Patents Assigned to Cantab Pharmaceuticals Research Ltd
  • Stabilization of herpes virus preparations
    Patent number: 6258362
    Abstract: Stabilized dried pharmaceutical compositions dispersible in aqueous liquid or injection comprise (i) virus e.g. for use as a vaccine or vector, preferably a herpesvirus, e.g. attenuated or genetically disabled infectious herpes simplex virus or varicella zoster virus, (ii) polysaccharide, e.g. dextran, and/or a source of mixed aminoacids of vegetable or bacterial origin, (iii) a buffer, and (iv) a mono- or oligo-saccharide or derivative thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2001
    Assignee: Cantab Pharmaceuticals Research Ltd
    Inventors: Peter Thomas Loudon, Claire Alison Varley