IP Library Granted Patent US 12,338,292
Granted Patent B2
US 12,338,292 · App. 17/478,706 · Granted Jun 24, 2025

CD47-CD38 bispecific antibodies

Inventors: Laure Bouchez (La Chaux-de-Fonds, CH); Blandine Pouleau (La Chaux-de-Fonds, CH); Marie-Agnes Doucey (La Chaux-de-Fonds, CH); Elie Dheilly (La Chaux-de-Fonds, CH); Stanislas Blein (La Chaux-de-Fonds, CH); Cian Stutz (La Chaux-de-Fonds, CH); Carole Estoppey (La Chaux-de-Fonds, CH); Jeremy Loyau (La Chaux-de-Fonds, CH); Thierry Monney (La Chaux-de-Fonds, CH); Camille Grandclement (La Chaux-de-Fonds, CH); Stefano Sammicheli (La Chaux-de-Fonds, CH)
Assignee: IGI Therapeutics SA
C07K16/2896A61P35/02C07K16/468C07K2317/31
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Patent No.
US 12,338,292
App. No.
17/478,706
Granted
Jun 24, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Novel bispecific heterodimeric immunoglobulins that target both a component of the human CD47 antigen and human CD38 antigen are provided and in particular those comprising an anti-CD38 heavy chain variable region and a light chain variable region and an anti-CD47 heavy chain variable region and a light chain variable region. The present invention also relates to the use of this novel class of bispecific heterodimeric immunoglobulins to treat autoimmune and proliferative diseases and in particular cancers such as hematologic malignancies and solid tumors.

Claims (12)

1. A bispecific antibody comprising at least two antigen binding sites, at least one of which binds to human CD38 and comprises a heavy chain complementarity determining region (CDR) set comprising the heavy chain CDR1, CDR2, and CDR3 amino acid sequence sequences of SEQ ID NO: 117, SEQ ID NO: 177, and SEQ ID NO: 237, respectively, and at least one of which binds to human CD47 and comprises the heavy chain CDR set comprising the heavy chain CDR1, CDR2, and CDR3 amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NO: 75, SEQ ID NO: 135, and SEQ ID NO: 195, respectively, wherein the two antigen binding sites share a common light chain comprising a light chain CDR set comprising the light chain CDR1, CDR2, and CDR3 of the common light chain comprising SEQ ID NO: 10.

2. The bispecific antibody according to claim 1 , comprising at least one antigen binding site which binds to human CD47 and at least two antigen binding sites which bind to human CD38.

3. The bispecific antibody according to claim 2 , wherein said at least two CD38 antigen binding sites are biparatopic.

4. The bispecific antibody according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of said antigen binding sites which binds to human CD47 can also bind to cynomologus CD47.

5. The bispecific antibody according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of said antigen binding sites which binds to human CD38 can also bind to cynomologus CD38.

6. The bispecific antibody according to claim 1 , wherein said bispecific antibody comprises an Fc region.

7. The bispecific antibody according to claim 6 , wherein said Fc region is a variant which comprises at least one amino acid modification relative to the Fc region of the parent antibody, wherein the antibody comprising the variant Fc region exhibits altered effector function compared to the parent antibody, wherein said variant Fc region comprises at least one amino acid modification selected from the group consisting of S324N, K334E, K334A, E269D, S298A, S239D, 1332E and E333A.

8. The bispecific antibody of claim 1 , wherein said at least one antigen binding site which binds to human CD47 has an affinity to human CD47 lower than the affinity that said at least one antigen binding site which binds to human CD38 has to human CD38.

9. An isolated nucleic acid encoding the bispecific antibody of claim 1 .

10. A host cell comprising the isolated nucleic acid of claim 9 .

11. A method of treating a subject having a proliferative disorder, the method comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of the bispecific antibody of claim 1 , wherein the proliferative disorder is selected from the group consisting of multiple myeloma, acute lymphoblastic leukemia, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, acute myeloid leukemia, lymphoma, breast cancer such as Her2+ breast cancer, prostate cancer, cervical cancer, germinal center B-cell lymphoma or B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), High-grade serous ovarian carcinoma, and peritoneal cancer.

12. The bispecific antibody according to claim 2 , wherein at least one of said antigen binding sites which binds to human CD47 can also bind to cynomologus CD47.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 25, 2025
From: ICHNOS SCIENCES SA
To: IGI THERAPEUTICS SA
Reel/Frame 072111/0007 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 23, 2022
From: BOUCHEZ, LAURE; POULEAU, BLANDINE; DOUCEY, MARIE-AGNES; DHEILLY, ELIE; BLEIN, STANISLAS; STUTZ, CIAN; ESTOPPEY, CAROLE; LOYAU, JEREMY; MONNEY, THIERRY; GRANDCLEMENT, CAMILLE; SAMMICHELI, STEFANO
To: ICHNOS SCIENCES SA
Reel/Frame 059372/0067 →
Priority Claims (1)
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