Antibody–drug conjugates (ADCs) are one of the fastest growing classes of oncology therapeutics. After half a century of research, the approvals of brentuximab vedotin (in 2011) and trastuzumab… (More)
The European Medicines Agency received recently the first marketing authorization application for a biosimilar monoclonal antibody (mAb) and adopted the final guidelines on biosimilar mAbs and… (More)
Antibodies and related products are the fastest growing class of therapeutic agents. By analysing the regulatory approvals of IgG-based biotherapeutic agents in the past 10 years, we can gain… (More)
Monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) are the fastest growing class of human pharmaceuticals. More than 20 MAbs have been approved and several hundreds are in clinical trials in various therapeutic… (More)
Interaction of insulin-like growth factor receptor I (IGF-IR) with its ligands has been reported to induce cell proliferation, transformation and blockade of cell apoptotic functions. IGF-IR is… (More)
The rapid growth of approved biotherapeutics, e.g., monoclonal antibodies or immunoglobulins G (IgGs), demands improved techniques for their quality control. Traditionally, proteolysis-based… (More)
Here we report the design and production of an antibody-fluorophore conjugate (AFC) as a non-toxic model of an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC). This AFC is based on the conjugation of dansyl… (More)
Therapeutic properties of antibodies strongly depend on the composition of their glycans. Most of the currently approved antibodies are produced in mammalian cell lines, which yield mixtures of… (More)
This Feature will introduce the strategies of therapeutic antibodies (mAbs) in-depth characterization by mass spectrometry (MS) and discuss analytical comparison of biosimilar to originator mAbs,… (More)