Technology evaluation: ipilimumab, Medarex/Bristol-Myers Squibb

Curr Opin Mol Ther. 2005 Dec;7(6):588-97.

Abstract

Medarex and Bristol-Myers Squibb are developing ipilimumab, an immunostimulatory human antibody against cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen-4, for the potential combination or monotherapy treatment of melanoma, prostate, breast, renal and other cancers, as well as HIV infection.

MeSH terms

  • Antibodies / adverse effects
  • Antibodies / immunology
  • Antibodies / therapeutic use*
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / adverse effects
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / biosynthesis
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / pharmacokinetics
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / therapeutic use*
  • Antigens, CD
  • Antigens, Differentiation / immunology
  • CTLA-4 Antigen
  • Clinical Trials as Topic
  • Drug Evaluation, Preclinical
  • Drug Industry*
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Humans
  • Immunotherapy*
  • Ipilimumab
  • Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Neoplasms / immunology
  • Patents as Topic

Substances

  • Antibodies
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Antigens, CD
  • Antigens, Differentiation
  • CTLA-4 Antigen
  • CTLA4 protein, human
  • Ipilimumab