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Title:
HYBRID ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2002062850
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
Methods of providing hybrid antibodies having improved assembly characteristics are disclosed. Accordingly, the present invention provides hybrid antibodies, antigen binding fragments thereof, which include a chimeric immunoglobulin heavy chain and a humanized or CDR-grafted immunoglobulin light chain, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, as well as nucleic acids encoding the aforesaid antibodies, host cells and vectors containing such nucleic acids. Therapeutic and diagnostic uses of such hybrid antibodies molecules thereof are also disclosed.

Inventors:
O'KEEFE THERESA
RAO PAT
Application Number:
PCT/US2002/003925
Publication Date:
February 20, 2003
Filing Date:
January 30, 2002
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Assignee:
MILLENNIUM PHARM INC (US)
International Classes:
C07K16/00; C12N15/13; (IPC1-7): C07K16/00; A61K39/395; C07K16/28; C12N15/13; G01N33/577
Domestic Patent References:
WO2000005268A12000-02-03
Foreign References:
US6160099A2000-12-12
US6180370B12001-01-30
Other References:
LEWIS A P ET AL: "GENERATION OF HUMANIZED MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES BY BEST FIT FRAMEWORK SELECTION AND RECOMBINANT POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION", THE YEAR IN IMMUNOLOGY, KARGER, BASEL, CH, vol. 7, 1993, pages 110 - 118, XP000564651
WINTER G ET AL: "HUMANIZED ANTIBODIES", IMMUNOLOGY TODAY, ELSEVIER PUBLICATIONS, CAMBRIDGE, GB, vol. 14, no. 6, 1996, pages 243 - 246, XP001005438, ISSN: 0167-4919
LITTLE M ET AL: "Of mice and men: hybridoma and recombinant antibodies", IMMUNOLOGY TODAY, ELSEVIER PUBLICATIONS, CAMBRIDGE, GB, vol. 21, no. 8, 1 August 2000 (2000-08-01), pages 364 - 370, XP004215163, ISSN: 0167-5699
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