IP Library Granted Patent US 9,458,245
Granted Patent B2
US 9,458,245 · App. 14/199,760 · Granted Oct 4, 2016

ANTI-C-MET tandem Fc bispecific antibodies

Inventors: Brian Harms (Roslindale, MA); Neeraj Kohli (Brighton, MA); Alexey Lugovskoy (Woburn, MA); Melissa Geddie (Somerville, MA); Eric Mark Krauland (Lebanon, NH); William George Roach (Lebanon, NH); Stephen Su (Boston, MA); Adnan Abu-Yousif (Boston, MA)
Assignee: Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
C07K16/468C07K16/2863C07K16/30A61K2039/505C07K2317/24C07K2317/31C07K2317/52C07K2317/55C07K2317/622C07K2317/64C07K2317/73C07K2317/76C07K2317/92C07K2317/94C07K2319/00
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Patent No.
US 9,458,245
App. No.
14/199,760
Granted
Oct 4, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided herein are tandem Fcs and tandem Fc antibodies (“TFcAs”), e.g., tandem Fc bispecific antibodies (“TFcBAs”), which comprise one or at least two binding sites that specifically bind to one or more cell surface receptors. The binding sites are connected through a TFc, which TFc comprises a first Fc region and a second Fc region, wherein the first and the second Fc regions are linked through a TFc linker to form a contiguous polypeptide and dimerize to form an Fc dimer. Exemplary TFcBAs bind to the cell surface receptors c-Met and EpCam and inhibit signal transduction through the cell surface receptor(s) for which the binding sites of the TFcBA are specific.

Claims (5)

1. A Tandem Fc Bispecific Antibody (“TFcBA”) comprising a large chain and a Fab light chain, each chain having a C-terminus and an N-terminus, the TFcBA comprising a Fab moiety comprising a first binding site comprising the Fab light chain and a Fab heavy chain, wherein the Fab heavy chain is at the N-terminus of the large chain, wherein the Fab moiety specifically binds to cMet, and wherein the TFcBA further comprises a single chain Fv (scFv) moiety at the C-terminus of the large chain, wherein the scFv moiety comprises a second binding site that specifically binds to EpCAM, wherein:

(a) the large chain comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 410; and

(b) the Fab light chain comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 400.

2. A pharmaceutical formulation comprising the TFcBA of claim 1 and a pharmaceutical carrier.

3. The pharmaceutical formulation of claim 2 , wherein the formulation is a sterile formulation suitable for one or more of the following: injection, intravenous injection, and infusion.

Assignments (7)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 14, 2017
From: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: MERRIMACK PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Reel/Frame 042254/0349 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 28, 2015
From: MERRIMACK PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
To: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 037394/0285 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 29, 2015
From: ABU-YOUSIF, ADNAN; GEDDIE, MELISSA; HARMS, BRIAN; KOHLI, NEERAJ; LUGOVSKOY, ALEXEY ALEXANDROVICH; SU, STEPHEN
To: MERRIMACK PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Reel/Frame 036685/0609 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 29, 2015
From: ABU-YOUSIF, ADNAN; GEDDIE, MELISSA; HARMS, BRIAN; KOHLI, NEERAJ; LUGOVSKOY, ALEXEY ALEXANDROVICH; SU, STEPHEN
To: MERRIMACK PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Reel/Frame 036685/0541 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 29, 2015
From: ADIMAB, LLC
To: MERRIMACK PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Reel/Frame 036685/0690 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 29, 2015
From: KRAULAND, ERIC MARK; ROACH, WILLIAM GEORGE
To: ADIMAB LLC
Reel/Frame 036685/0566 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 11, 2014
From: HARMS, BRIAN; KOHLI, NEERAJ; LUGOVSKOY, ALEXEY; SU, STEPHEN; GEDDIE, MELISSA
To: MERRIMACK PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Reel/Frame 032403/0666 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 61773764 · Mar 6, 2013
Provisional Application 61773788 · Mar 6, 2013
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