IP Library Granted Patent US 12,509,527
Granted Patent B2
US 12,509,527 · App. 17/685,206 · Granted Dec 30, 2025

Anti-CD19/anti-CD38 common light chain bispecific antibodies

Inventors: Leonard Presta (San Francisco, CA); Paul Tumeh (San Francisco, CA); Nils Lonberg (Woodside, CA); Omar Duramad (Berkeley, CA)
Assignee: Biograph 55, Inc.
C07K16/2896C07K16/2803A61K2039/507C07K2317/31C07K2317/55C07K2317/565C07K2317/622
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Patent No.
US 12,509,527
App. No.
17/685,206
Granted
Dec 30, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are anti-CD19 and anti-CD38 common light chain bispecific antibodies. The anti-CD-19 and anti-CD38 bispecific antibodies described herein are useful in methods for treating a cancer or a tumor.

Claims (28)

1 . A common light chain bispecific antibody wherein the common light chain bispecific antibody comprises an anti-human-CD38 immunoglobulin heavy chain variable region paired with a common immunoglobulin light chain variable region and an anti-human-CD19 immunoglobulin heavy chain variable region paired with the common immunoglobulin light chain variable region, wherein the anti-human-CD38 immunoglobulin heavy chain variable region comprises:

(a) a heavy chain complementarity determining region 1 (HCDR1) comprising an amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 72;

(b) a heavy chain complementarity determining region 2 (HCDR2) comprising an amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 153; and

(c) a heavy chain complementarity determining region 3 (HCDR3) comprising an amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 93;

wherein the anti-human-CD 19 immunoglobulin heavy chain variable region comprises:

(d) a heavy chain complementarity determining region 1 (HCDR1) comprising an amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 12;

(e) a heavy chain complementarity determining region 2 (HCDR2) comprising an amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 23; and

(f) a heavy chain complementarity determining region 3 (HCDR3) comprising an amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 33; and

wherein the common immunoglobulin light chain variable region comprises:

(g) a light chain complementarity determining region 1 (LCDR1) comprising an amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 103;

(h) a light chain complementarity determining region 2 (LCDR2) comprising an amino acid sequence AAS; and

(i) a light chain complementarity determining region 3 (LCDR3) comprising an amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 123.

2 . The common light chain bispecific antibody of claim 1 , wherein the anti-human-CD38 immunoglobulin heavy chain variable region comprises an amino acid sequence having at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 3 or 5, wherein the anti-human-CD38 immunoglobulin heavy chain variable region comprises (a), (b), and (c) of claim 1 .

3 . The common light chain bispecific antibody of claim 2 , wherein the anti-human-CD38 immunoglobulin heavy chain variable region comprises an amino acid sequence identical to SEQ ID NO: 3 or 5, wherein the phenylalanine at position 54 of SEQ ID NO: 3 or at position 54 of SEQ ID NO: 5 is substituted with histidine and wherein the isoleucine at position 57 of SEQ ID NO: 3 or at position 57 of SEQ ID NO: 5 is substituted with threonine.

4 . The common light chain bispecific antibody of claim 1 , wherein the anti-human-CD19 immunoglobulin heavy chain variable region comprises an amino acid sequence having at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 1 or 6, wherein the anti-human-CD19 immunoglobulin heavy chain variable region comprises (d), (e), and (f) of claim 1 .

5 . The common light chain bispecific antibody of claim 4 , wherein the anti-human-CD19 immunoglobulin heavy chain variable region comprises an amino acid sequence identical to SEQ ID NO: 1 or 6.

6 . The common light chain bispecific antibody of claim 1 , wherein the common light chain bispecific antibody comprises an anti-human-CD38 immunoglobulin heavy chain constant region, comprising one or more amino acid substitutions that inhibit homodimerization of the anti-human-CD38 immunoglobulin heavy chain constant region and promote heterodimerization of the anti-human-CD38 immunoglobulin heavy chain constant region with a non-anti-human-CD38 immunoglobulin heavy chain constant region.

7 . The common light chain bispecific antibody of claim 6 , wherein the anti-human-CD38 immunoglobulin heavy chain constant region comprises a T366W substitution according to EU numbering or T366S/L368A/Y407V substitution according to EU numbering.

8 . The common light chain bispecific antibody of claim 1 , wherein the common light chain bispecific antibody comprises an anti-human-CD19 immunoglobulin heavy chain constant region comprising one or more amino acid substitutions that inhibit homodimerization of the anti-human-CD19 immunoglobulin heavy chain constant region and promote heterodimerization of the anti-human-CD19 immunoglobulin heavy chain constant region with a non-anti-human-CD19 immunoglobulin heavy chain constant region.

9 . The common light chain bispecific antibody of claim 8 , wherein the anti-human-CD19 immunoglobulin heavy chain constant region comprises a T366W substitution according to EU numbering or a T366S/L368A/Y407V substitution according to EU numbering.

10 . The common light chain bispecific antibody of claim 1 , wherein the common immunoglobulin light chain variable region further comprises an immunoglobulin light chain constant region.

11 . The common light chain bispecific antibody of claim 1 , comprising an anti-human-CD19 immunoglobulin heavy chain comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 201, a common immunoglobulin light chain comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 213, and an anti-human-CD38 immunoglobulin heavy chain comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 202 or 215 wherein the phenylalanine at position 54 of SEQ ID NO: 202 or SEQ ID NO: 215 is substituted with histidine and wherein the isoleucine at position 57 of SEQ ID NO: 202 or at position 57 of SEQ ID NO: 215 is substituted with threonine.

12 . The common light chain bispecific antibody of claim 1 , wherein the anti-human-CD19 immunoglobulin heavy chain variable region comprises an A84S or an A108L substitution according to Kabat numbering.

13 . The common light chain bispecific antibody of claim 1 , wherein the common immunoglobulin light chain variable region comprises a W32H substitution according to Kabat numbering.

14 . A composition comprising the common light chain bispecific antibody of claim 1 and a pharmaceutically acceptable diluent, carrier, or excipient.

15 . A nucleic acid or plurality of nucleic acids comprising a polynucleotide sequence encoding the common light chain bispecific antibody of claim 1 .

16 . The common light chain bispecific antibody of claim 1 , wherein the common immunoglobulin light chain variable region comprises an amino acid sequence having at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 4, wherein the common immunoglobulin light chain variable region comprises (g), (h), and (i) of claim 1 .

17 . The common light chain bispecific antibody of claim 1 , wherein the common immunoglobulin light chain variable region comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 20, 2022
From: PRESTA, LEONARD; TUMEH, PAUL; LONBERG, NILS; DURAMAD, OMAR
To: BIOGRAPH 55, INC.
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Continuity (7)
Division 17229751 · Apr 13, 2021
Continuation PCTUS2021019685 · Feb 25, 2021
Provisional Application 62981990 · Feb 26, 2020
Provisional Application 62990330 · Mar 16, 2020
Provisional Application 63094838 · Oct 21, 2020
Related Publication 20220185907A1 · Jun 16, 2022
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