| Hoffman-La Roche. Inc. Patent applications |
| Patent application number | Title | Published |
| 20120018338 | METHOD FOR AVOIDING GLASS FOGGING - The present invention relates to the use of a glass container having a contact angle of more than about 10° for preventing glass fogging during freeze drying of a pharmaceutical composition. The pharmaceutical composition comprises a therapeutic agent and a surfactant. The respective glass container and a method for freeze drying the pharmaceutical composition are also disclosed. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20110287006 | COMBINATION THERAPY OF A TYPE II ANTI-CD20 ANTIBODY WITH AN ANTI-BCL-2 ACTIVE AGENT - The present invention is directed to a combination therapy involving a type II anti-CD20 antibody and an anti-Bcl-2 active agent for the treatment of a patient suffering from cancer, particularly a CD20-expressing cancer. An aspect of the invention is a composition comprising a type II anti-CD20 antibody and an anti-Bcl-2 active agent. Another aspect of the invention is a kit comprising a type II anti-CD20 antibody and an anti-Bcl-2 active agent. Yet another aspect of the invention is a method for the treatment of a patient suffering from cancer comprising co-administering, to a patient in need of such treatment, a type II anti-CD20 antibody and an anti-Bcl-2 active agent. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110207165 | SMALL SCALE SHAKER FLASK CULTIVATION - The present invention relates to a method for the cultivation of a mammalian cell in a cultivation medium of a cultivation vessel comprising adjusting the rate of a rotational movement of the cultivation vessel depending on the viable cell density in the cultivation medium. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110200598 | COMBINATION THERAPY OF A TYPE II ANTI-CD20 ANTIBODY WITH A PROTEASOME INHIBITOR - The present invention is directed to a combination therapy involving a type II anti-CD20 antibody and a proteasome inhibitor for the treatment of a patient suffering from cancer, particularly a CD20-expressing cancer. An aspect of the invention is a composition comprising a type II anti-CD20 antibody and a proteasome inhibitor. Another aspect of the invention is a kit comprising a type II anti-CD20 antibody and a proteasome inhibitor. Yet another aspect of the invention is a method for the treatment of a patient suffering from cancer comprising co-administering, to a patient in need of such treatment, a type II anti-CD20 antibody and a proteasome inhibitor. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110182892 | Methods to identify responsive patients - The present invention provides methods and kits for improving the progression-free survival of a patient suffering from gastrointestinal cancer and for assessing the sensitivity or responsiveness of the patient to treatment comprising bevacizumab. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110177067 | COMBINATION THERAPY OF A TYPE II ANTI-CD20 ANTIBODY WITH INCREASED ANTIBODY DEPENDENT CELLULAR CYTOTOXICITY (ADCC) - The present invention is directed to a pharmaceutical composition comprising: (A) a type II anti-CD20 antibody with increased antibody dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC); and (B) a chemotherapeutic agent selected from the group consisting of: cyclophosphamide, vincristine and doxorubicine. The present invention is also directed to a method for the treatment of a CD20 expressing cancer, comprising administering to a patient in need of such treatment (i) an effective first amount of a type II anti-CD20 antibody with increased antibody dependent cellular cytotoxicity; and (ii) an effective second amount of one or more chemotherapeutic agents selected from the group consisting of cyclophosphamide, vincristine and doxorubicine. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110165592 | ANTIBODIES AGAINST HUMAN EPO RECEPTOR - An antibody binding to human EPO receptor, characterized in specifically binding EPO receptor fragment LDKWLLPRNPPSEDLPGPGGSVDIV (SEQ ID NO:1), CSSALASKPSPEGASAASFEY (SEQ ID NO:2), or GGLSDGPYSNPYENSLIPAAEP (SEQ ID NO:3) is useful for the analysis of EPO receptor in human tissue. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110143372 | ANTIBODIES AGAINST HUMAN EPO RECEPTOR - An antibody binding to human EPO receptor, characterized in specifically binding EPO receptor fragment LDKWLLPRNPPSEDLPGPGGSVDIV (SEQ ID NO:1), CSSALASKPSPEGASAASFEY (SEQ ID NO:2), or GGLSDGPYSNPYENSLIPAAEP (SEQ ID NO:3) is useful for the analysis of EPO receptor in human tissue. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110086025 | Combination Therapy of a Type II Anti-CD20 Antibody with an Anti-BCL-2 Active Agent - The present invention is directed to a combination therapy involving a type II anti-CD20 antibody and an anti-Bcl-2 active agent for the treatment of a patient suffering from cancer, particularly a CD20-expressing cancer. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110021556 | PYRROLIDINYL DERIVATIVES AND USES THEREOF - The invention relates to 3,3 disubstituted pyrrole derivatives useful for treatment of diseases associated with monoamine reuptake inhibitors. Also provided pharmaceutical compositions, methods of using, and methods of preparing the compounds. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20100310581 | COMBINATION THERAPY OF A TYPE II ANTI-CD20 ANTIBODY WITH INCREASED ANTIBODY DEPENDENT CELLULAR CYTOTOXICITY (ADCC) - The present invention is directed to a pharmaceutical composition comprising: (A) a type II anti-CD20 antibody with increased antibody dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC); and (B) a chemotherapeutic agent selected from the group consisting of: cyclophosphamide, vincristine and doxorubicine. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100179306 | ANTIBODIES FOR IDENTIFYING AND/OR ISOLATING AT LEAST ONE CELL POPULATION - Monoclonal antibodies, or fragments thereof, are used for isolating and/or identifying at least one cell population. The cell population can include any of the following types of cells: haematopoietic stem cells, neuronal stem cells, neuronal progenitor cells, mesenchymal stem cells and mesenchymal progenitor cells. The antibodies, or fragments thereof, bind to an antigen which is the same as that bound by an antibody which is produced by the hybridoma cell lines CUB1, CUB2, CUB3 and CUB4, which were deposited in the DSMZ under the numbers DSM ACC2569, DSM ACC2566 and DSM ACC2565, on 14 Aug. 2002, and DSM ACC2551, on 12 Jul. 2002. | 07-15-2010 |