Abstract: The present invention relates to the fields of medical microbiology and vaccines. In particular the invention relates to a process for detergent-free preparation of outer membrane vesicles (OMV) of Gram negative bacteria for use in vaccines, to OMV obtainable by said process, and to a pharmaceutical composition comprising such OMV. The present invention further relates to the use of OMV of the present invention as a medicament in particular for use in a method for eliciting an immune response.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 5, 2012
Publication date:
May 29, 2014
Applicant:
De Staat der Nederlanden, vert. door de minister van VWS Ministerie van Volksgezondheid, Welzjin en
Inventors:
Bas Van De Waterbeemd, Leonardus Aldolfus Van Der Pol