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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 20, 1998
Vanessa Hsei, San Jose, CA (US);
Iphigenia Koumenis, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Steven R. Leong, Berkeley, CA (US);
Leonard G. Presta, San Francisco, CA (US);
Zahra Shahrokh, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gerarado A. Zapata, Foster City, CA (US);
Vanessa Hsei, San Jose, CA (US);
Iphigenia Koumenis, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Steven R. Leong, Berkeley, CA (US);
Leonard G. Presta, San Francisco, CA (US);
Zahra Shahrokh, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gerarado A. Zapata, Foster City, CA (US);
Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
Humanized anti-IL-8 monoclonal antibodies and variants thereof are described for use in diagnostic applications and in the treatment of inflammatory disorders. Also described is a conjugate formed by an antibody fragment covalently attached to a non-proteinaceous polymer, wherein the apparent size of the conjugate is at least about 500 kD. The conjugate exhibits substantially improved half-life, mean residence time, and/or clearance rate in circulation as compared to the underivatized parental antibody fragment.