Patents Assigned to UCB Pharma S.A.
  • Publication number: 20140348844
    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
  • Patent number: 8895714
    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
  • Publication number: 20140342406
    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
  • Patent number: 8865167
    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
  • Publication number: 20140309222
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicants: KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN, K.U.LEUVEN R&D, UCB PHARMA S.A.
    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
  • Publication number: 20140302033
    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
  • Publication number: 20140257192
    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
  • Patent number: 8828719
    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
  • Patent number: 8822508
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: UCB Pharma, S.A.
    Inventors: Yannick Quesnel, Laurent Turet, Joël Mercier
  • Publication number: 20140242625
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: UCB PHARMA, S.A.
    Inventors: BRYAN JOHN SMITH, HELEN MARIE KIRKE
  • Patent number: 8802142
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: UCB Pharma, S.A.
    Inventors: Michel Deleers, Jean-Benoît Hubert
  • Patent number: 8785628
    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
  • Publication number: 20140194596
    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
  • Publication number: 20140193403
    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
  • Publication number: 20140186355
    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
  • 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: 20140148489
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2012
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: UCB PHARMA, S.A.
    Inventors: Laurent Provins, Yannick Quesnel
  • Patent number: 8734798
    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
  • Publication number: 20140141468
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: UCB PHARMA, S.A.
    Inventors: Mark Ellis, David Paul Humphreys
  • Patent number: 8722353
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: UCB Pharma, S.A.
    Inventors: Bryan John Smith, Helen Marie Kirke