Amino acid sequences directed against envelope proteins of a virus and polypeptides comprising the same for the treatment of viral diseases

US9193780B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ablynx N.V. · BE

Inventors

• Anna Hultberg · Sint-Martens-Latem, BE
• Bram Maassen · De Bilt, NL
• Peter Vanlandschoot · Bellem, BE
• Erik Depla · Laarne, BE
• Catelijne Stortelers · Evergem, BE
• Cornelis Theodorus Verrips · Vlaardingen, NL
• Steven Van Gucht · Denderleeuw, BE
• Jose Melero · Madrid, ES
• Michael John Scott Saunders · Wondelgem, BE
• Johannes Joseph Wilhelmus De Haard · Vlaardingen, NL
• Robert Anthony Weiss · London, GB
• Nigel J. Temperton · Tonbridge, GB
• Xavier Saelens · Ieper, BE
• Bert Schepens · Evergem, BE
• Alexander Szyroki · Goldenstedt, DE
• Michaël Marie Harmsen · Weesp, NL

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 5, 2009
• Grant date: Nov 24, 2015
• Expiry date: Jan 5, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07K2319/00
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates in part to amino acid sequences that are directed against and/or that can specifically bind to an envelope protein of a virus, as well as to compounds or constructs, and in particular proteins and polypeptides, that comprise or essentially consist of one or more such amino acid sequences.