The present invention describes a (first) anti-HSV
antibody or
antigen-binding fragment thereof that binds to
glycoprotein B (gB) of HSV-1 and / or HSV-2 wherein the
antibody comprises complementarity determining regions VHCDR1, VHCDR3, VLCDR1, VLCDR2 and VLCDR3, each comprising a sequence defined in the claims wherein the
antibody or
antigen-binding fragment has a sequence of at most 5.0 x 10 <-4 > s <-1 >, preferably at most 1.0 x 10 <-4 > s <-1 >, preferably at most 1.0 x 10 <-4 > s <-1 >, preferably at most 5.0 x 10 <-4 > s <-1 >, preferably at most 1.0 x 10 <-4 > s <-1 >, preferably at most 1.0 x 10 <-4 > s <-1 >, preferably at most 1.0 x 10 a low
dissociation rate kdis of up to 5.0 x 10 <-5 > s <-1 > and most preferably up to 2.9 x 10 <-5 > s <-1 >. In addition, the present invention also describes a combination of (A) the (first) anti-HSV antibody or
antigen-binding fragment thereof; and (B) a second anti-HSV antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof that recognizes / binds to
glycoprotein B (gB) of HSV-1 and / or HSV-2 wherein the antibody comprises complementarity determining regions VHCDR1, VHCDR2, VHCDR3, VLCDR1, VLCDR2 and VLCDR3, each comprising the sequences defined in the claims wherein the second antibody has a
dissociation constant Kd of at most 40 nM, preferably at most 30 nM, more preferably at most 20 nM, even more preferably at most 15 nM, at most 13 nM and at most 10 nM. Furthermore, the present invention also describes a pharmaceutical composition comprising an effective amount of said anti-HSV antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof, or a combination of said antibodies, and at least one pharmaceutically acceptable
excipient. Furthermore, the present invention also describes an anti-HSV antibody or
antigen binding fragment thereof or said combination of said antibodies for use in a method of prophylactic or
therapeutic treatment of a disorder or
disease as defined in the claims. Furthermore, the present invention also describes a
bispecific antibody that binds to
glycoprotein B (gB) of HSV-1 and / or HSV-2, comprising: (A) a first
binding domain comprising: complementarity determining regions VHCDR1, VHCDR2, VHCDR3, VLCDR1, VLCDR2 and VLCDR3 of the aforementioned first antibody; and (B) a second
binding domain comprising: complementarity determining regions VHCDR1, VHCDR2, VHCDR3, VLCDR1, VLCDR2, and VLCDR3 of the aforementioned second antibody; wherein the
bispecific antibody has a low
dissociation rate kdis of at most 5.0 x 10 <-4 > s <-1 >, preferably at most 1.0 x 10 <-4 > s <-1 >, at most 5.0 x 10 <-5 > s <-1 >, most preferably at most 2.9 x 10 <-5 > s <-1 >. Finally, the present invention describes a trispecific antibody comprising a third
binding domain in addition to the first binding domain and the second binding domain as described for the
bispecific antibody.