Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080260769 | Polypeptides for Oligomeric Assembly of Antigens - A system for expressing antigenic polypeptides in oligomeric form fuses the antigenic polypeptide to an oligomerisation polypeptide such that the oligomerisation polypeptide can interact with other oligomerisation polypeptides and bring multiple copies of the antigenic polypeptide into close proximity in the form of an oligomer. Expressing the polypeptides in oligomeric form in this way can improve their immunogenicity compared to a monomeric form. | 10-23-2008 |
20100150912 | BLOCKING INTERACTION BETWEEN PATHOGEN FACTORS AND FACTOR H TO INHIBIT HEMORRHAGIC SYNDROMES - If pathogen factors such as meningococcal NMB 1870 or flaviviral NS1 are able to sequester factor H in the blood then its inhibitory effect on complement may be disturbed, thereby permitting C3 to initiate a dramatic attack on host endothelial tissue. In combination with a strong inflammatory response, this attack can result in sever damage to the endothelium, with resulting hemorrhagic syndrome. Blocking the interaction between pathogen factors and factor H may thus be used to treat and/or prevent these pathogen-induced hemorrhagic syndromes. The interaction may, for instance, be blocked by antibodies, either delivered endogenously (passive immunisation) or produced by a patient's immune system (active immunisation). | 06-17-2010 |
20100183653 | Fusion Proteins Comprising CD4 Minimal Modules and Methods of Use Thereof - Fusion proteins comprising CD4 minimal modules that bind to HIV Env polypeptides in a non-CD4 backbone are described. Also described are complexes of these fusion proteins with Env as well as methods of diagnosis, treatment and prevention using the polynucleotides and polypeptides are also provided. | 07-22-2010 |
20100189737 | Meningococcal vaccines including hemoglobin receptor - The meningococcal haemoglobin receptor, HmbR, is used as a vaccine antigen in combination with one or more further antigens e.g. in combination with a meningococcal outer membrane vesicle, with another purified meningococcal antigen (e.g. fHBP, 287, NadA, NspA, NhhA, App, Omp85, LOS), with a conjugated meningococcal capsular saccharide, etc. | 07-29-2010 |
20100285062 | COMBINED MUCOSAL AND PARENTERAL IMMUNIZATION AGAINST HIV - HIV antigens are mucosally administered in one or more priming immunization(s), and then HIV antigens are parenterally administered in one or more boosting immunization(s). Thus the invention provides a method for raising an immune response in a patient, comprising: (i) administering a HIV antigen to the patient via a mucosal route; and then (ii) administering a HIV antigen to the patient via a parenteral route. The antigens will typically be adjuvanted. Preferred mucosal immunizations are via the intranasal route using a detoxified mutant of | 11-11-2010 |
20110020390 | MENINGOCOCCAL FHBP POLYPEPTIDES - fHBP is a protein in | 01-27-2011 |
20110052716 | Adjuvant Comprising Aluminum, Oligonucleotide and Polycation - An immunological adjuvant comprises an aluminium salt, an immunostimulatory oligonucleotide and a polycationic polymer, wherein the oligonucleotide and the polymer ideally associate with each other to form a complex. The adjuvant can be included in a composition with an immunogen e.g. to elicit an immune response that protects against a bacterial disease or a fungal disease. | 03-03-2011 |
20110076300 | Hybrid Polypeptides Including Meningococcal fHBP Sequences - fHBP is a protein in | 03-31-2011 |
20110150931 | RAPID RESPONSES TO DELAYED BOOSTER IMMUNISATIONS - Booster immunization can lead to rapid induction of protective immunity against pathogens (e.g. ≦7 days after the booster dose). This rapid response means that booster immunization can be used at short notice prior to an event that might require an activated immune response. For instance, a subject can be primed at a young age against a pathogen that typically affects more elderly subjects under specific circumstances such that, when the subject is older, the immune response can be mobilized rapidly if those specific circumstances are expected. An example would be to prime a subject against infections that are typically acquired nosocomially and then, soon before a scheduled hospital appointment, to boost their immune response so that they enter hospital in an immune-alert state. | 06-23-2011 |
20110189230 | VACCINATION WITH MULTIPLE CLADES OF H5 INFLUENZA A VIRUS - H5N1 influenza viruses isolated from animals and humans since 2003 separate into distinct clades based on hemagglutinin amino acid sequences. According to the invention, multiple clades are used in influenza immunization. Thus there is a prime-boost immunization schedule where a subject receives a priming dose of a first clade of H5 influenza A virus and a boosting dose of a second clade of H5 influenza A virus. There is also an immunogenic composition comprising hemagglutinin antigens from more than one clade of H5 influenza A virus. | 08-04-2011 |
20110236489 | VACCINE ADJUVANT COMBINATIONS - An immunological adjuvant comprises an oil-in-water emulsion, an immunostimulatory oligonucleotide and a polycationic polymer, wherein the oligonucleotide and the polymer ideally associate with each other to form a complex. The adjuvant can be combined with immunogens for preparing vaccines. | 09-29-2011 |
20120177657 | FUSION PROTEINS COMPRISING CD4 MINIMAL MODULES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - Fusion proteins comprising CD4 minimal modules that bind to HIV Env polypeptides in a non-CD4 backbone are described. Also described are complexes of these fusion proteins with Env as well as methods of diagnosis, treatment and prevention using the polynucleotides and polypeptides are also provided. | 07-12-2012 |
20130071422 | ADJUVANTED VACCINES FOR SEROGROUP B MENINGOCOCCUS - An immunogenic composition comprises (i) an immuno stimulatory oligonucleotide and a polycationic polymer, wherein the oligonucleotide and the polymer ideally associate with each other to form a complex, and (ii) a meningococcal serogroup B antigen. In most embodiments, the composition does not include an aluminium salt and does not include an oil-in-water emulsion. | 03-21-2013 |
20130115238 | MENINGOCOCCAL FHBP POLYPEPTIDES - fHBP is a protein in | 05-09-2013 |