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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2012
Monoclonal antibody capable of binding to heparin-binding epidermal growth factor-like growth factor
Eisuke Mekada, Osaka, JP;
Ryo Iwamoto, Osaka, JP;
Shingo Miyamoto, Fukuoka, JP;
Kenya Shitara, Tokyo, JP;
Akiko Furuya, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuyasu Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
Kumiko Takahashi, Cambridge, MA (US);
Hiroshi Ando, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiro Masuda, Tokyo, JP;
Yuka Sasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Eisuke Mekada, Osaka, JP;
Ryo Iwamoto, Osaka, JP;
Shingo Miyamoto, Fukuoka, JP;
Kenya Shitara, Tokyo, JP;
Akiko Furuya, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuyasu Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
Kumiko Takahashi, Cambridge, MA (US);
Hiroshi Ando, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiro Masuda, Tokyo, JP;
Yuka Sasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Medicaments for treating diseases related to HB-EGF escalation are in demand. The present invention provides a monoclonal antibody or an antibody fragment thereof which binds to a cell membrane-bound HB-EGF, a membrane type HB-EGF and a secretory HB-EGF.