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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2009
Howard P. NG, El Sobrante, CA (US);
Danny P. C. Mcgee, Vista, CA (US);
Guoxian Wu, Foster City, CA (US);
Jimmie Moore, Redwood City, CA (US);
Zhi-hong LI, Burlingame, CA (US);
Sanjeev Gangwar, Foster City, CA (US);
Oliver L. Saunders, Burlingame, CA (US);
Irina Astafieva, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Howard P. Ng, El Sobrante, CA (US);
Danny P. C. McGee, Vista, CA (US);
Guoxian Wu, Foster City, CA (US);
Jimmie Moore, Redwood City, CA (US);
Zhi-Hong Li, Burlingame, CA (US);
Sanjeev Gangwar, Foster City, CA (US);
Oliver L. Saunders, Burlingame, CA (US);
Irina Astafieva, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Medarex, Inc., Princeton, NJ (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides analogues of duocarmycins that are potent cytotoxins. Also provided are peptidyl and disulfide linkers that are cleaved in vivo. The linkers are of use in forming prodrugs and conjugates of the cytotoxins of the invention as well as other diagnostic and therapeutic moieties. The invention provides prodrugs and conjugates of the duocarmycin analogues with the linker arms of the invention.