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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2014
Applicant:
Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Brian Yaspan, Pacifica, CA (US);
Robert Royal Graham, San Francisco, CA (US);
Amy Dressen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Zhengrong Li, San Francisco, CA (US);
Erich Strauss, San Francisco, CA (US);
Teodorica Bugawan, San Leandro, CA (US);
Assignee:
GENENTECH, INC., South San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/6883 (2018.01); C07K 16/40 (2006.01); A61K 39/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/6883 (2013.01); C07K 16/40 (2013.01); A61K 2039/505 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/106 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/118 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/156 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention provides methods and compositions for treating various degenerative diseases (e.g., AMD) with a factor D inhibitor (e.g., anti-factor D antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof). Also provided are methods of selecting or identifying patients for treatment with a factor D inhibitor. Methods include the use of prognostic and/or predictive biomarkers.