ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,746, issued on June 10, was assigned to ONO PHARMACEUTICAL Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Bispecific antibody" was invented by Shiro Shibayama (Tsukuba, Japan), Tomoya Tezuka (Tsukuba, Japan), Mark Throsby (Utrecht, Netherlands), Cornelis Adriaan De Kruif (Utrecht, Netherlands), Pieter Fokko Van Loo (Utrecht, Netherlands), Rinse Klooster (Utrecht, Netherlands) and Robertus Cornelis Roovers (Utrecht, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An agent for preventing, suppressing the progression of symptoms of, suppressing the recurrence of or treating autoimmune diseases, comprising a bispecific antibody or an antibody fragment thereof, ha...