Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Jeffery A. Sutton
  • Patent number: 6544518
    Abstract: The present invention relates to adjuvant compositions which are suitable to be used in vaccines. In particular, the adjuvant compositions of the present invention comprises a saponin and an immunostimulatory oligonucleotide, optionally with a carrier. Also provided by the present invention are vaccines comprising the adjuvants of the present invention and an antigen. Further provided are methods of manufacture of the adjuvants and vaccines of the present invention and their use as medicaments. Methods of treating an individual susceptible to or suffering from a disease by the administration of the vaccines of the present invention are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham Biologicals s.a.
    Inventors: Martin Friede, Nathalie Garcon, Catherine Marie Ghislaine Gerard, Philippe Hermand