ANTI-NERVE GROWTH FACTOR (NGF) ANTIBODIES POSSESSING HIGH STABILITY IN VIVO Russian patent published in 2015 - IPC C07K16/22 C07K16/18 C12N5/10 C12N15/13 C12N15/63 A61K39/395 A61P25/00 

FIELD: medicine, pharmaceutics.

SUBSTANCE: present invention refers to biotechnology and represents anti-nerve growth factor (NGF) antibodies. The present invention also discloses a pharmaceutical composition for relieving pain associated with a disease or a condition, wherein pain progression or persistence is mediated by NGF, containing the above antibodies, as well as a kit for treating a HGF-related disease, such as e.g. osteoarthritis, nucleic acids coding a heavy or light chain of the antibody, an expression vector, a host cell for preparing the above antibodies, a method for expressing the above anti-NGF antibodies, as well as using the above antibodies in managing pain and for preparing a therapeutic agent for managing pain associated with the disease or condition, wherein pain progression or persistence is mediated by NGF.

EFFECT: present invention enables producing the anti-NGF antibodies characterised by high stability in vivo.

16 cl, 7 dwg, 13 tbl, 8 ex