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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2005
Applicants:
Yan Wang, Scotch Plains, NJ (US);
Jonathan A. Pachter, Setauket, NY (US);
Yaolin Wang, Edison, NJ (US);
Ming Liu, Fanwood, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Yan Wang, Scotch Plains, NJ (US);
Jonathan A. Pachter, Setauket, NY (US);
Yaolin Wang, Edison, NJ (US);
Ming Liu, Fanwood, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Schering Corporation, Kenilworth, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 39/395 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides methods for identifying patients whose cancers are likely to be responsive to IGF1R inhibitory anti-cancer therapy along with methods for treating such patients. Patients identified by a method of the present invention can be treated with any of several known IGF1R inhibitory agents including antibodies, small molecule inhibitors and anti-sense nucleic acids.