There is disclosed derivatives of amanitin conjugated to a targeting antibody to form an ADC (antibody drug conjugate).

The present invention relates to prodrugs comprising a linker comprising five- or six-membered cyclic acetals and an adjacent specific cleavage site, and to precursor compounds for the synthesis of said prodrugs. In one aspect the present invention relates to antibody-targeted amatoxin conjugates comprising said linkers, to methods for their synthesis, and to the use of said antibody-targeted amatoxin conjugates. In a further aspect, the invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said conjugates, and to the use of said conjugates or compositions for therapeutic purposes, in particular for tumor therapy and oncology.

The present disclosure relates to combination therapies with antibody conjugates with binding specificity for folate receptor alpha (FOLR1) and its isoforms and homologs, and compositions comprising combinations with the antibody conjugates, including pharmaceutical compositions. Also provided are methods of using the combinations with antibody conjugates and compositions thereof, such as in therapeutic and diagnostic methods.

The present disclosure relates to antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) wherein one or more active agents are conjugated to an anti-B7-H3 antibody through a linker. The linker may comprise a unit that covalently links active agents to the antibody. The disclosure further relates to monoclonal antibodies and antigen binding fragments, variants, multimeric versions, or bispecifics thereof that specifically bind B7-H3, as well as methods of making and using these anti-B7-H3 antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof in a variety of therapeutic, diagnostic and prophylactic indications.

The present invention provides antibody drug conjugates, wherein an antibody or antibody fragment that specifically binds to human cKIT is linked to a drug moiety, optionally through a linker. The present invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the antibody drug conjugates; and methods of making and using such pharmaceutical compositions for ablating hematopoietic stem cells in a patient in need thereof.

Disclosed are anti-CD45 antibodies, antigen binding fragments thereof, and antibody drug conjugates (ADCs) that specifically bind to human CD45. Such antibodies and ADCs are useful in therapeutic methods, including methods of depleting CD45+ cells from a patient. The compositions and methods described herein can be used to treat a disorder directly, for instance, by depleting a population of CD45+ cancer cells or autoimmune cells. The compositions and methods described herein can also be used to prepare a patient for hematopoietic stem cell transplant therapy, and to improve the engraftment of hematopoietic stem cell transplants, by selectively depleting endogenous CD45+ cells prior to the transplant procedure.

A conjugation of a cytotoxic drug to a cell-binding molecule with a bis-linker (dual-linker) as shown in Formula (I). Bis-linkage methods of making a conjugate of a cytotoxic drug/molecule to a cell-binding agent in a specific manner are also described, as well as application of the conjugates for the treatment of a cancer, or an autoimmune disease, or an infectious disease.

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wherein “” is an optional bond; X, Y, Z.sub.1, and Z.sub.2 are a functional group; m.sub.1 and n are a integer; L.sub.1 and L.sub.2 are a linker.

The invention provides anti-CD5 antibodies, antigen-binding fragments thereof, and antibody drug conjugates thereof, for use in treating, for example, a stem cell disorder, cancer, or autoimmune disease, among other hematological and proliferative diseases. Compositions and methods for depleting populations of CD5+ cells, such as CD5+ cancer cells and CD5+ immune cells are described, and can be used to treat cancers and autoimmune diseases directly as stand-alone therapies by eradicating cancerous cells and autoreactive immune cells that express CD5 and/or to prepare a patient for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, for instance, by depleting populations of CD5+ immune cells that cross-react with, and mount an immune response against, non-self hematopoietic stem cells.

Disclosed are anti-CD45 antibodies and antibody drug conjugates (ADCs) useful in therapeutic methods, including targeting CD45 expressing hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) or immune cells prior to transplantation.

The present invention provides antibody drug conjugates, wherein an antibody or antibody fragment that specifically binds to human cKIT is linked to a drug moiety, optionally through a linker. The present invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the antibody drug conjugates; and methods of making and using such pharmaceutical compositions for ablating hematopoietic stem cells in a patient in need thereof.