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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2011
Christoph Heusser, Oberwil, CH;
Julia Neugebauer, Munich, DE;
Eveline Schaadt, Munich, DE;
Stefanie Urlinger, Munich, DE;
Maximilian Woisetschlaeger, Perchtoldsdorf, AT;
Christoph Heusser, Oberwil, CH;
Julia Neugebauer, Munich, DE;
Eveline Schaadt, Munich, DE;
Stefanie Urlinger, Munich, DE;
Maximilian Woisetschlaeger, Perchtoldsdorf, AT;
Novartis AG, Basel, CH;
Abstract
The present invention relates to antibodies that specifically bind to the BAFF receptor (BAFFR). The invention more specifically relates to specific antibodies that are BAFFR antagonists with in vivo B cell depleting activity and compositions and methods of use for said antibodies to treat pathological disorders that can be treated by killing or depleting B cells, such as systemic lupus erythematosus or rheumatoid arthritis or other autoimmune diseases or lymphomas, leukemias and myelomas.