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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2018
Institute for Research IN Biomedicine, Bellinzona, CH;
Antonio Lanzavecchia, Porza, CH;
Luca Piccoli, Bellinzona, CH;
Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Bellinzona, CH;
Abstract
The present invention provides engineered antibodies and antigen binding fragments, in which an additional functional domain is inserted into the elbow region of the antibody or antigen binding fragment. The present invention also provides nucleic acid molecules, such as vectors, encoding such antibodies and antigen binding fragments, host cells and compositions comprising such antibodies, antigen binding fragments or nucleic acid molecules and uses thereof. For example a multispecific antibody format is provided, in which an additional binding site (specificity) is inserted into the elbow region of an antibody or antigen binding fragment.