Drug – bio-affecting and body treating compositions – Antigen – epitope – or other immunospecific immunoeffector
Reexamination Certificate
2008-03-25
2008-03-25
Navarro, Mark (Department: 1645)
Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions
Antigen, epitope, or other immunospecific immunoeffector
C536S023100
Reexamination Certificate
active
10484702
ABSTRACT:
To improve the stability of vaccines comprising aluminum salt(s), the invention uses the amino acid histidine. This can improve pH stability and adjuvant adsorption and can be reduce antigen hydrolysis. Histidine is preferably presen during adsorption to the aluminium salt(s). The antigen in the vaccine may be a protein or a saccharide and is preferably fromN. meningitidis.
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Hommet al: “Assessment of the Stability and Immunogenicity of Meningococcal Oligosaccharide C-CRM197 Conjugate Vaccines”; Vaccine, Butterworth Scintific. Guildford, GB, vol. 19, No. 7-8, pp. 716-725, XP004225388, Nov. 22, 2000.
Contorni Mario
Maffei Massimo
Banner & Witcoff , Ltd.
Navarro Mark
Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, s.r.l.
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