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ArticleScience advances2020

A single molecular descriptor to predict solution behavior of therapeutic antibodies.

Jonathan S Kingsbury, Amandeep Saini, Sarah Marie Auclair, Li Fu, Michaela M Lantz, Kevin T Halloran, Cesar Calero-Rubio, Walter Schwenger, Christian Y Airiau, Jifeng Zhang and 1 more

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Article in Science advances, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 90 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

90 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Jonathan S KingsburyBiologics Development, Sanofi, Framingham, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1851-3325
Amandeep SainiBiologics Development, Sanofi, Framingham, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8216-5439
Sarah Marie AuclairBiologics Development, Sanofi, Framingham, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4731-9567
Li FuBiologics Development, Sanofi, Framingham, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0994-7789
Michaela M LantzBiologics Development, Sanofi, Framingham, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7381-4177
Kevin T HalloranBiologics Development, Sanofi, Framingham, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2978-5871
Cesar Calero-RubioBiologics Development, Sanofi, Framingham, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8667-780X
Walter SchwengerBiologics Development, Sanofi, Framingham, MA, USA.
Christian Y AiriauBiologics Development, Sanofi, Framingham, MA, USA.
Jifeng ZhangBiologics Development, Sanofi, Framingham, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3926-3468
Yatin R GokarnBiologics Development, Sanofi, Framingham, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5391-3394

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite the therapeutic success of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), early identification of developable mAb drug candidates with optimal manufacturability, stability, and delivery attributes remains elusive. Poor solution behavior, which manifests as high solution viscosity or opalescence, profoundly affects the developability of mAb drugs. Using a diverse dataset of 59 mAbs, including 43 approved products, and an array of molecular descriptors spanning colloidal, conformational, charge-based, hydrodynamic, and hydrophobic properties, we show that poor solution behavior is prevalent (>30%) in mAbs and is singularly predicted (>90%) by the diffusion interaction parameter (

Indexed as

Antibodies, MonoclonalDiffusionHumansHydrophobic and Hydrophilic InteractionsViscosityAntibodies, Monoclonal

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PMID32923611
PMCPMC7457339

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