US Patent Issued to Janssen Biotech on Jan. 27 for "Manufacturing methods for producing anti-TNF antibody compositions" (Irish, Dutch, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,524, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Janssen Biotech Inc. (Horsham, Pa.).

"Manufacturing methods for producing anti-TNF antibody compositions" was invented by Ann Donlon (County Cork, Ireland), Charles Goochee (Ambler, Pa.), Gary Gordon (County Cork, Ireland), Ronan Hayes (County Cork, Ireland), Robin Johnston Jr. (County Cork, Ireland), Willem Steenvoorden (Zuid Holland, Netherlands) and Denis Twomey (County Cork, Ireland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to methods of manufacture for producing anti-TNF antibodies, e.g., the anti-TNF antibody golimumab, and specific pharmaceutical compositions of the an...