Patent Grant
11110225
This patent is directed to an injector and a method of assembling the injector, and, in particular, to a prefilled injector and a method of assembling the prefilled injector.
Injectors are used to deliver medical fluids, such as liquid drugs, to a patient. In particular, the injector will provide the fluid to the patient through a needle, cannula or catheter that defines a flow path into the patient. Certain injectors have a reservoir that is assembled by the manufacturer already connected to the flow path. However, these reservoirs are typically provided empty by the manufacturer to the patient or healthcare provider (e.g., doctor, nurse, healthcare assistant, etc.), and then the reservoir is filled at the time of use. Alternatively, the injector may be used in combination with a reservoir that is provided to the patient or healthcare provider prefilled.
In either case, the injector must be prepared prior to use. For example, if the reservoir is provided empty, then the reservoir must be filled. To do this, a syringe is filled with the drug to be delivered, and then the drug is injected into the reservoir through an inlet port. Prior to the injection, the inlet port must be sterilized by swabbing the outer surface with an alcohol wipe, for example. Similarly, before the prefilled reservoir is connected to the flow path in the alternative injector, the mating connectors must be sterilized, by swabbing the surface with an alcohol wipe.
In either event, the use of the injector requires additional material and time.
As set forth in more detail below, the present disclosure sets forth an improved injector embodying advantageous alternatives to the conventional devices and methods discussed above.
According to an aspect of the present disclosure, an injector may include a container having a wall with an interior surface and a seal assembly with an interior surface, the interior surfaces of the wall and the seal assembly defining a closed sterile reservoir filled with a drug product. The injector may also include a fluid delivery system comprising a clean, unsheathed, rigid container needle having a point disposed only partially through the seal assembly in a storage state, and disposed through the interior surface of the seal assembly into the sterile reservoir in a delivery state. Further, the injection may include an actuator that is adapted to move the container needle from the storage state to the delivery state.
The wall of the container may be a rigid wall or a flexible wall.
According to any of the foregoing, the seal assembly may be a flexible unitary wall having an interior surface that defines the interior surface of the seal assembly. The flexible unitary wall may define a septum disposed across the opening and fixedly attached to the wall of the container. Alternatively, the wall of the container may define a bore, and the unitary flexible wall may define a stopper that is moveable along the bore. In such a case, the wall of the container may define a closed end opposite the stopper and an open end in which the stopper is disposed. As a further alternative, the wall of the container may define a bore with an opening in fluid communication with a first end of the bore, and the unitary flexible wall defines a septum disposed across the opening and fixedly attached to the wall of the container, the container further comprising a stopper that is disposed within a second end of the bore and is moveable along the bore.
In the alternative to the preceding paragraph, the seal assembly may include a flexible wall with an interior surface that defines the interior surface of the seal assembly, and a clean barrier disposed exterior of the flexible wall to define an enclosed clean space between the flexible wall and the clean barrier, the point of the container needle disposed through the clean barrier into the clean space in the storage state. The wall of the container may define a bore, and the flexible wall and the clean barrier may each define a stopper that is moveable along the bore. In addition, the container may include a vent in fluid communication with the space between the clean barrier and the flexible wall, which vent may be formed in the clean barrier or within the interior surface of the wall of the container. Further, the wall of the container may define a closed end opposite the stoppers and an open end in which the stoppers are disposed. In the alternative, the wall of the container may define a bore with an opening in fluid communication with a first end of the bore, and the flexible wall and the clean barrier each may define a septum disposed across the opening, the container further including a stopper that is disposed within a second end of the bore and is moveable along the bore.
According to any of the foregoing, the fluid delivery system may include clean flexible tubing connected at a first end to the rigid container needle and a second end to a clean rigid injection needle received within a clean cover that closes off the clean rigid injection needle.
According to any of the foregoing, the actuator may be adapted to move the container needle repeatedly between the storage state and the delivery state.
According to any of the foregoing, the actuator may be adapted to delay movement of the container needle from the storage state to the delivery state after an input is received.
According to any of the foregoing, the injector may include a mechanical, electro-mechanical, or electrical input device coupled to the actuator.
According to any of the foregoing, the drug product may include a volume of an erythropoiesis stimulating agent, a granulocyte colony-stimulating factor, a TNF blocker, a pegylated granulocyte colony-stimulating factor, interleukin-receptor specific antibody, IGF-receptor (Insulin Growth Factor receptor) specific antibody, TGF-specific antibody, or PCSK9 (Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin/Kexin Type 9)—specific antibody.
According to another aspect of the present disclosure, a method of assembling an injector may include filling a sterile reservoir of a container with a drug product under sterile conditions, the reservoir defined by an interior surface of a wall of the container and an interior surface of a seal assembly. The method may also include inserting a point of a clean, unsheathed, rigid container needle partially through the seal assembly under clean room conditions subsequent to filing the sterile reservoir to define a storage state, and attaching the container needle to an actuator under clean room conditions, the actuator adapted to move the container needle from the storage state to a delivery state wherein the container needle is disposed through the interior surface of the seal assembly into the sterile reservoir.
According to this aspect, the wall of the container may be a rigid wall or a flexible wall.
It is believed that the disclosure will be more fully understood from the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Some of the figures may have been simplified by the omission of selected elements for the purpose of more clearly showing other elements. Such omissions of elements in some figures are not necessarily indicative of the presence or absence of particular elements in any of the exemplary embodiments, except as may be explicitly delineated in the corresponding written description. None of the drawings are necessarily to scale.
Although the following text sets forth a detailed description of different embodiments of the invention, it should be understood that the legal scope of the invention is defined by the words of the claims set forth at the end of this patent. It should also be understood that, unless a term is expressly defined in this patent using the sentence “As used herein, the term ‘——————’ is hereby defined to mean . . . ” or a similar sentence, there is no intent to limit the meaning of that term, either expressly or by implication, beyond its plain or ordinary meaning, and such term should not be interpreted to be limited in scope based on any statement made in any section of this patent (other than the language of the claims). To the extent that any term recited in the claims at the end of this patent is referred to in this patent in a manner consistent with a single meaning, that is done for sake of clarity only so as to not confuse the reader, and it is not intended that such claim term be limited, by implication or otherwise, to that single meaning. Finally, unless a claim element is defined by reciting the word “means” and a function without the recital of any structure, it is not intended that the scope of any claim element be interpreted based on the application of 35 U.S.C. § 112, sixth paragraph.
The detailed description is to be construed as exemplary only and does not describe every possible embodiment of the invention because describing every possible embodiment would be impractical, if not impossible. Numerous alternative embodiments could be implemented, using either current technology or technology developed after the filing date of this patent, which would still fall within the scope of the claims defining the invention. Along these lines then, several embodiments according to the present disclosure are illustrated in
In general terms, an injector according to the present disclosure includes a container, a fluid delivery system and an actuator. While reference is made to an injector, which in some instances may refer to a delivery device that ensures that a set volume of drug product is delivered, it will be understood that this disclosure also encompasses infusion devices, which in some instances may refer to a delivery device that ensures that a particular rate of delivery is achieved. It should also be understood that the terms injector and infuser may be used interchangeably when referring to embodiments in the specification.
As illustrated in
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Still further alternatives will be discussed in the context of each of the embodiments illustrated herein.
Referring then to
The container 102 (which also may be referred to as a cartridge herein) includes a wall 110 with an interior surface 112 and an exterior surface 114. While a unitary (i.e., one-piece) wall 110 has been illustrated in
According to certain embodiments of the present disclosure, the wall 110 is rigid. According to other embodiments, the wall 110 may be flexible, whether according to the nature of the material that defines the wall or according to the nature of the structure of wall (e.g., a bellows construction). The wall 110 may be made of glass, metal, or polymer, for example. In particular, polymer versions may be made of polycarbonate, polypropylene, polyethylene (such as high density polyethylene), polytetrafluoroethylene, cyclic olefin polymer, cyclic olefin copolymer, Crystal Zenith olefinic polymer (available from Daikyo Seiko, Ltd., Japan), nylon, or engineering resins, for example. As to flexible versions of the wall 110, butyl rubber, silicon-based rubber, latex-based rubber, coated rubber, as well as multi-layer polymer films, such as may include polyethylene (such as low density polyethylene) and polypropylene, may be used.
The wall 110 may have a generally cylindrical shape, which a shoulder 120 separating a first cylindrical section 122 having a first cross-sectional diameter from a second cylindrical section 124 having a second cross-sectional diameter, the first cross-sectional diameter being smaller than the second cross-sectional diameter. The wall 110 may also define two opposed, open ends 126, 128. The wall 110, or more particularly the interior surface 112 of the wall 110, may also define a bore 130.
The container 102 may include a flexible unitary wall 140 (which may also be referred to as a seal or septum) having an interior surface 142 and an exterior surface 144. The wall 140 may be disposed in the first open end 126 defined by the wall 110 and fixedly attached to the wall 110 of the container 102 such that there is limited relative movement between the wall 140 and the wall 110, for example at the points of attachment of the wall 140 to the wall 110 across the open end or opening 126. Moreover, the interior surfaces 112, 142 of the wall 110 and the flexible wall 140 may define, at least in part, a closed sterile reservoir 150 that is filled with a drug product 160, described in greater detail below. The wall 140 may be made of bromobutyl, chlorobutyl, or chlorobromobutyl rubber, fluoropolymer rubber, natural rubber, silicon-based rubber, silicon, or santoprene, for example.
The container 102 may also include a stopper or piston 170 with interior and exterior surfaces 172, 174. The piston 170 may be received within the end 128 defined by the wall 110, and may be moveable along the bore 130 between the ends 126, 128 of the container 102. According to such an embodiment, the reservoir 150 within which the drug product 160 is disposed may be defined by the interior surfaces 112, 142, 172 of the walls 110, 140 and piston 170.
The container 102 may be used in conjunction with the fluid delivery system 104, the relevant portions of which are illustrated in
The fluid delivery system 104 may also include an injection needle 190 with a point 192. The point 192 of the injection needle 190 may be covered with a needle shield 194 to prevent contact with and contamination of the point 192. The container needle 180 and the injection needle 190 may be connected by a cannula or tube 200, which may be a flexible cannula according to certain embodiments of the present disclosure. The needle 190, like the needle 180, may be made of stainless steel, for example.
Fluid delivery system 104 may be used in conjunction with the actuator 106, mentioned previously and illustrated schematically in
The movement of the needle 180 between the states may occur in a variety of fashions. For example, the needle 180 may be held fixed relative to the housing of the injector 100, and the container 102 may move relative to the needle 180 and the housing. Alternatively, the container 102 may be held fixed relative to the housing, and the needle 180 may be moved relative to the container 102 and the housing. It may also be possible for both container 102 and needle 180 to move relative to the housing of the injector 100. It will be understood that all of these actions may be embraced within the statement that the actuator 106 is adapted to move the container needle 180 between the storage and delivery states.
The actuator 106 may be mechanical, electro-mechanical, or electrical. For example, the actuator 106 may include a solenoid, motor-driven lever, motor with associated gearing, etc. It may even be possible to provide a tab or button attached to the container 102 or the needle 180 to permit the user to achieve the relative motion between the container 102 and the needle 180 manually. In fact, the container 102 may be received within a tab or button that is depressed into the housing when the injector 100 is activated to move the container 102 relative to the (fixed) needle 180.
The actuator 106 may move the container needle 180 between storage and delivery states by moving the needle 180 from the storage state to the delivery state, or by moving the needle 180 from the delivery state to the storage state. In fact, the actuator may move the container needle 180 between the storage and delivery states repeatedly (i.e., multiple times or repetitions). Furthermore, the actuator 106 may move the container needle 180 immediately upon receipt of an input or signal (e.g., as generated through the depression or manipulation of a button, switch or other input device, which may be mechanical, electro-mechanical or electrical in nature, coupled to the actuator 106), or may delay movement of the container needle 180 between storage and delivery states some period of time after an input is received. According to a particular embodiment, the actuator 106 may delay movement of the needle 180 from the storage state to the delivery state until after such a time delay.
As mentioned previously, the reservoir 150 is described as sterile, while the container needle 180 is described as clean. These terms describe the condition of the reservoir 150 or the needle 180 as a consequence of their assembly under conditions that will ensure a specified level of freedom from contamination, wherein a sterile object or device is understood to have a relatively higher level of freedom from contamination than a clean object or device. By way of non-limiting example, the concepts of sterility and cleanliness may be discussed with reference to the schematic of
The components of the container 102 (walls 110, 140, and stopper/piston 170) would enter the facility 250 through space 252, wherein the components are sterilized using e-beam technology, for example. Alternatively, the container components may be sterilized through other currently-known (e.g., treatment with chlorine dioxide or vapor phase hydrogen peroxide) or later-developed sterilization procedures as the components enter the facility 250 at entry points 252, 264, 266. The container 102 would then pass into space 254 for filing with the drug product. The space 254 may be operated as an aseptic Class 100 clean room. A Class 100 clean room is one in which the number of particles of size 0.5 μm or larger permitted per cubic foot of air is less than 100. Once the fill has been performed and the stopper 170 has been disposed in the end 128 of the container 102, the container 102 and drug product 160 is moved through transfer space 256 (also operated as a Class 100 clean room, wherein certain embodiments are also aseptic) before being received within storage space 258.
The containers 102 move from the storage space 258 into inspection area 260 (aseptic in certain embodiments), wherein the containers 102 are inspected prior to assembly with the fluid delivery system 104, actuator 106 and other elements of the injector 100. Because the drug product 160 is contained within the sealed container 102 at this point, the inspection area may be operated as a Class 10,000 clean room. Once inspected, the prefilled, sterile container 102 may be passed from inspection space 260 to assembly space 262.
Similar to the inspection space 260, the assembly space 262 may be operated as an aseptic Class 10,000 clean room. Materials being passed into the clean room from spaces 264, 266 may be in a sterile condition, or may be sterilized using e-beam technology, for example. Within the assembly space 262, the fluid delivery system 104 is connected to the container 102 once the surface 144 of the wall/septum 140 has been sterilized by swabbing the surface 144 with an alcohol wipe, for example. Because of the lower level of cleanliness, the fluid delivery system 104 may be referred to as clean, but not necessarily as sterile. However, because the container needle 180 does not penetrate through the wall 140, the reservoir 150 and the drug product 160 remains sterile (i.e., at the higher level of cleanliness). The remainder of the injector 100 may also be assembled in this space 262 prior to the injector 100 passing into the packaging space 268, with certain aspects of the injector (e.g., the actuator 106) potentially being assembled with the container 102 or the fluid delivery system 104 prior to the assembly of the container 102 and the fluid delivery system 104.
It will be recognized that the embodiment of the injector 100 illustrated in
According to the embodiment of
However, unlike the container 102, the container 302 has a fixed plug 326 that closes the end 320. In addition, while the container 302 has a flexible unitary wall 330 with interior and exterior surfaces 332, 334, the wall 330 is disposed within the end 322 of the container 302, and thus performs the role of the stopper/piston 170 in the container 102. Consequently, the wall 330 is moveable along the bore 324 between the opposing ends 320, 322. Moreover the interior surfaces 312, 332 of the walls 310, 330 define a sterile reservoir 340 in which a drug product 350 is disposed.
According to this embodiment, the fluid delivery device 304 may include a clean, unsheathed, rigid container needle 360 having a point 362. The point 362 of the needle 360, like the point 182 of the needle 180, is disposed only partially into the flexible wall 330 in a storage state, with the actuator 306 causing the point 362 to move between the storage state and a delivery state wherein the point 362 is disposed through the interior surface 332 of the flexible wall 330 into the sterile reservoir 340. The container needle 360 may be in fluid communication with a injection needle 370 having a point 372 covered with a shield 374 through a cannula 380 received within a piston rod 382, for example, which rod 382 may be used to move the stopper/piston 330 between the ends 320, 322 of the container 302.
Having thus discussed a plurality of embodiments wherein a seal assembly includes only a flexible unitary wall, a further plurality of embodiments will be discussed with reference to
Referring first to
The container 452 includes a wall 460 with an interior surface 462 and an exterior surface 464. Like the container of
Unlike the container 102 of
As illustrates, the container 452 may also include a stopper or piston 540 with interior and exterior surfaces 542, 544. The piston 540 may be received within the end 478 defined by the wall 460, and may be moveable along the bore 480 between the ends 476, 478 of the container 452. According to such an embodiment, the reservoir 510 within which the drug product 520 is disposed may be defined by the interior surfaces 462, 494, 542 of the walls 460, 490 and piston 540.
The embodiment of
As was the case with the embodiment of
The embodiment of
A container 650 is illustrated in
As is also illustrated in
In contrast with the previously discussed embodiments, the container 650 illustrated in
As illustrated, the vents 710 are disposed within the clean barrier 656, and extend between the interior surface 662 and the exterior surface 664 of the barrier 656. A flap 712 covers the end of the vent 710 proximate to the exterior surface 664, and thereby seals the end of the vent 710 until the vent is actuated, preserving the cleanliness of the space 690 between the clean barrier 656 and the flexible wall 654. Alternatively, the vents 710 may be arranged, for example, in the wall 652 of the container 650.
As is also illustrated in
In contrast with the previously discussed embodiments, the container 720 illustrated in
However, the bypasses 780 are not in fluid communication with the clean space 760 until the flexible wall 724 has moved from the storage state illustrated in
While all of the forgoing embodiments have focused to one degree or another on a fluid delivery system partially disposed through a seal assembly, there are other alternatives where the container needle is not disposed through the seal assembly, or where the container needle is disposed fully through the seal assembly. Three such alternatives are illustrated in
To this end, the container 802 includes at least a flexible wall 810, which may be in the form of a septum or a stopper according to the present disclosure. The flexible wall 810 has an interior surface 812 and an exterior surface 814. Additionally, the fluid delivery system 804 includes a container needle 816, an injection needle 818, and a flexible conduit 820 connecting the container needle 816 and the injection needle 818. Both the container needle 816 and the injection needle 818 are received within a cover 822, 824 that preserves the cleanliness of the needle 816, 818. The cover 822 may be referred to as a cap, while the cover 824 may be referred to as a shield. Also included is an alcohol wipe 826 disposed between the flexible wall 810 and the cover 822, which wipe 826 may be kept in an air-tight condition to maintain alcohol saturation.
According to the present disclosure, prior to initiating action of the actuator 806, the wipe 826 is drawn out from between the flexible wall 810 and the cover 822. For example, an end of the wipe 826 may be disposed outside housing of the injector 800 to permit the end to be grasped and the wipe 826 pulled out from the injector 800. Alternatively, the end of the wipe 826 may be attached to another aspect of the injector 800, such as a liner that covers an adhesive surface of the injector 800 that will be attached to the patient, such that when the liner is removed to expose the adhesive surface, the wipe 826 is pulled out from the injector 800 as well. The removal of the wipe sterilizes surface 814 of the wall 810 and opposing surface 828 of the cap 822. The actuator 806 then moves the container needle 816 through the cap 822 and the flexible wall 810.
As such,
On the other hand, the container needle 866 (and in particular a point 874 of the container needle 866) is disposed through the flexible wall 860 through the interior surface 862. The needle 866 is thus in fluid communication with a sterile reservoir 880 and a drug product 890 disposed within the reservoir 880. Fluid communication between the container needle 866 and the injection needle 868 is interrupted by a valve 900 disposed in or along the flexible tubing 870, which valve 900 may define a boundary between the sterile portion of the injector 850 and the clean portion of the injector 850. Thus, unlike the other embodiments discussed above relative to
It will be recognized that the valve 900 may take a variety of shapes and forms, two of which are illustrated in
Embodiments such as are illustrated in
It will be further understood that the embodiments illustrated in
In particular,
However, the seal assembly 928 of the injector 920 also has a flexible wall 950 and a clean barrier 952. The flexible wall 950 and the clean barrier 952 each have interior and exterior surfaces, with the interior surface of the flexible wall 950 defining, in part, the closed sterile reservoir 940. On the other hand, the clean barrier 952 is disposed exterior of the flexible wall 950 to define an enclosed clean space 954 between the flexible wall 950 and the clean barrier 952 in which a point 956 of the container needle 930 may be disposed.
In this regard, the embodiment of
As will be recognized, the devices according to the present disclosure may have one or more advantages relative to conventional technology, any one or more of which may be present in a particular embodiment in accordance with the features of the present disclosure included in that embodiment. As one example, these embodiments maintain the sterility of the drug product until the time of use. As another example, the potential for mixing of the drug product is limited or eliminated prior to the time of use. As a still further example, unintended delivery of the drug product is limited or prevented prior to the time of use.
For illustrative purposes only,
The method 1000 for assembling delivery devices begins at block 1002. The containers used in the device are initially stored in sealed tubs. As mentioned above, these containers may be or may have been sterilized at some point. At block 1002, the tubs are debagged, for example using an automated debagger in a Grade C cleanroom. At block 1004, the Tyvek seal is peeled off (e.g., by a robot) and removed, for example, in a space operated as a Grade A cleanroom, perhaps within an isolator in a space otherwise operated a Grade C cleanroom.
The containers are filled and stoppers are attached, and then the containers are re-nested in open tubs, at block 1006, in a space operated as a Grade A cleanroom, perhaps within an isolator in a space otherwise operated a Grade C cleanroom. From this point, two different alternative paths, or branches, are possible.
The filled containers may be left in the open tubs at block 1008. The tubs may be conveyed and carted to a storage space (e.g., cold room) at block 1010.
If the route of block 1008, 1010 is followed, then the method 1000 may continue with the tubs being transferred for processing to an inspection room at block 1012. The filled containers are then denested from the open tubs at block 1014, and supplied to an automated inspection machine at block 1016. Automated inspection of the filled containers occurs at block 1016, followed by optional, additional semi-automated or manual inspection at block 1018.
Alternatively, the tubs may be resealed, rebagged, and labeled, at block 1020. For example, the tubs may be resealed with Tyvek (e.g., using a Bausch+Strobel tub sealer), rebagged, and then labeled in a Grade C cleanroom at block 1020. The tubs may then be stored, or even shipped, if necessary, at blocks 1022, 1024.
Once storage or transport is completed, the tubs are debagged, for example using an automated debagger at block 1026. At block 1028, the Tyvek seal is peeled off and removed. The filled containers may then be denested for inspection, at block 1030. The actions at blocks 1026, 1028, 1030 are performed in a Grade C cleanroom. An automated inspection may then be carried out using a visual inspection machine designed for operation in a Grade C cleanroom at block 1032.
Following either procedure, the filled, inspected containers may then be transferred to rondo trays at block 1034.
According to a first procedure, the rondo trays may be sent directly to storage at block 1036. If the route of block 1036 is followed, then the rondo trays are transferred for processing to the device assembly room at block 1038. The containers are denested at block 1040, and assembled with the other elements of the delivery device at block 1042 to define an assembled delivery device (e.g., an injector or an infuser).
Alternatively, the containers may be moved into tubs, which are sealed, bagged, and labeled, at block 1044. For example, the tubs may be resealed with Tyvek, bagged, and then labeled in a Grade C cleanroom. The tubs may then be stored, or even shipped for further processing, if necessary, at blocks 1046, 1048. Once storage or transport completed, the tubs are debagged, for example using an automated debagger at block 1050. At block 1052, the Tyvek seal is peeled off and removed, and the containers are denested. The filled containers may then be assembled with the other elements of the delivery device at block 1054. The actions at blocks 1050, 1052, 1054 may all occur in a Grade C cleanroom.
In either event, the assembled devices are packaged at block 1056, and the packaged, assembled devices are stored at block 1058. Finally, the packaged, assembled devices are transported to the distributor, and/or for other distribution actions at block 1060.
Other advantages not specifically listed herein may also be recognized as well. Moreover, still other variants and alternatives are possible.
As an example, while the operation of the actuator has been described in regard to the foregoing embodiments as moving, for example, the container needle from a storage state to a delivery state, it will be understood that the actuator may also move the container needle from the delivery state to the storage state. For example, if a dose of drug product is to be delivered that is less than the volume of the reservoir (such as may be the case wherein the injector is designed to be programmed to deliver an adjustable dose according to the needs of the patient (e.g., pediatric vs. adult patient)), then the actuator may move the container needle from the storage state to the delivery state prior to delivery of the dose, and from the delivery state to the storage state after delivery of the dose. The movement from the delivery state to the storage state will in effect reseal the container and close the fluid path to the patient. This sequence of movement between the storage state and the delivery state may be repeated. As noted above, maintaining a closed fluid path until delivery is initiated is advantageous in that the opportunity for unintended delivery of the drug product to the patient and/or mixing of the drug product with the patient's bodily fluids is reduced.
The injectors according to the present disclosure may be used with a variety of drug products, including colony stimulating factors, such as granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF), may be administered to increase the number of immune cells (e.g., white blood cells) found in bone marrow or peripheral blood. Such G-CSF agents include, but are not limited to, Neupogen® (filgrastim) and Neulasta® (pegfilgrastim).
In other embodiments, the injector may be used with various other products including, for example, an erythropoiesis stimulating agent (ESA), which may be in a liquid or a lyophilized form. An ESA is any molecule that stimulates erythropoiesis, such as Epogen® (epoetin alfa), Aranesp® (darbepoetin alfa), Dynepo® (epoetin delta), Mircera® (methyoxy polyethylene glycol-epoetin beta), Hematide®, MRK-2578, INS-22, Retacrit® (epoetin zeta), Neorecormon® (epoetin beta), Silapo® (epoetin zeta), Binocrit® (epoetin alfa), epoetin alfa Hexal, Abseamed® (epoetin alfa), Ratioepo® (epoetin theta), Eporatio® (epoetin theta), Biopoin® (epoetin theta), epoetin alfa, epoetin beta, epoetin zeta, epoetin theta, and epoetin delta, as well as the molecules or variants or analogs thereof as disclosed in the following patents or patent applications, each of which is herein incorporated by reference in its entirety: U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,703,008; 5,441,868; 5,547,933; 5,618,698; 5,621,080; 5,756,349; 5,767,078; 5,773,569; 5,955,422; 5,986,047; 6,583,272; 7,084,245; and 7,271,689; and PCT Publ. Nos. WO 91/05867; WO 95/05465; WO 96/40772; WO 00/24893; WO 01/81405; and WO 2007/136752.
An ESA can be an erythropoiesis stimulating protein. As used herein, “erythropoiesis stimulating protein” means any protein that directly or indirectly causes activation of the erythropoietin receptor, for example, by binding to and causing dimerization of the receptor. Erythropoiesis stimulating proteins include erythropoietin and variants, analogs, or derivatives thereof that bind to and activate erythropoietin receptor; antibodies that bind to erythropoietin receptor and activate the receptor; or peptides that bind to and activate erythropoietin receptor. Erythropoiesis stimulating proteins include, but are not limited to, epoetin alfa, epoetin beta, epoetin delta, epoetin omega, epoetin iota, epoetin zeta, and analogs thereof, pegylated erythropoietin, carbamylated erythropoietin, mimetic peptides (including EMP1/hematide), and mimetic antibodies. Exemplary erythropoiesis stimulating proteins include erythropoietin, darbepoetin, erythropoietin agonist variants, and peptides or antibodies that bind and activate erythropoietin receptor (and include compounds reported in U.S. Publ. Nos. 2003/0215444 and 2006/0040858, the disclosures of each of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety) as well as erythropoietin molecules or variants or analogs thereof as disclosed in the following patents or patent applications, which are each herein incorporated by reference in its entirety: U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,703,008; 5,441,868; 5,547,933; 5,618,698; 5,621,080; 5,756,349; 5,767,078; 5,773,569; 5,955,422; 5,830,851; 5,856,298; 5,986,047; 6,030,086; 6,310,078; 6,391,633; 6,583,272; 6,586,398; 6,900,292; 6,750,369; 7,030,226; 7,084,245; and 7,217,689; US Publ. Nos. 2002/0155998; 2003/0077753; 2003/0082749; 2003/0143202; 2004/0009902; 2004/0071694; 2004/0091961; 2004/0143857; 2004/0157293; 2004/0175379; 2004/0175824; 2004/0229318; 2004/0248815; 2004/0266690; 2005/0019914; 2005/0026834; 2005/0096461; 2005/0107297; 2005/0107591; 2005/0124045; 2005/0124564; 2005/0137329; 2005/0142642; 2005/0143292; 2005/0153879; 2005/0158822; 2005/0158832; 2005/0170457; 2005/0181359; 2005/0181482; 2005/0192211; 2005/0202538; 2005/0227289; 2005/0244409; 2006/0088906; and 2006/0111279; and PCT Publ. Nos. WO 91/05867; WO 95/05465; WO 99/66054; WO 00/24893; WO 01/81405; WO 00/61637; WO 01/36489; WO 02/014356; WO 02/19963; WO 02/20034; WO 02/49673; WO 02/085940; WO 03/029291; WO 2003/055526; WO 2003/084477; WO 2003/094858; WO 2004/002417; WO 2004/002424; WO 2004/009627; WO 2004/024761; WO 2004/033651; WO 2004/035603; WO 2004/043382; WO 2004/101600; WO 2004/101606; WO 2004/101611; WO 2004/106373; WO 2004/018667; WO 2005/001025; WO 2005/001136; WO 2005/021579; WO 2005/025606; WO 2005/032460; WO 2005/051327; WO 2005/063808; WO 2005/063809; WO 2005/070451; WO 2005/081687; WO 2005/084711; WO 2005/103076; WO 2005/100403; WO 2005/092369; WO 2006/50959; WO 2006/02646; and WO 2006/29094.
Examples of other pharmaceutical products for use with the device may include, but are not limited to, antibodies such as Vectibix® (panitumumab), Xgeva™ (denosumab) and Prolia™ (denosamab); other biological agents such as Enbrel® (etanercept, TNF-receptor /Fc fusion protein, TNF blocker), Neulasta® (pegfilgrastim, pegylated filgastrim, pegylated G-CSF, pegylated hu-Met-G-CSF), Neupogen® (filgrastim, G-CSF, hu-MetG-CSF), and Nplate® (romiplostim); small molecule drugs such as Sensipar® (cinacalcet). The device may also be used with a therapeutic antibody, a polypeptide, a protein or other chemical, such as an iron, for example, ferumoxytol, iron dextrans, ferric glyconate, and iron sucrose. The pharmaceutical product may be in liquid form, or reconstituted from lyophilized form.
Among particular illustrative proteins are the specific proteins set forth below, including fusions, fragments, analogs, variants or derivatives thereof:
OPGL specific antibodies, peptibodies, and related proteins, and the like (also referred to as RANKL specific antibodies, peptibodies and the like), including fully humanized and human OPGL specific antibodies, particularly fully humanized monoclonal antibodies, including but not limited to the antibodies described in PCT Publ. No. WO 03/002713, which is incorporated herein in its entirety as to OPGL specific antibodies and antibody related proteins, particularly those having the sequences set forth therein, particularly, but not limited to, those denoted therein: 9H7; 18B2; 2D8; 2E11; 16E1; and 22B3, including the OPGL specific antibodies having either the light chain of SEQ ID NO: 2 as set forth therein in
Myostatin binding proteins, peptibodies, and related proteins, and the like, including myostatin specific peptibodies, particularly those described in US Publ. No. 2004/0181033 and PCT Publ. No. WO 2004/058988, which are incorporated by reference herein in their entirety particularly in parts pertinent to myostatin specific peptibodies, including but not limited to peptibodies of the mTN8-19 family, including those of SEQ ID NOS: 305-351, including TN8-19-1 through TN8-19-40, TN8-19 con1 and TN8-19 con2; peptibodies of the mL2 family of SEQ ID NOS: 357-383; the mL15 family of SEQ ID NOS: 384-409; the mL17 family of SEQ ID NOS: 410-438; the mL20 family of SEQ ID NOS: 439-446; the mL21 family of SEQ ID NOS: 447-452; the mL24 family of SEQ ID NOS: 453-454; and those of SEQ ID NOS: 615-631, each of which is individually and specifically incorporated by reference herein in their entirety fully as disclosed in the foregoing publication;
IL-4 receptor specific antibodies, peptibodies, and related proteins, and the like, particularly those that inhibit activities mediated by binding of IL-4 and/or IL-13 to the receptor, including those described in PCT Publ. No. WO 2005/047331 or PCT Appl. No. PCT/US2004/03742 and in US Publ. No. 2005/112694, which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety particularly in parts pertinent to IL-4 receptor specific antibodies, particularly such antibodies as are described therein, particularly, and without limitation, those designated therein: L1H1; L1H2; L1H3; L1H4; L1H5; L1H6; L1H7; L1H8; L1H9; L1H10; L1H11; L2H1; L2H2; L2H3; L2H4; L2H5; L2H6; L2H7; L2H8; L2H9; L2H10; L2H11; L2H12; L2H13; L2H14; L3H1; L4H1; L5H1; L6H1, each of which is individually and specifically incorporated by reference herein in its entirety fully as disclosed in the foregoing publication;
Interleukin 1-receptor 1 (“IL1-R1”) specific antibodies, peptibodies, and related proteins, and the like, including but not limited to those described in U.S. Publ. No. 2004/097712A1, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety in parts pertinent to IL1-R1 specific binding proteins, monoclonal antibodies in particular, especially, without limitation, those designated therein: 15CA, 26F5, 27F2, 24E12, and 10H7, each of which is individually and specifically incorporated by reference herein in its entirety fully as disclosed in the aforementioned U.S. publication;
Ang2 specific antibodies, peptibodies, and related proteins, and the like, including but not limited to those described in PCT Publ. No. WO 03/057134 and U.S. Publ No. 2003/0229023, each of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety particularly in parts pertinent to Ang2 specific antibodies and peptibodies and the like, especially those of sequences described therein and including but not limited to: L1 (N); L1 (N) WT; L1 (N) 1K WT; 2xL1(N); 2xL1 (N) WT; Con4 (N), Con4 (N) 1K WT, 2xCon4 (N) 1K; L1C; L1C 1K; 2xL1C; Con4C; Con4C 1K; 2xCon4C 1K; Con4-L1 (N); Con4-L1C; TN-12-9 (N); C17 (N); TN8-8(N); TN8-14 (N); Con 1 (N), also including anti-Ang 2 antibodies and formulations such as those described in PCT Publ. No. WO 2003/030833 which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety as to the same, particularly Ab526; Ab528; Ab531; Ab533; Ab535; Ab536; Ab537; Ab540; Ab543; Ab544; Ab545; Ab546; A551; Ab553; Ab555; Ab558; Ab559; Ab565; AbF1AbFD; AbFE; AbFJ; AbFK; AbG1D4; AbGC1E8; AbH1C12; Ab1A1; Ab1F; Ab1K, Ab1P; and Ab1P, in their various permutations as described therein, each of which is individually and specifically incorporated by reference herein in its entirety fully as disclosed in the foregoing publication;
NGF specific antibodies, peptibodies, and related proteins, and the like including, in particular, but not limited to those described in US Publ. No. 2005/0074821 and U.S. Pat. No. 6,919,426, which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety particularly as to NGF-specific antibodies and related proteins in this regard, including in particular, but not limited to, the NGF-specific antibodies therein designated 4D4, 4G6, 6H9, 7H2, 14D10 and 14D11, each of which is individually and specifically incorporated by reference herein in its entirety fully as disclosed in the foregoing publication;
CD22 specific antibodies, peptibodies, and related proteins, and the like, such as those described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,789,554, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety as to CD22 specific antibodies and related proteins, particularly human CD22 specific antibodies, such as but not limited to humanized and fully human antibodies, including but not limited to humanized and fully human monoclonal antibodies, particularly including but not limited to human CD22 specific IgG antibodies, such as, for instance, a dimer of a human-mouse monoclonal hLL2 gamma-chain disulfide linked to a human-mouse monoclonal hLL2 kappa-chain, including, but limited to, for example, the human CD22 specific fully humanized antibody in Epratuzumab, CAS registry number 501423-23-0;
IGF-1 receptor specific antibodies, peptibodies, and related proteins, and the like, such as those described in PCT Publ. No. WO 06/069202, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety as to IGF-1 receptor specific antibodies and related proteins, including but not limited to the IGF-1 specific antibodies therein designated L1H1, L2H2, L3H3, L4H4, L5H5, L6H6, L7H7, L8H8, L9H9, L10H10, L11H11, L12H12, L13H13, L14H14, L15H15, L16H16, L17H17, L18H18, L19H19, L20H20, L21H21, L22H22, L23H23, L24H24, L25H25, L26H26, L27H27, L28H28, L29H29, L30H30, L31H31, L32H32, L33H33, L34H34, L35H35, L36H36, L37H37, L38H38, L39H39, L40H40, L41H41, L42H42, L43H43, L44H44, L45H45, L46H46, L47H47, L48H48, L49H49, L50H50, L51H51, L52H52, and IGF-1R-binding fragments and derivatives thereof, each of which is individually and specifically incorporated by reference herein in its entirety fully as disclosed in the foregoing International Publication;
Also among non-limiting examples of anti-IGF-1R antibodies for use in the methods and compositions of the present invention are each and all of those described in:
(i) US Publ. No. 2006/0040358 (published Feb. 23, 2006), 2005/0008642 (published Jan. 13, 2005), 2004/0228859 (published Nov. 18, 2004), including but not limited to, for instance, antibody 1A (DSMZ Deposit No. DSM ACC 2586), antibody 8 (DSMZ Deposit No. DSM ACC 2589), antibody 23 (DSMZ Deposit No. DSM ACC 2588) and antibody 18 as described therein;
(ii) PCT Publ. No. WO 06/138729 (published Dec. 28, 2006) and WO 05/016970 (published Feb. 24, 2005), and Lu et al., 2004, J Biol. Chem. 279:2856-65, including but not limited to antibodies 2F8, A12, and IMC-A12 as described therein;
(iii) PCT Publ. No. WO 07/012614 (published Feb. 1, 2007), WO 07/000328 (published Jan. 4, 2007), WO 06/013472 (published Feb. 9, 2006), WO 05/058967 (published Jun. 30, 2005), and WO 03/059951 (published Jul. 24, 2003);
(iv) US Publ. No. 2005/0084906 (published Apr. 21, 2005), including but not limited to antibody 7C10, chimaeric antibody C7C10, antibody h7C10, antibody 7H2M, chimaeric antibody *7C10, antibody GM 607, humanized antibody 7C10 version 1, humanized antibody 7C10 version 2, humanized antibody 7C10 version 3, and antibody 7H2HM, as described therein;
(v) US Publ. Nos. 2005/0249728 (published Nov. 10, 2005), 2005/0186203 (published Aug. 25, 2005), 2004/0265307 (published Dec. 30, 2004), and 2003/0235582 (published Dec. 25, 2003) and Maloney et al., 2003, Cancer Res. 63:5073-83, including but not limited to antibody EM164, resurfaced EM164, humanized EM164, huEM164 v1.0, huEM164 v1.1, huEM164 v1.2, and huEM164 v1.3 as described therein;
(vi) U.S. Pat. No. 7,037,498 (issued May 2, 2006), US Publ. Nos. 2005/0244408 (published Nov. 30, 2005) and 2004/0086503 (published May 6, 2004), and Cohen, et al., 2005, Clinical Cancer Res. 11:2063-73, e.g., antibody CP-751,871, including but not limited to each of the antibodies produced by the hybridomas having the ATCC accession numbers PTA-2792, PTA-2788, PTA-2790, PTA-2791, PTA-2789, PTA-2793, and antibodies 2.12.1, 2.13.2, 2.14.3, 3.1.1, 4.9.2, and 4.17.3, as described therein;
(vii) US Publ. Nos. 2005/0136063 (published Jun. 23, 2005) and 2004/0018191 (published Jan. 29, 2004), including but not limited to antibody 19D12 and an antibody comprising a heavy chain encoded by a polynucleotide in plasmid 15H12/19D12 HCA (γ4), deposited at the ATCC under number PTA-5214, and a light chain encoded by a polynucleotide in plasmid 15H12/19D12 LCF (κ), deposited at the ATCC under number PTA-5220, as described therein; and
(viii) US Publ. No. 2004/0202655 (published Oct. 14, 2004), including but not limited to antibodies PINT-6A1, PINT-7A2, PINT-7A4, PINT-7A5, PINT-7A6, PINT-8A1, PINT-9A2, PINT-11A1, PINT-11A2, PINT-11A3, PINT-11A4, PINT-11A5, PINT-11A7, PINT-11A12, PINT-12A1, PINT-12A2, PINT-12A3, PINT-12A4, and PINT-12A5, as described therein; each and all of which are herein incorporated by reference in their entireties, particularly as to the aforementioned antibodies, peptibodies, and related proteins and the like that target IGF-1 receptors;
B-7 related protein 1 specific antibodies, peptibodies, related proteins and the like (“B7RP-1,” also is referred to in the literature as B7H2, ICOSL, B7h, and CD275), particularly B7RP-specific fully human monoclonal IgG2 antibodies, particularly fully human IgG2 monoclonal antibody that binds an epitope in the first immunoglobulin-like domain of B7RP-1, especially those that inhibit the interaction of B7RP-1 with its natural receptor, ICOS, on activated T cells in particular, especially, in all of the foregoing regards, those disclosed in U.S. Publ. No. 2008/0166352 and PCT Publ. No. WO 07/011941, which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties as to such antibodies and related proteins, including but not limited to antibodies designated therein as follow: 16H (having light chain variable and heavy chain variable sequences SEQ ID NO:1 and SEQ ID NO:7 respectively therein); 5D (having light chain variable and heavy chain variable sequences SEQ ID NO:2 and SEQ ID NO:9 respectively therein); 2H (having light chain variable and heavy chain variable sequences SEQ ID NO:3 and SEQ ID NO:10 respectively therein); 43H (having light chain variable and heavy chain variable sequences SEQ ID NO:6 and SEQ ID NO:14 respectively therein); 41H (having light chain variable and heavy chain variable sequences SEQ ID NO:5 and SEQ ID NO:13 respectively therein); and 15H (having light chain variable and heavy chain variable sequences SEQ ID NO:4 and SEQ ID NO:12 respectively therein), each of which is individually and specifically incorporated by reference herein in its entirety fully as disclosed in the foregoing U.S. Publication;
IL-15 specific antibodies, peptibodies, and related proteins, and the like, such as, in particular, humanized monoclonal antibodies, particularly antibodies such as those disclosed in U.S. Publ. Nos. 2003/0138421; 2003/023586; and 2004/0071702; and U.S. Pat. No. 7,153,507, each of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety as to IL-15 specific antibodies and related proteins, including peptibodies, including particularly, for instance, but not limited to, HuMax IL-15 antibodies and related proteins, such as, for instance, 146B7;
IFN gamma specific antibodies, peptibodies, and related proteins and the like, especially human IFN gamma specific antibodies, particularly fully human anti-IFN gamma antibodies, such as, for instance, those described in US Publ. No. 2005/0004353, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety as to IFN gamma specific antibodies, particularly, for example, the antibodies therein designated 1118; 1118*; 1119; 1121; and 1121*. The entire sequences of the heavy and light chains of each of these antibodies, as well as the sequences of their heavy and light chain variable regions and complementarity determining regions, are each individually and specifically incorporated by reference herein in its entirety fully as disclosed in the foregoing US Publication and in Thakur et al., Mol. Immunol. 36:1107-1115 (1999). In addition, description of the properties of these antibodies provided in the foregoing US publication is also incorporated by reference herein in its entirety. Specific antibodies include those having the heavy chain of SEQ ID NO: 17 and the light chain of SEQ ID NO:18; those having the heavy chain variable region of SEQ ID NO:6 and the light chain variable region of SEQ ID NO:8; those having the heavy chain of SEQ ID NO:19 and the light chain of SEQ ID NO:20; those having the heavy chain variable region of SEQ ID NO:10 and the light chain variable region of SEQ ID NO:12; those having the heavy chain of SEQ ID NO:32 and the light chain of SEQ ID NO:20; those having the heavy chain variable region of SEQ ID NO:30 and the light chain variable region of SEQ ID NO:12; those having the heavy chain sequence of SEQ ID NO:21 and the light chain sequence of SEQ ID NO:22; those having the heavy chain variable region of SEQ ID NO:14 and the light chain variable region of SEQ ID NO:16; those having the heavy chain of SEQ ID NO:21 and the light chain of SEQ ID NO:33; and those having the heavy chain variable region of SEQ ID NO:14 and the light chain variable region of SEQ ID NO:31, as disclosed in the foregoing US Publication. A specific antibody contemplated is antibody 1119 as disclosed in foregoing US Publication and having a complete heavy chain of SEQ ID NO:17 as disclosed therein and having a complete light chain of SEQ ID NO:18 as disclosed therein;
TALL-1 specific antibodies, peptibodies, and the related proteins, and the like, and other TALL specific binding proteins, such as those described in U.S. Publ. Nos. 2003/0195156 and 2006/0135431, each of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety as to TALL-1 binding proteins, particularly the molecules of Tables 4 and 5B, each of which is individually and specifically incorporated by reference herein in its entirety fully as disclosed in the foregoing US Publications;
Parathyroid hormone (“PTH”) specific antibodies, peptibodies, and related proteins, and the like, such as those described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,756,480, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety, particularly in parts pertinent to proteins that bind PTH;
Thrombopoietin receptor (“TPO-R”) specific antibodies, peptibodies, and related proteins, and the like, such as those described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,835,809, which is herein incorporated by reference in its entirety, particularly in parts pertinent to proteins that bind TPO-R;
Hepatocyte growth factor (“HGF”) specific antibodies, peptibodies, and related proteins, and the like, including those that target the HGF/SF:cMet axis (HGF/SF:c-Met), such as the fully human monoclonal antibodies that neutralize hepatocyte growth factor/scatter (HGF/SF) described in US Publ. No. 2005/0118643 and PCT Publ. No. WO 2005/017107, huL2G7 described in U.S. Pat. No. 7,220,410 and OA-5d5 described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,686,292 and 6,468,529 and in PCT Publ. No. WO 96/38557, each of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety, particularly in parts pertinent to proteins that bind HGF;
TRAIL-R2 specific antibodies, peptibodies, related proteins and the like, such as those described in U.S. Pat. No. 7,521,048, which is herein incorporated by reference in its entirety, particularly in parts pertinent to proteins that bind TRAIL-R2;
Activin A specific antibodies, peptibodies, related proteins, and the like, including but not limited to those described in US Publ. No. 2009/0234106, which is herein incorporated by reference in its entirety, particularly in parts pertinent to proteins that bind Activin A;
PCSK9 (Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin/Kexin) specific antibodies, peptibodies, related proteins and the like including but not limited to those described in U.S. Pat. No. 8,030,457, WO 11/0027287 and WO 09/026558, which are herein incorporated by reference in their entirety, particularly in parts pertinent to proteins that bind PCSK9;
TGF-beta specific antibodies, peptibodies, related proteins, and the like, including but not limited to those described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,803,453 and US Publ. No. 2007/0110747, each of which is herein incorporated by reference in its entirety, particularly in parts pertinent to proteins that bind TGF-beta;
Amyloid-beta protein specific antibodies, peptibodies, related proteins, and the like, including but not limited to those described in PCT Publ. No. WO 2006/081171, which is herein incorporated by reference in its entirety, particularly in parts pertinent to proteins that bind amyloid-beta proteins. One antibody contemplated is an antibody having a heavy chain variable region comprising SEQ ID NO: 8 and a light chain variable region having SEQ ID NO: 6 as disclosed in the International Publication;
c-Kit specific antibodies, peptibodies, related proteins, and the like, including but not limited to those described in Publ. No. 2007/0253951, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety, particularly in parts pertinent to proteins that bind c-Kit and/or other stem cell factor receptors;
OX40L specific antibodies, peptibodies, related proteins, and the like, including but not limited to those described in U.S. application Ser. No. 11/068,289, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety, particularly in parts pertinent to proteins that bind OX40L and/or other ligands of the OXO40 receptor; and
Other exemplary proteins can include Activase® (alteplase, tPA); Aranesp® (darbepoetin alfa); Epogen® (epoetin alfa, or erythropoietin); Avonex® (interferon beta-1a); Bexxar® (tositumomab, anti-CD22 monoclonal antibody); Betaseron® (interferon-beta); Campath® (alemtuzumab, anti-CD52 monoclonal antibody); Dynepo® (epoetin delta); Velcade® (bortezomib); MLN0002 (anti-α4β7 mAb); MLN1202 (anti-CCR2 chemokine receptor mAb); Enbrel® (etanercept, TNF-receptor/Fc fusion protein, TNF blocker); Eprex® (epoetin alfa); Erbitux® (cetuximab, anti-EGFR/HER1/c-ErbB-1); Genotropin® (somatropin, Human Growth Hormone); Herceptin® (trastuzumab, anti-HER2/neu (erbB2) receptor mAb); Humatrope® (somatropin, Human Growth Hormone); Humira® (adalimumab); insulin in solution; Infergen® (interferon alfacon-1); Natrecor® (nesiritide; recombinant human B-type natriuretic peptide (hBNP); Kineret® (anakinra); Leukine® (sargamostim, rhuGM-CSF); LymphoCide® (epratuzumab, anti-CD22 mAb); Benlysta™ (lymphostat B, belimumab, anti-BlyS mAb); Metalyse® (tenecteplase, t-PA analog); Mircera® (methoxy polyethylene glycol-epoetin beta); Mylotarg® (gemtuzumab ozogamicin); Raptiva® (efalizumab); Cimzia® (certolizumab pegol, CDP 870); Soliris™ (eculizumab); pexelizumab (anti-C5 complement); Numax® (MEDI-524); Lucentis® (ranibizumab); Panorex® (17-1A, edrecolomab); Trabio® (lerdelimumab); TheraCim hR3 (nimotuzumab); Omnitarg (pertuzumab, 2C4); Osidem® (IDM-1); OvaRex® (B43.13); Nuvion® (visilizumab); cantuzumab mertansine (huC242-DM1); NeoRecormon® (epoetin beta); Neumega® (oprelvekin, human interleukin-11); Neulasta® (pegylated filgastrim, pegylated G-CSF, pegylated hu-Met-G-CSF); Neupogen® (filgrastim, G-CSF, hu-MetG-CSF); Orthoclone OKT3® (muromonab-CD3, anti-CD3 monoclonal antibody); Procrit® (epoetin alfa); Remicade® (infliximab, anti-α monoclonal antibody); Reopro® (abciximab, anti-GP 1Ib/Ilia receptor monoclonal antibody); Actemra® (anti-IL6 Receptor mAb); Avastin® (bevacizumab), HuMax-CD4 (zanolimumab); Rituxan® (rituximab, anti-CD20 mAb); Tarceva® (erlotinib); Roferon-A®-(interferon alfa-2a); Simulect® (basiliximab); Prexige® (lumiracoxib); Synagis® (palivizumab); 146B7-CHO (anti-IL15 antibody, see U.S. Pat. No. 7,153,507); Tysabri® (natalizumab, anti-αintegrin mAb); Valortim® (MDX-1303, anti-B. anthracis protective antigen mAb); ABthrax™; Vectibix® (panitumumab); Xolair® (omalizumab); ETI211 (anti-MRSA mAb); IL-1 trap (the Fc portion of human IgG1 and the extracellular domains of both IL-1 receptor components (the Type I receptor and receptor accessory protein)); VEGF trap (Ig domains of VEGFR1 fused to IgG1 Fc); Zenapax® (daclizumab); Zenapax® (daclizumab, anti-IL-2Rα mAb); Zevalin® (ibritumomab tiuxetan); Zetia® (ezetimibe); Orencia® (atacicept, TACI-Ig); anti-CD80 monoclonal antibody (galiximab); anti-CD23 mAb (lumiliximab); BR2-Fc (huBR3/huFc fusion protein, soluble BAFF antagonist); CNTO 148 (golimumab, anti-TNFα mAb); HGS-ETR1 (mapatumumab; human anti-TRAIL Receptor-1 mAb); HuMax-CD20 (ocrelizumab, anti-CD20 human mAb); HuMax-EGFR (zalutumumab); M200 (volociximab, anti-α5β1 integrin mAb); MDX-010 (ipilimumab, anti-CTLA-4 mAb and VEGFR-1 (IMC-18F1); anti-BR3 mAb; anti-C. difficile Toxin A and Toxin B C mAbs MDX-066 (CDA-1) and MDX-1388); anti-CD22 dsFv-PE38 conjugates (CAT-3888 and CAT-8015); anti-CD25 mAb (HuMax-TAC); anti-CD3 mAb (NI-0401); adecatumumab; anti-CD30 mAb (MDX-060); MDX-1333 (anti-IFNAR); anti-CD38 mAb (HuMax CD38); anti-CD40L mAb; anti-Cripto mAb; anti-CTGF Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Phase I Fibrogen (FG-3019); anti-CTLA4 mAb; anti-eotaxinl mAb (CAT-213); anti-FGF8 mAb; anti-ganglioside GD2 mAb; anti-ganglioside GM2 mAb; anti-GDF-8 human mAb (MYO-029); anti-GM-CSF Receptor mAb (CAM-3001); anti-HepC mAb (HuMax HepC); anti-IFNα mAb (MEDI-545, MDX-1103); anti-IGF1R mAb; anti-IGF-1R mAb (HuMax-Inflam); anti-IL12 mAb (ABT-874); anti-IL12/IL23 mAb (CNTO 1275); anti-IL13 mAb (CAT-354); anti-IL2Ra mAb (HuMax-TAC); anti-IL5 Receptor mAb; anti-integrin receptors mAb (MDX-018, CNTO 95); anti-IP10 Ulcerative Colitis mAb (MDX-1100); anti-LLY antibody; BMS-66513; anti-Mannose Receptor/hCGβ mAb (MDX-1307); anti-mesothelin dsFv-PE38 conjugate (CAT-5001); anti-PD1mAb (MDX-1106 (ONO-4538)); anti-PDGFRα antibody (IMC-3G3); anti-TGFβ mAb (GC-1008); anti-TRAIL Receptor-2 human mAb (HGS-ETR2); anti-TWEAK mAb; anti-VEGFR/Flt-1 mAb; anti-ZP3 mAb (HuMax-ZP3); NVS Antibody #1; and NVS Antibody #2.
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