Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Therapy for filovirus infection
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Application No.: US15327857Application Date: 2015-08-06
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Publication No.: US10435461B2Publication Date: 2019-10-08
- Inventor: Jonathan R. Lai , Jayne F. Koellhoffer , Julia Frei , Kartik Chandran , Sachdev Sidhu , Gang Chen , John M. Dye , Samantha Zak
- Applicant: ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, INC. , THE GOVERNING COUNCEL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO , U.S. ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH AND MATERIAL COMMAND
- Applicant Address: US NY Bronx CA Toronto US MD Fort Detrick
- Assignee: Albert Einstein College of Medicine,The Governing Council of the University of Toronto,The Government of the United States as Represented by the Secretary of the Army
- Current Assignee: Albert Einstein College of Medicine,The Governing Council of the University of Toronto,The Government of the United States as Represented by the Secretary of the Army
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Bronx CA Toronto US MD Fort Detrick
- Agency: Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2015/043927 WO 20150806
- International Announcement: WO2016/028503 WO 20160225
- Main IPC: C07K16/10
- IPC: C07K16/10 ; A61K39/00

Abstract:
The present invention addresses a need for improved treatments for filovirus infections. This invention provides an isolated humanized anti-filovirus glycoprotein pre-fusion core antibody comprising a framework region having a sequence of 95% or greater identity to a human antibody framework region. Also provided is a method of treating and/or inhibiting a filovirus infection in a subject comprising administering to the subject an amount of any of the antibodies described herein, or an amount of an antigen-binding fragment thereof. Also provided is composition comprising any of the antibodies described herein, or or an amount of an antigen-binding fragment thereof. In an embodiment, the composition comprises a pharmaceutically acceptably carrier.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170204166A1 THERAPY FOR FILOVIRUS INFECTION Public/Granted day:2017-07-20
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