US Patent Issued to The Research Foundation for The State University of New York on May 19 for "Compositions and methods for improving tumor penetration of tumor specific antibodies" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,630,649, issued on May 19, was assigned to The Research Foundation for The State University of New York (Amherst, N.Y.).

"Compositions and methods for improving tumor penetration of tumor specific antibodies" was invented by Joseph P. Balthasar (Lancaster, N.Y.) and Brandon M. Bordeau (Amherst, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are compositions and methods for improving tumor penetrability of anti-tumor antibodies or conjugates thereof. The method comprises administering to an individual in need of treatment an anti-idiotypic antibody in addition to the anti-tumor antibody or conjugate. Examples are provided for anti-HER2 antib...