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Antibodies

US9145461B2 · kind B2 · utility

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12Claims

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Assignee

Affitech Research AS · NO

Inventors

Lavinia Diana Cicortas Gunnarsson · Oslo, NO
Didrik Paus · Oslo, NO

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 25, 2013
Grant date	Sep 29, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 25, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC07K2317/92
WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention provides antibodies which bind to an epitope in the extracellular domain of human CC chemokine receptor 4 (CCR4) and which are capable of inhibiting the binding of macrophage-derived chemokine (MDC) and/or thymus and activation regulated chemokine (TARC) to CCR4. Also provided are inter alia immunoconjugates and compositions comprising such antibodies and methods and uses involving such antibodies, particularly in the medical and diagnostic fields.

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