[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 177 (Tuesday, September 14, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55809-55810]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-22844]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Prospective Grant of Exclusive License: The Development of
Immunotoxins/Targeted Toxins for the Treatment of Human Cancers
AGENCY: National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service, DHHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This is notice, in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c)(1) and 37
CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i), that the National Institutes of Health, Department
of Health and Human Services, is contemplating the grant of an
exclusive patent license to practice the inventions embodied in U.S.
Patent Application 61/241,620 entitled ``Development of an Immunotoxin
in Which All B-Cell Epitopes Have Been Removed and Which Has High
Cytotoxic Activity'' [HHS Ref. E-269-2009/0-US-01], U.S. Patent
Application 60/969,929 entitled ``Deletions in Domain II of Pseudomonas
Exotoxin A That Reduce Non-Specific Toxicity'' [HHS Ref. E-292-2007/0-
US-01], U.S. Patent Application 60/703,798 entitled ``Mutated
Pseudomonas Exotoxins with Reduced Antigenicity'' [HHS Ref. E-262-2005/
0-US-01], U.S. Patent Application 60/160,071 entitled
``Immunoconjugates Having High Binding Affinity'' [HHS Ref. E-139-1999/
0-US-01], U.S. Patent Application 60/067,175 entitled ``Antibodies,
Including Fv Molecules, and Immunoconjugates Having High Binding
Affinity for Mesothelin and Methods for Their Use'' [HHS Ref. E-021-
1998/0-US-01], U.S. Patent Application 60/010,166 entitled ``Molecular
Cloning of Mesothelin, a Differentiation Antigen Present on
Mesothelium, Mesotheliomas and Ovarian Cancers'' [HHS Ref. E-002-1996/
0-US-01], PCT Application PCT/US97/00224 entitled ``Mesothelin Antigen
and Methods and Kits for Targeting It'' [HHS Ref. E-002-1996/1-PCT-01],
U.S. Patent 5,747,654 entitled ``Recombinant Disulfide-Stabilized
Polypeptide Fragments Having Binding Specificity'' [HHS Ref. E-163-
1993/0-US-01], PCT application PCT/US96/16327 entitled ``Immunotoxin
Containing A Disulfide-Stabilized Antibody Fragment'' [HHS Ref. E-163-
1993/2-PCT-01], U.S. Patent Application 07/596,291 entitled ``A
Monoclonal Antibody'' [HHS reference E-195-1990/0-US-01], and all
continuing applications and foreign counterparts, to Morphotek, Inc.
The patent rights in these inventions have been assigned to and/or
exclusively licensed to the Government of the United States of America.
The prospective exclusive license territory may be worldwide, and
the field of use may be limited to:
The use of the MORAb-009-PE-LR/8X immunotoxin for the treatment
of mesothelin-expressing cancers, the use of the anti-CD300LF-PE/LR/
8X immunotoxin for the treatment of CD300LF-expressing cancers such
as acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), and the use of annexin A2-
targeted PE-LR/8X toxin for the treatment of annexin A2-expressing
cancers such as glioma, ovarian cancer and pancreatic cancer.
DATES: Only written comments and/or applications for a license which
are received by the NIH Office of Technology Transfer on or before
October 14, 2010 will be considered.
ADDRESSES: Requests for copies of the patent application, inquiries,
comments, and other materials relating to the contemplated exclusive
license should be directed to: David A. Lambertson, PhD., Senior
Licensing and Patenting Manager, Office of Technology Transfer,
National Institutes of Health, 6011 Executive Boulevard, Suite 325,
Rockville, MD 20852-3804; Telephone: (301) 435-4632; Facsimile: (301)
402-0220; E-mail: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: These inventions concern immunotoxins and
targeted toxins, and methods of using the immunotoxins/targeted toxins
for the treatment of (a) mesothelin-expressing cancers (such as
mesothelioma, ovarian cancer and pancreatic cancer), (b) CD300LF-
expressing cancers (such as acute myelogenous leukemia (AML)) or (c)
Annexin A2-expressing cancers (such as glioma, ovarian cancer and
pancreatic cancer). Several specific immunotoxins/targeted toxins are
covered by this technology, including MORAb-009-PE-LR/8X, anti-CD300LF-
PE-LR/8X and Annexin A2-targeted PE-LR/8X.
Each of these immunotoxins/targeted toxins comprises (1) a toxin
moiety (PE-LR/8X) that is a modified version of the Pseudomonas
exotoxin A (``PE'') and (2) either (a) an antibody fragment domain that
is capable of binding to mesothelin, (b) an antibody fragment domain
that is capable of binding to CD300LF, or (c) a peptide that is capable
of binding to Annexin A2. The toxin moiety been modified in various
manners in order reduce immunogenicity, thereby improving the
therapeutic value of PE while maintaining its ability to trigger cell
death. Since mesothelin, CD300LF and Annexin A2 are each preferentially
expressed on certain types of cancer cells, the targeting domains of
the immunotoxins/targeted toxins (MORAb-009, anti-CD300LF and Annexin
A2 binding peptide) allows the immunotoxins/targeted toxins to
selectively bind to certain cancer cells so that only the cancer cells
are killed. This results in an effective therapeutic strategy with
fewer side effects due to less non-specific killing of cells.
The prospective exclusive license will be royalty bearing and will
comply with the terms and conditions of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7.
The prospective exclusive license may be granted unless the NIH
receives written evidence and argument that establishes that the grant
of the license would not be consistent with the requirements of 35
U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7 within thirty (30) days from the date of
this published notice.
Applications for a license in the field of use filed in response to
this notice will be treated as objections to the grant of the
contemplated exclusive license.
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Comments and objections submitted to this notice will not be made
available for public inspection and, to the extent permitted by law,
will not be released under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C.
552.
Dated: September 7, 2010.
Richard U. Rodriguez,
Director, Division of Technology Development & Transfer, Office of
Technology Transfer, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2010-22844 Filed 9-13-10; 8:45 am]
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