METHODS FOR TREATING ATOPIC DERMATITIS BY ADMINISTERING AN IL-4R ANTAGONIST
Patent Abstract / Summary
The present invention provides methods for treating atopic dermatitis (AD). Also provided are methods for improving one or more AD-associated parameter(s), and methods for decreasing the level of at least one AD-associated biomarker in a subject in need thereof. The methods of the present invention comprise administering to a subject in need thereof a pharmaceutical composition comprising an interleukin-4 receptor (IL-4R) antagonist such as an anti-IL-4R antibody.
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Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
777 Old Saw Mill River Road, Tarrytown, NY 10591
USSanofi Biotechnology
54 rue La Boétie, 75008 Paris
FRInventors (9)
ARDELEANU, Marius
White Plains, NY 10605
USGRAHAM, Neil
Croton-on-Hudson, NY 10520
USHAMILTON, Jennifer D
Hopewell Junction, NY 12533
USKIRKESSELI, Stephane C
75008 Paris
FRKUNDU, Sudeep
New York, NY 10022
USMING, Jeffrey
Bridgewater, NJ 08807
USRADIN, Allen
New York, NY 10128
USROCKLIN, Ross E
Basking Ridge, NJ 07920
USWEINSTEIN, Steven P
Hartsdale, NY 10530
USRepresentatives / Agents
Carpmaels & Ransford LLP
One Southampton Row, London WC1B 5HA
GBJ A Kemp LLP
80 Turnmill Street, London EC1M 5QU
GBMaiwald GmbH
Elisenhof, Elisenstraße 3
DEBoult Wade Tennant LLP
Salisbury Square House, 8 Salisbury Square
GBTer Meer und Partner mbB
Nymphenburger Str. 4, Zugang Dachauer Str. 63
DERückerl, Florian
Dehmel & Bettenhausen, Patentanwälte PartmbB
DEBrand Murray Fuller LLP
First Floor, 111 Wardour Street, London W1F 0UH
GBD Young & Co LLP
3 Noble Street, London EC2V 7BQ
GBTer Meer Steinmeister & Partner
Patentanwälte mbB, Nymphenburger Straße 4
DEKey Procedural Dates
Patent Oppositions
Official opposition proceedings filed against European Patent EP4374919 under EPC Article 99.
Neuefeind, Regina
Maiwald GmbH, DE
Maiwald GmbH
2026-07-28
Boult Wade Tennant LLP
Salisbury Square House, GB
Boult Wade Tennant LLP
2026-07-28
Luigi, Rumi
TER MEER und Partner mbB, DE
Ter Meer und Partner mbB
2026-07-29
Storz, Ulrich
c/o Michalski Hüttermann Patentanwälte mbB, DE
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2026-07-29
Sandoz AG
Centralbahnstrasse 4, CH
Rückerl, Florian
2026-07-29
Brand Murray Fuller LLP
First Floor, 111 Wardour Street, GB
Brand Murray Fuller LLP
2026-07-29
Hampton Knowles Limited
3 Noble Street, GB
D Young & Co LLP
2026-07-29
Luigi, Rumi
Ter Meer Steinmeister & Partner Patentanwälte mbB, DE
Ter Meer Steinmeister & Partner
2026-07-29
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