichi Kobayashi, Yoshitaka Minamida, Takanori Saito
  • Publication number: 20140186377
    Abstract: The present invention encompasses prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) binding proteins. The invention relates to antibodies that are wild-type, chimeric, CDR grafted and humanized. Preferred antibodies have high affinity for prostaglandin E2 and neutralize prostaglandin E2 activity in vitro and in vivo. An antibody of the invention can be a full-length antibody, or an antigen-binding portion thereof. Methods of making and methods of using the antibodies of the invention are also provided. The antibodies, or antigen-binding portions, of the invention are useful for detecting prostaglandin E2 and for inhibiting prostaglandin E2 activity, e.g., in a human subject suffering from a disorder in which prostaglandin E2 activity is detrimental.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: AbbVie, Inc.
    Inventors: Jijie Gu, Charles W. Hutchins, Rong-Rong Zhu, Jianwei Shen, Maria C. Harris, Eileen Belanger, Tariq Ghayur, Paul R. Hinton, Veronica M. Juan, John Mankovich, Junjian Liu
  • Publication number: 20140186358
    Abstract: The invention relates to anti-HER3 antigen binding proteins, e.g. anti-HER3 antibodies, that bind to the beta-hairpin of HER3, methods for selecting these antigen binding proteins, their preparation and use as medicament.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Birgit Bossenmaier, David Casagolda Vallribera, Guy Georges, Michael Gerg, Gerhard Niederfellner, Christian Scholz, Michael Schraeml
  • Publication number: 20140186354
    Abstract: The invention relates to anti-HER3/HER4 antigen binding proteins, e.g. anti-HER3/HER4 antibodies, that bind to the beta-hairpin of HER3 and the beta-hairpin of HER4, methods for selecting these antigen binding proteins, their preparation and use as medicament.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Birgit Bossenmaier, Guy Georges, Michael Gerg, Gerhard Niederfellner, Christian Scholz, Michael Schraeml
  • Publication number: 20140186338
    Abstract: The present technology relates to the identification of genetic products expressed in association with tumors and to coding nucleic acids for the expressed products. An embodiment of the present technology also relates to the therapy and diagnosis of disease in which the genetic products are aberrantly expressed in association with tumors, proteins, polypeptides and peptides which are expressed in association with tumors, and to the nucleic acids coding for the polypeptides, peptides and proteins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Inventors: Ugur Sahin, Ozlem Tureci, Michael Koslowski
  • Patent number: 8765920
    Abstract: A new and versatile class of cyclic diazodicarboxamides that reacts efficiently and selectively with phenols and the phenolic side chain of tyrosine through an Ene-like reaction is reported. This mild aqueous tyrosine ligation reaction works over a broad pH range and expands the repertoire of aqueous chemistries available for small molecule, peptide, and protein modification. The tyrosine ligation reactions are shown to be compatible with the labeling of native enzymes and antibodies in buffered aqueous solution. This reaction provides a novel synthetic approach to bispecific antibodies. This reaction will find broad utility in peptide and protein chemistry and in the chemistry of phenol-containing compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: The Scripps Research Institute
    Inventors: Carlos F. Barbas, III, Hitoshi Ban, Julia Gavrilyuk
  • Publication number: 20140178387
    Abstract: The invention relates to antibody molecules having specificity for antigenic determinants of human IL-13, therapeutic uses of the antibody molecules and methods for producing said antibody molecules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: UCB Pharma S.A.
    Inventors: NEIL GOZZARD, ALASTAIR DAVID GRIFFITHS LAWSON, DANIEL JOHN LIGHTWOOD, ROGER THOMAS PALFRAMAN, BRYAN JOHN SMITH, KERRY LOUISE TYSON
  • Publication number: 20140178389
    Abstract: The disclosure provides binding proteins that specifically bind to IL-1? and IL-1?. These binding proteins can be organized into DVD-Igs. These proteins can be used to modulate the activity of IL-1? and/or IL-1? and can be used for the treatment immunological diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, psoriasis, multiple sclerosis, and other autoimmune diseases. In addition, their uses in the amelioration and/or treatment of pain in an individual suffering from a disease or disorder associated with IL-1 accumulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: ABBVIE, INC.
    Inventors: Susan E. LACY, Lorenzo BENATUIL, Meha CHHAYA, Emma FUNG, Renee MILLER, Ravi CHARI, Sarah J. HEIGHTON, Jacqueline G. BIXBY
  • Publication number: 20140178377
    Abstract: In certain embodiments, the present invention provides compositions and methods for treating myotonic dystrophy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: VALERION THERAPEUTICS, LLC
    Inventor: Dustin D. Armstrong
  • Publication number: 20140178416
    Abstract: Charged or pro-charged cross-linking moieties and conjugates of cell binding agents and drugs comprising the charged or pro-charged cross-linking moieties and method of making the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: IMMUNOGEN, INC.
    Inventors: Ravi V.J. Chari, Robert Yongxin Zhao, Yelena Kovtun, Rajeeva Singh, Wayne C. Widdison
  • Publication number: 20140178373
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to prepare an antibody that targets CAPRIN-1 specifically expressed on the surface of cancer cells and is superior in antitumor activity to conventional antibodies and to provide use of the antibody as a therapeutic and/or preventive agent for cancer. The present invention provides use of an antibody targeting an identified cancer antigenic protein specifically expressed on the surface of cancer cells as a therapeutic and/or preventive agent for cancer, specifically, a pharmaceutical composition for treatment and/or prevention of cancer, comprising as an active ingredient an antibody or a fragment thereof which has immunological reactivity with a CAPRIN-1 protein, the antibody or the fragment thereof comprising a heavy chain variable region comprising amino acid sequences represented by SEQ ID NOs: 5, 6, and 7 and a light chain variable region comprising amino acid sequences represented by SEQ ID NOs: 9, 10, and 11.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Shinichi Kobayashi, Fumiyoshi Okano, Takanori Saito
  • Publication number: 20140178391
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for diagnosing and detecting diseases associated with colon. The present invention provides one or more proteins or fragments thereof, peptides or nucleic acid molecules differentially expressed in colon diseases (CCAT) and antibodies binds to CCAT. The present invention provides that CCAT is used as targets for screening agents that modulates the CCAT activities. Further the present invention provides methods for treating diseases associated with colon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: Celera Corporation
    Inventors: Bruno DOMON, Aiqun LI, Tao HE, Ian MCCAFFREY
  • Patent number: 8759495
    Abstract: Anti-5T4 antibodies, anti-5T4 antibody/drug conjugates, and methods for preparing and using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Wyeth LLC
    Inventors: Erwin R. Boghaert, Nitin K. Damle, Philip Ross Hamann, Kiran Khandke, Arthur Kunz, Kimberly A. Marquette, Lioudmila Tchistiakova, Davinder Gill, Kodangattil R. Sreekumar
  • Patent number: 8759496
    Abstract: The present invention relates to therapeutic conjugates with improved ability to target various diseased cells containing a targeting moiety (such as an antibody or antibody fragment), a linker and a therapeutic moiety, and further relates to processes for making and using the conjugates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Immunomedics, Inc.
    Inventors: Serengulam V. Govindan, Sung-Ju Moon, David M. Goldenberg
  • Publication number: 20140170149
    Abstract: Bispecific antibodies which comprise one antigen-binding region binding to an epitope of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) and one antigen-binding region binding to human CD3, and related antibody-based compositions and molecules, are disclosed. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising the antibodies and methods for preparing and using the antibodies are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: GENMAB A/S
    Inventors: Joost J. Neijssen, Joyce I. Meesters, Bart De Goeij, Aran Frank Labrijn, Paul Parren, Janine Schuurman
  • Publication number: 20140170171
    Abstract: Provided are proteins and polynucleotides, complexes and compositions containing the proteins, and methods for their use in administration to subjects and for disease treatment. Among the provided proteins and complexes are complexes containing a TGF-beta associated with immunoglobulins (such as IgGs) or functional portions thereof including Fc portions, such as by non-covalent bonds. The complexes and compositions can be used for administration to subjects, such as for treating a subject with a musculoskeletal disease such as osteoarthritis and/or degenerative joint disease. The complexes and compositions can be used in different mammals, including dogs, horses, and humans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: OPTION PHARMACEUTICALS, LLC
    Inventor: Tod Lauerman
  • Publication number: 20140170172
    Abstract: A Tat-based tolerogen composition comprising at least one immunogenic antigen coupled to at least one human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) trans-activator of transcription (Tat) molecule wherein the immunogenic antigen can be a foreign or endogenous antigen or fragments thereof. Additionally methods of suppressing organ transplant rejection and methods of treating autoimmune diseases are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: PIN Pharma, Inc.
    Inventor: David I. Cohen
  • Publication number: 20140170148
    Abstract: Bispecific antibodies which comprise antigen-binding regions binding to two different epitopes of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2), and related antibody-based compositions and molecules, are disclosed. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising the antibodies and methods of preparing and using the antibodies are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: GENMAB A/S
    Inventors: Bart De Goeij, Patrick Van Berkel, Kristin Strumane, Aran Frank Labrijn, Joost J. Neijssen, Joyce I. Meesters, Paul Parren, Janine Schuurman
  • Publication number: 20140161804
    Abstract: Engineered multivalent and multispecific binding proteins, methods of making, and specifically to their uses in the prevention, diagnosis, and/or treatment of disease are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: ABBVIE INC.
    Inventors: Carolyn Cuff, Jennifer Perez, Suju Zhong, Lucia Eaton, Anca Clabbers, Christine Grinnel, Edit Tarsca, Dora Forkas, Suzanne Mathieu
  • Publication number: 20140161870
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides antibodies specific for an epitope present on CD22. The antibodies are useful in various treatment, diagnostic, and monitoring applications, which are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Inventors: David Rabuka, Robert George Edward Holgate, Francis Joseph Carr
  • Patent number: 8748587
    Abstract: The present invention provides molecules that bind to TMEM16A (“TMEM16A binding molecules”), particularly human or humanized antibodies and antibody drug conjugates that bind to human TMEM16A and modulate its functions. Epitopes of TMEM16A and molecules that bind these epitopes are also provided herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Larry Alexander Gaither, Christopher John Rothwell