Inventors:
Robert Cohen - Newtown PA, US
Robert James Peach - San Diego CA, US
David Hagerty - Cardiff by the Sea CA, US
Suzette Carr - Hopewell NJ, US
Jean-Claude Becker - Princeton NJ, US
Peter S. Linsley - Seattle WA, US
Joseph Roy Naemura - Bellevue WA, US
Jurgen Bajorath - Bonn, DE
Assignee:
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company - Princeton NJ
International Classification:
A61K 38/16
C07K 14/00
C07K 14/705
US Classification:
4241341, 514 12, 530350, 5303873
Abstract:
The present invention relates to compositions and methods for treating rheumatic disease by administering to a subject, soluble CTLA4 molecules that block endogenous B7 molecules from binding their ligands.