Methods of treating rheumatoid arthritis using chimeric anti-TNF antibodies
US5698195A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 18, 1994 |
| Grant date | Dec 16, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 18, 2014 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC07K2319/00
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Anti-TNF antibodies, fragments and regions thereof which are specific for human tumor necrosis factor-.alpha. (TNF.alpha.) and are useful in vivo for diagnosis and therapy of a number of TNF.alpha.-mediated pathologies and conditions, including rheumatoid arthritis as well as polynucleotides coding for murine and chimeric antibodies, methods of producing the antibody, methods of use of the anti-TNF antibody, or fragment, region or derivative thereof, in immunoassays and immunotherapeutic approaches are provided.
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