H. Lundbeck A/s

Vitaeris Inc.

Jeffrey T L Smith

Roger K Cady

Joseph Hirman

John A Latham

Benjamin H Dutzar

Ethan Wayne Ojala

Lahar Mehta

Barbara Schaeffler

Pei Fan

Daniel S Allison

Jens J Billgren

Erica Ann Stewart

Michelle Scalley-Kim

Maria-Cristina Loomis

Charlie Karasek

Jenny Mulligan

Vanessa Lisbeth Rubin

Katherine Lee Hendrix

Leon F Garcia-martinez

Leon F Garcia-Martinez

Brian Robert Kovacevich

Katie Olson Anderson

Anne Elisabeth Carvalho Jensen

Methods for rapid treatment of chronic migraine are provided. Exemplary methods provide relief from migraine within 24 hours of administration. Also provided are methods for acute treatment of migraine. Exemplary methods comprise administration of an anti-CGRP antagonist antibody to a patient in need thereof.

Acute treatment and rapid treatment of headache using anti-CGRP antibodies

Methods for immediate relief of migraine or headache are provided comprising the administration of an anti-CGRP antagonist antibody to a patient in need thereof.

Treatment of headache using anti-CGRP antibodies

Methods for treatment of most bothersome symptom (MBS) associated with migraine are provided. Exemplary methods provide improvement in MBS associated with migraine within 1 month of administration og anti-CGRP antibodies of the invention. Also provided are methods for improvement of patient impression of change (PGIC) associated with migraine. Exemplary methods comprise administration of an anti-CGRP antagonistic antibody to a patient in need thereof.

Treatment of most bothersome symptom (MBS) associated with migraine using anti-CGRP antibodies

The present invention is directed to antagonistic antibodies and antigen binding fragments thereof having binding specificity for PACAP. These antibodies inhibit, block or neutralize at least one biological effect associated with PACAP, e.g., vasodilation. In exemplary embodiments these antibodies and antigen binding fragments thereof may comprise specific V, V, and CDR polypeptides described herein. In some embodiments these antibodies and antigen binding fragments thereof bind to and/or compete for binding to specific epitope(s) on human PACAP. The invention is further directed to using these antagonistic anti-PACAP antibodies, and binding fragments thereof, for the diagnosis, assessment, and treatment of diseases and disorders associated with PACAP and conditions where antagonism of PACAP-related activities, such as vasodilation, mast cell degranulation, and/or neuronal activation, are therapeutically beneficial, e.g., headache and migraine indications.

Methods of treatment with anti-PACAP antibodies

The present invention is directed to antibodies and antigen binding fragments thereof having binding specificity for PACAP. The antibodies and antigen binding fragments thereof comprise the sequences of the V, V, and CDR polypeptides described herein, and the polynucleotides encoding them. Antibodies and antigen binding fragments described herein bind to and/or compete for binding to the same linear or conformational epitope(s) on human PACAP as an anti-PACAP antibody. The invention contemplates conjugates of anti-PACAP antibodies and binding fragments thereof conjugated to one or more functional or detectable moieties. Methods of making said anti-PACAP antibodies and antigen binding fragments thereof are also contemplated. Other embodiments of the invention contemplate using anti-PACAP antibodies, and binding fragments thereof, for the diagnosis, assessment, and treatment of diseases and disorders associated with PACAP and conditions where antagonism of PACAP-related activities, such as vasodilation, photophobia, mast cell degranulation, and/or neuronal activation, would be therapeutically beneficial.

Treatment of headache, migraine and/or photophobia conditions using humanized anti-PACAP antibodies

The present invention is directed to antibodies and fragments thereof and humanized versions thereof having binding specificity for IL-6. Another embodiment of this invention relates to the antibodies described herein, and binding fragments thereof, comprising the sequences of the V, Vand CDR polypeptides described herein, and the polynucleotides encoding them. The invention also contemplates conjugates of anti-IL-6 antibodies and binding fragments thereof conjugated to one or more functional or detectable moieties. The invention also contemplates methods of making the anti-IL-6 antibodies and binding fragments thereof. Embodiments of the invention also pertain to the use of anti-IL-6 antibodies, and binding fragments thereof, for the diagnosis, assessment and treatment of diseases and disorders associated with IL-6. These antibodies may bind at least one of soluble IL-6, cell surface expressed IL-6, IL-6/IL-6R and/or prevent the association of IL-6 and IL-6R, the association of IL-6/IL-6R and gp130 and or the formation of IL-6/IL-6R/gp130 multimers and thereby inhibit a biological effect associated with any of the foregoing.

Treatment or prevention of diseases and disorders associated with cells that express IL-6 with Anti-IL-6 antibodies

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Jeffrey T L Smith