Abstract: This present invention describes the derivation and selection of antibodies capable of neutralising the major exotoxins; TcdA and TcdB of Clostridium difficile. The invention also describes novel neutralisation and antigen binding properties of individual Mabs and mixtures thereof.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 10, 2012
Publication date:
November 27, 2014
Applicant:
UCB PHARMA S.A.
Inventors:
David Paul Humphreys, Daniel John Lightwood, Kerry Louise Tyson, David Edward Ormonde Knight, Karine Jeannine Madeleine Hervé, Joanne Elizabeth Compson, Matthew Jon Timothy Page, Andrew Charles Payne, Nicola Louise Fisher, Brendon Mackenze, Matthew Cox
Abstract: There is disclosed antibody molecules containing at least one CDR derived from a mouse monoclonal antibody having specificity for human CD22. There is also disclosed a CDR grafted antibody wherein at least one of the CDRs is a modified CDR. Further disclosed are DNA sequences encoding the claims of the antibody molecules, vectors, transformed host cells and uses of the antibody molecules in the treatment of diseases mediated by cells expressing CD22.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 16, 2011
Date of Patent:
November 25, 2014
Assignee:
UCB Pharma S.A.
Inventors:
Simon Peter Tickle, Heather Margaret Ladyman
Abstract: A Nav1.7 binding entity that after binding functionally modifies the activity of the ion channel, in particular an anti-Nav1.7 antibody or binding fragment thereof, pharmaceutical compositions comprising said antibodies, use of the antibodies and compositions comprising the same, in treatment, for example in the treatment/modulation of pain and processes for generating and preparing said antibodies.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 23, 2014
Publication date:
November 20, 2014
Applicant:
UCB PHARMA S.A.
Inventors:
Helene Margaret Finney, Terence Seward Baker, Alastair David Griffiths Lawson, Karen Margrete Miller, Marc Roger de Ryck, Christian Gilbert J. Wolff
Abstract: The invention relates to an antibody molecule having specificity for antigenic determinants of IL-17, therapeutic uses of the antibody molecule and methods for producing said antibody molecule.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 9, 2012
Date of Patent:
October 21, 2014
Assignee:
UCB Pharma, S.A.
Inventors:
Ralph Adams, Andrew George Popplewell, Stephen Edward Rapecki, Simon Peter Tickle
Abstract: A series of monocyclic or bicyclic diamine-substituted thieno[2,3-d]pyrimidine and isothiazolo[5,4-d]pyrimidine derivatives are beneficial in the treatment and/or prevention of various human ailments, including inflammatory, autoimmune and oncological disorders; viral diseases; and organ and cell transplant rejection.
Inventors:
Daniel Christopher Brookings, Daniel James Ford, Anant Ramrao Ghawalkar, Jean Herman, Qiuya Huang, Claire Louise Kulisa, Thierry Louat, Judi Charlotte Neuss, James Thomas Reuberson, Bart Vanderhoydonck
Abstract: A serum albumin binding antibody or fragment thereof comprising a heavy chain variable domain having the sequence given in SEQ ID NO: 1 or SEQ ID NO:2 and/or comprising a light chain variable domain having the sequence given in SEQ ID NO:3 or SEQ ID NO:4, in particular comprising a heavy chain variable domain and a light chain variable domain having the sequence given in SEQ ID NO: 1 and SEQ ID NO:3 or a heavy chain variable domain and a light chain variable domain having the sequence given in SEQ ID NO: 2 and SEQ ID NO:4. The disclosure also extends to polynucleotides encoding the antibodies or fragments, vectors comprising same and host cells capable of expressing the polynucleotides. The disclosure further includes pharmaceutical compositions comprising the antibodies or fragments and therapeutic used of any one of the same.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 9, 2012
Publication date:
October 9, 2014
Applicant:
UCB PHARMA S.A.
Inventors:
Ralph Adams, Pavalli Bhatta, Sam Phillip Heywood, David Paul Humphreys
Abstract: The syringe systems disclosed herein provide in part devices for allowing patients with compromised joint strength to more easily administer medicine. Certain exemplary syringe embodiments include a handle forming a handgrip, a syringe barrel that magnifies the dosage marks located on an inner barrel, and a tip cap slidably engageable with the syringe barrel for shielding a needle.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 11, 2013
Publication date:
September 11, 2014
Applicant:
UCB PHARMA S.A.
Inventors:
Darrell P. Morgan, Alex Lee, Dan Formosa, Steven Vordenberg, Joern Vicari, Eric Freitag, Boris Kontorvich
Abstract: The present invention relates to a recombinant host cell, wherein the cell is modified to increase the expression levels of Ero1 and XBP1 relative to the expression levels of Ero1 and XBP1 in an unmodified cell. The present invention also relates to a method of producing a recombinant protein of interest comprising expressing the recombinant protein of interest in the recombinant host cell.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 10, 2010
Date of Patent:
September 9, 2014
Assignee:
UCB Pharma, S.A.
Inventors:
Katharine Lacy Cain, Shirley Jane Peters, Paul Edward Stephens
Abstract: The present invention relates to 2-oxo-1-pyrrolidine imidazothiadiazole derivatives, processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as pharmaceuticals.
Abstract: A method of measuring acidic species generated by degradation of a Fab or Fab? component of a Fab-PEG or a Fab?-PEG is provided. The method involves: a) cleaving PEG and a linker from the Fab-PEG or Fab?-PEG with an enzyme; b) optionally separating the PEG and linker from the Fab or Fab? to provide isolated Fab or Fab?; and c) quantitatively analyzing acidic species associated with the cleaved Fab or Fab? and/or the cleaved PEG.
Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising levetiracetam as active ingredient and 2.0 to 9.0% per weight of disintegrant, 0.0 to 3.0% per weight of gliding agent, 0.5 to 6.0% per weight of binder, and 0.0 to 1.0% per weight of lubricant, with respect to the total weight of the pharmaceutical composition, and to a process for its preparation.
Abstract: A series of substituted [1,3,5]triazin-2-yl derivatives, being selective inhibitors of PI3 kinase enzymes, are accordingly of benefit in medicine, for example in the treatment of inflammatory, autoimmune, cardiovascular, neurodegenerative, metabolic, oncological, nociceptive or ophthalmic conditions.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 2, 2010
Date of Patent:
July 22, 2014
Assignee:
UCB Pharma, S.A.
Inventors:
Daniel Rees Allen, Roland Bürli, Alan Findlay Haughan, Jonathan David MacDonald, Mizio Matteucci, David John Nash, Andrew Pate Owens, Gilles Raphy, Elizabeth Anne Saville-Stones, Andrew Sharpe
Abstract: The present invention provides dual specificity antibody fusion proteins comprising an antibody Fab or Fab? fragment with specificity for an antigen of interest, said fragment being fused to at least one single domain antibody which has specificity for a second antigen of interest.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 9, 2013
Publication date:
July 10, 2014
Applicant:
UCB Pharma S.A.
Inventors:
David Paul Humphreys, Emma Dave, Laura Griffin, Sam Philip Heywood
Abstract: The present invention relates neutralising epitopes of IL-17A and IL-17F and antibodies which bind those epitopes. The present invention also relates to the therapeutic uses of the antibody molecules and methods for producing them.
Type:
Application
Filed:
February 5, 2014
Publication date:
July 10, 2014
Applicant:
UCB Pharma S.A.
Inventors:
Thomas Allen Ceska, Alistar James Henry, Jiye Shi
Abstract: The invention relates to antibody molecules having specificity for antigenic determinants of both IL-17A and IL-17F, therapeutic uses of the antibody molecules and methods for producing said antibody molecules.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 16, 2013
Publication date:
July 3, 2014
Applicant:
UCB Pharma S.A.
Inventors:
Ralph Adams, Andrew George Popplewell, Stephen Edward Rapecki
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
Abstract: The present invention relates to 2-oxo-1-imidazolidinyl imidazothiadiazole derivatives, processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as pharmaceuticals.
Abstract: A Nav1.7 binding entity that after binding functionally modifies the activity of the ion channel, in particular an anti-Nav1.7 antibody or binding fragment thereof, pharmaceutical compositions comprising said antibodies, use of the antibodies and compositions comprising the same, in treatment, for example in the treatment/modulation of pain and processes for generating and preparing said antibodies.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 27, 2010
Date of Patent:
May 27, 2014
Assignee:
UCB Pharma S.A.
Inventors:
Helene Margaret Finney, Terence Seward Baker, Alastair David Griffiths Lawson, Karen Margrete Miller, Marc Roger de Ryck, Christian Gilbert J Wolff
Abstract: The present invention provides a recombinant gram-negative bacterial cell comprising an expression vector, comprising a recombinant polynucleotide encoding DsbC and one or more polynucleotides encoding an antibody or an antigen binding fragment thereof specifically binding to CD154.
Abstract: A method of measuring acidic species generated by degradation of a Fab or Fab? component of a Fab-PEG or a Fab?-PEG is provided. The method involves: a) cleaving PEG and a linker from the Fab-PEG or Fab?-PEG with an enzyme; b) optionally separating the PEG and linker from the Fab or Fab? to provide isolated Fab or Fab?; and c) quantitatively analyzing acidic species associated with the cleaved Fab or Fab? and/or the cleaved PEG.