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AssigneeBristol-Myers Squibb Company
InventorsJohn P. Cogswell, Stacie M. Goldberg, Ashok K. Gupta, Maria Jure-Kunkel, Xi-Tao Wang, Jon M. Wigginton
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The disclosure provides a method for immunotherapy of a subject afflicted with cancer, comprises administering to the subject a composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of an antibody that inhibits signaling from the PD-1/PD-L1 signaling pathway. This disclosure also provides a method for immunotherapy of a subject afflicted with cancer comprising selecting a subject that is a suitable candidate for immunotherapy based on an assessment that the proportion of cells in a test tissue sample from the subject that express PD-L1 on the cell surface exceeds a predetermined threshold level, and administering a therapeutically effective amount of an anti-PD-1 antibody to the selected subject. The invention additionally provides rabbit mAbs that bind specifically to a cell surface-expressed PD-L1 antigen in a FFPE tissue sample, and an automated IHC method for assessing cell surface expression in FFPE tissues using the provided anti-PD-L1 Abs.
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A method of treating a tumor in a human subject in need thereof, comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of an anti-PD-L1 antibody;
A method of treating a tumor in a human subject in need thereof, comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of an anti-PD-L1 antibody once every 3 weeks;
A method of treating a tumor in a human subject in need thereof, comprising administering to the subject about 10 mg/kg of an anti-PD-L1 antibody once every 2 weeks, wherein the anti-PD-L1 antibody is administered intravenously over 60 minutes infusion;
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