Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090246194 | ERYTHROPOIETIN ANALOG-IgG FUSION PROTEINS - Erythropoietin analog-human IgG fusion protein (EPOa-IgG) fusion protein and methods of making and using the fusion protein. | 10-01-2009 |
20100021612 | METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF FUSION PROTEINS IN TRANSGENIC MAMMAL MILK - Desirable fusion proteins can be produced in and purified from the milk of transgenic animals. The peptides are made as fusion proteins with a suitable fusion partner such as human alpha-fetoprotein. The fusion partner protein acts to promote and increase the half-life of the overall molecule as well as having therapeutic effects on its own. The fusion protein is typically produced through the use of transgenic animals and can be purified away from the now the milk or other bodily fluid of such an animal by an affinity purification method. A particular advantage of producing peptides via this route, in addition to the obvious advantages of high yield and biocompatibility, is that specific post-translational modifications, such as carboxy terminal amidation, can be performed in the mammary gland. Biologically active polypeptides comprising a therapeutically active polypeptide fused to human alpha-fetoprotein fragment or a variant thereof, methods for the preparation thereof, nucleotide sequences encoding such fusion polypeptides, expression cassettes comprising such nucleotide sequences, self-replicating plasmids containing such expression cassettes, and pharmaceutical compositions containing said fusion polypeptides. | 01-28-2010 |
20110104049 | METHOD OF USING AN ANTI-CD137 ANTIBODY AS AN AGENT FOR RADIOIMMUNOTHERAPY OR RADIOIMMUNODETECTION - The current invention relates to the development and methods of use of a recombinant agonistic antibody anti-human CD137, and glycosylation variants thereof. These antibodies act as anti-cancer agents and/or immune modulators that are effective in shrinking solid tumors or other cancerous indications and preventing their recurrence. The types of cancer for which the contemplated antibody is effective in treating also include leukemia and lymphoma. In a preferred embodiment the recombinant antibodies of the current invention were produced in and purified from the milk of transgenic animals. In another preferred embodiment of the current invention the agonistic anti-CD137 antibodies of the invention can be conjugated to radionuclides for radioimmunodetection or radioimmunotherapeutic purposes, or conjugated to a toxin for enhanced therapeutic treatment of various cancers. | 05-05-2011 |
20110229460 | ANTI-CD137 ANTIBODY AS AN AGENT IN THE TREATMENT OF INFLAMMATORY CONDITIONS - The present invention relates to the treatment of inflammatory conditions including atherosclerosis and sepsis. In particular, the invention relates to treatment of these conditions using antibodies. | 09-22-2011 |
20120058047 | METHOD OF USING AN ANTI-CD137 ANTIBODY AS AN AGENT FOR RADIOIMMUNOTHERAPY OR RADIOIMMUNODETECTION - The current invention relates to the development and methods of use of a recombinant agonistic antibody anti-human CD137, and glycosylation variants thereof. These antibodies act as anti-cancer agents and/or immune modulators that are effective in shrinking solid tumors or other cancerous indications and preventing their recurrence. The types of cancer for which the contemplated antibody is effective in treating also include leukemia and lymphoma. In a preferred embodiment the recombinant antibodies of the current invention were produced in and purified from the milk of transgenic animals. In another preferred embodiment of the current invention the agonistic anti-CD137 antibodies of the invention can be conjugated to radionuclides for radioimmunodetection or radioimmunotherapeutic purposes, or conjugated to a toxin for enhanced therapeutic treatment of various cancers. | 03-08-2012 |
20130149301 | ANTI-CD137 ANTIBODY AS AN AGENT IN THE TREATMENT OF INFLAMMATORY CONDITIONS - The present invention relates to the treatment of inflammatory conditions including atherosclerosis and sepsis. In particular, the invention relates to treatment of these conditions using antibodies. | 06-13-2013 |
20140046033 | ANTIBODIES WITH ENHANCED ANTIBODY-DEPENDENT CELLULAR CYTOTOXICITY ACTIVITY, METHODS OF THEIR PRODUCTION AND USE - The invention relates, in part, to antibodies with increased ADCC activity. Methods of producing such antibodies are also provided. The antibodies of the invention are produced in mammary epithelial cells, such as those in a non-human transgenic animal engineered to express and secrete the antibody in its milk. The antibodies or compositions comprising the antibodies can be used to treat disease in which ADCC activity provides a benefit. In one embodiment, therefore, the antibodies or compositions comprising the antibodies can be used to treat cancer, lymphoproliferative disease or autoimmune disease. | 02-13-2014 |
20150368334 | HIGHLY GALACTOSYLATED ANTI-TNF-ALPHA ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF - In one aspect, the disclosure relates to highly galactosylated anti-TNF-alpha antibodies and compositions thereof. In one aspect, the disclosure relates to populations of anti-TNF-alpha antibodies with a high level of galactosylation, and compositions thereof. In one aspect, the disclosure relates to methods of production and use of highly galactosylated anti-TNF-alpha antibodies and populations of anti-TNF-alpha antibodies with a high level of galactosylation. In some embodiments, the anti-TNF-alpha antibody is adalimumab. | 12-24-2015 |
20150368357 | HIGHLY GALACTOSYLATED ANTI-HER2 ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF - In one aspect, the disclosure relates to highly galactosylated anti-HER2 antibodies and compositions thereof. In one aspect, the disclosure relates to populations of anti-HER2 antibodies with a high level of galactosylation, and compositions thereof. In one aspect, the disclosure relates to methods of production and use of highly galactosylated anti-HER2 antibodies and populations of anti-HER2 antibodies with a high level of galactosylation. In some embodiments the anti-HER-2 antibody is trastuzumab. | 12-24-2015 |