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US 12,319,728 · App. 18/637,124 · Granted Jun 3, 2025

Anti-VEGF protein compositions and methods for producing the same

Inventors: Shunhai Wang (Scarsdale, NY); Ning Li (Greenwich, CT); Hunter Chen (New York, NY); Amardeep Singh Bhupender Bhalla (Montvale, NJ); Shawn M. Lawrence (Nyack, NY); Amy S. Johnson (Briarcliff Manor, NY); Meghan Casey (Ringwood, NJ); Jaimie Grapel (Waldwick, NJ)
Assignee: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
C07K14/71A61K38/1866C07K1/06C07K1/113C07K1/16C07K1/18C07K1/22C07K1/36C07K16/22C07K16/283C12N5/0018C12N5/0031C12N15/66C12P21/02C12P21/06G01N30/80C07K2317/622C07K2319/30C07K2319/33C12N2800/10G01N2030/027
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Patent No.
US 12,319,728
App. No.
18/637,124
Granted
Jun 3, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure pertains to compositions comprising anti-VEGF proteins and methods for producing such compositions.

Claims (30)

1. A composition comprising oxo-aflibercept, wherein one or more amino acid residues of aflibercept is oxidized and wherein said one or more amino acid residues is phenylalanine and/or tyrosine.

2. The composition of claim 1 , wherein said oxo-aflibercept has a glycosylation profile based on molar percentage selected from the group consisting of about 40% to about 50% total fucosylated glycans, about 30% to about 55% total sialylated glycans, about 2% to about 15% mannose-5, and about 60% to about 79% galactosylated glycans.

3. The composition of claim 1 , further comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

4. The composition of claim 3 , wherein said oxo-aflibercept is freeze-dried.

5. The composition of claim 4 , wherein said composition is sterile.

6. The composition of claim 1 , wherein said oxo-aflibercept is enzymatically digested resulting in one or more oligopeptides, and wherein said one or more oligopeptides is selected from the group consisting of: SEQ ID NO. 69, SEQ ID NO. 70, SEQ ID NO. 32, and combinations thereof.

7. The composition of claim 6 , wherein said enzymatic digestion is performed using trypsin.

8. An oxo-aflibercept composition produced in a cell culture media, wherein CDM is added to said cell culture media, wherein one or more amino acid residues of aflibercept is oxidized and wherein said one or more amino acid residues is phenylalanine and/or tyrosine.

9. The oxo-aflibercept composition of claim 8 , wherein said oxo-aflibercept composition has a glycosylation profile based on molar percentage selected from the group consisting of about 40% to about 50% total fucosylated glycans, about 30% to about 55% total sialylated glycans, about 2% to about 15% mannose-5, and about 60% to about 79% galactosylated glycans.

10. The oxo-aflibercept composition of claim 9 , wherein soy hydrolysate media is added to said cell culture media.

11. The oxo-aflibercept composition of claim 8 , wherein components derived from soy hydrolysate are added to said cell culture media.

12. The oxo-aflibercept composition of claim 8 , wherein plant or animal-derived components are added to said cell culture media.

13. The composition of claim 8 , wherein said oxo-aflibercept is enzymatically digested resulting in one or more oligopeptides, and wherein said one or more oligopeptides is selected from the group consisting of: SEQ ID NO. 69, SEQ ID NO. 70, SEQ ID NO. 32, and combinations thereof.

14. The composition of claim 13 , wherein said enzymatic digestion is performed using trypsin.

15. An oxo-aflibercept composition produced in a cell culture media, wherein CDM is a majority component of said cell culture media, wherein one or more amino acid residues of aflibercept is oxidized and wherein said one or more amino acid residues is histidine and/or tryptophan.

16. The oxo-aflibercept composition of claim 15 , wherein said oxo-aflibercept composition has a glycosylation profile based on molar percentage selected from the group consisting of about 40% to about 50% total fucosylated glycans, about 30% to about 55% total sialylated glycans, about 2% to about 15% mannose-5, and about 60% to about 79% galactosylated glycans.

17. The oxo-aflibercept composition of claim 16 , wherein said cell culture media is supplemented with soy hydrolysate media.

18. The oxo-aflibercept composition of claim 15 , wherein components derived from soy hydrolysate are added to said cell culture media.

19. The oxo-aflibercept composition of claim 15 , wherein plant or animal-derived components are added to cell culture media.

20. The composition of claim 15 , wherein said oxo-aflibercept is enzymatically digested resulting in one or more oligopeptides, and wherein said one or more oligopeptides is selected from the group consisting of: SEQ ID NO. 17, SEQ ID NO. 18, SEQ ID NO. 19, SEQ ID NO. 20, SEQ ID NO. 21, SEQ ID NO. 22, SEQ ID NO. 23, SEQ ID NO. 28, SEQ ID NO. 29, SEQ ID NO. 30, SEQ ID NO. 31, SEQ ID NO. 32 and combinations thereof.

21. The composition of claim 20 , wherein said enzymatic digestion is performed using trypsin.

22. The composition of claim 15 , further comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

23. An oxo-aflibercept composition produced in a cell culture media, wherein CDM is a majority component of said cell culture media, wherein one or more amino acid residues of aflibercept is oxidized and wherein said one or more amino acid residues is phenylalanine and/or tyrosine.

24. The oxo-aflibercept composition of claim 23 , wherein said oxo-aflibercept composition has a glycosylation profile based on molar percentage selected from the group consisting of about 40% to about 50% total fucosylated glycans, about 30% to about 55% total sialylated glycans, about 2% to about 15% mannose-5, and about 60% to about 79% galactosylated glycans.

25. The oxo-aflibercept composition of claim 23 , wherein said cell culture media is supplemented with soy hydrolysate media.

26. The oxo-aflibercept composition of claim 23 , wherein components derived from soy hydrolysate are added to said cell culture media.

27. The oxo-aflibercept composition of claim 23 , wherein plant or animal-derived components are added to cell culture media.

28. The composition of claim 23 , wherein said oxo-aflibercept is enzymatically digested resulting in one or more oligopeptides, and wherein said one or more oligopeptides is selected from the group consisting of: SEQ ID NO. 69, SEQ ID NO. 70, SEQ ID NO. 32 and combinations thereof.

29. The composition of claim 28 , wherein said enzymatic digestion is performed using trypsin.

30. The composition of claim 23 , further comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 31, 2025
From: WANG, SHUNHAI; LI, NING; CHEN, HUNTER; BHUPENDER BHALLA, AMARDEEP SINGH; LAWRENCE, SHAWN M.; JOHNSON, AMY S.; CASEY, MEGHAN E.; GRAPEL, JAIMIE
To: REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
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Continuity (12)
Continuation 18213779 · Jun 23, 2023
Continuation 18116166 · Mar 1, 2023
Continuation 17858724 · Jul 6, 2022
Continuation 17842286 · Jun 16, 2022
Continuation 17667298 · Feb 8, 2022
Continuation 17575425 · Jan 13, 2022
Division 17460578 · Aug 30, 2021
Continuation 17458519 · Aug 26, 2021
Continuation 16996293 · Aug 18, 2020
Provisional Application 63065012 · Aug 13, 2020
Provisional Application 62944635 · Dec 6, 2019
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