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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2000
Nabil Hanna, Rancho Santa Fe, CA (US);
Roland Anthony Newman, San Diego, CA (US);
Mitchell Elliot Reff, San Diego, CA (US);
Nabil Hanna, Rancho Santa Fe, CA (US);
Roland Anthony Newman, San Diego, CA (US);
Mitchell Elliot Reff, San Diego, CA (US);
Biogen Idec Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
Chimeric antibodies specific to human CD4 antigen, DNA encoding, pharmaceutical compositions containing and use thereof as therapeutic agents are taught. These chimeric antibodies contain Old World monkey variable sequences and human constant domain sequences, preferably human gamma 1, gamma 4 or mutated forms thereof. These antibodies possess desirable therapeutic properties including low antigenicity, reduced (or absent) T cell depleting activity, good affinity to human CD4 and enhanced stability (in vivo half-life).