Anti-il-6 antibodies, compositions, methods and uses

US7560112B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• Applied Molecular Evolution, Inc. · US
• Centocor Ortho Biotech Inc. · US

Inventors

• Yan Chen · Santa Clara, US
• Debra Gardner · Bear, US
• David Knight · Berwyn, US
• Michael W. Lark · Devon, US
• Bailin Liang · Gilbertsville, US
• David Shealy · Downingtown, US
• Xiao-yu R. Song · Bound Brook, US
• Vedrana Stojanovic-Susulic · Princeton Junction, US
• Raymond Sweet · Via Enrico Fermi, US
• Susan Tam · Boothwyn, US
• Sheng-Jiun Wu · Broomall, US
• Jing Yang · Cambridge, US
• David Matthew Marquis · Encinitas, US
• Eric Michael Smith · Galveston, US
• Alain P. Vasserot · South San Francisco, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 28, 2006
• Grant date: Jul 14, 2009
• Expiry date: Feb 4, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07K2317/92
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

An anti-IL-6 antibody, including isolated nucleic acids that encode at least one anti-IL-6 antibody, vectors, host cells, transgenic animals or plants, and methods of making and using thereof have applications in diagnostic and/or therapeutic compositions, methods and devices.