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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2013
Applicant:
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cheshire, CT (US);
Inventors:
Xiao-Hong Zhou, Madison, CT (US);
Yi Wang, Woodbridge, CT (US);
Assignee:
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., New Haven, CT (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 39/395 (2006.01); C07K 16/36 (2006.01); C07K 16/18 (2006.01); A61K 45/06 (2006.01); A61K 39/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 39/3955 (2013.01); A61K 45/06 (2013.01); C07K 16/18 (2013.01); A61K 2039/505 (2013.01); A61K 2039/54 (2013.01); A61K 2039/543 (2013.01); A61K 2039/544 (2013.01); C07K 2317/55 (2013.01); C07K 2317/92 (2013.01); C07K 2317/94 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to, inter alia, stable aqueous solutions comprising a high concentration of an antibody that binds to human complement component C5 and methods for preparing the solutions. The disclosure also provides methods for treating or preventing complement-associated disorders (for example, age-related macular degeneration or rheumatoid arthritis) using the solutions. Also featured are therapeutic kits containing one or more of the solutions and a means for administering the solutions to a patient in need such a treatment.