Patent ID: 8710192

Claim:
An antibody that binds to proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9), wherein the antibody comprises a heavy chain V-segment and a light chain V-segment, each of which comprises a complementarity determining region 1 (CDR1), a complementarity determining region 2 (CDR2), and a complementarity determining region 3 (CDR3); wherein: i) the CDR1 of the heavy chain V-segment comprises SEQ ID NO:7; ii) the CDR2 of the heavy chain V-segment comprises SEQ ID NO:10; iii) the heavy chain CDR3 comprises an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:12 and SEQ ID NO:13; iv) the CDR1 of the light chain V-segment comprises SEQ ID NO:21; v) the CDR2 of the light chain V-segment comprises SEQ ID NO:24; and vi) the light chain CDR3 comprises SEQ ID NO:26.