Millennium Pharmaceuticals obtains United States patent.


Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Cambridge, MA) has patented antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof which binds the chemokine mammalian TECK and inhibit binding of the chemokine to mammalian GPR-9-6. The invention also relates to host cells that produce such antibodies or antigen-binding fragments, kits comprising such antibodies or antigen-binding fragments and methods of use for such antibodies and antigen-binding fragments. (US 7,381,412)

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