Patents Assigned to International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, Inc.
  • Patent number: 11891416
    Abstract: The present relation relates to recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus for use as prophylactic and therapeutic vaccines for infectious diseases of AIDS. The present invention encompasses the preparation and purification of immunogenic compositions which are formulated into the vaccines of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL AIDS VACCINE INITIATIVE, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher L. Parks, Ivo Lorenz, Sanjay K. Phogat, Timothy J. Zamb
  • Patent number: 11845789
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for obtaining a broadly neutralizing antibody (bNab), including screening memory B cell cultures from a donor PBMC sample for neutralization activity against a plurality of HIV-1 species, cloning a memory B cell that exhibits broad neutralization activity; and rescuing a monoclonal antibody from that memory B cell culture. The resultant monoclonal antibodies may be characterized by their ability to selectively bind epitopes from the Env proteins in native or monomeric form, as well as to inhibit infection of HIV-1 species from a plurality of clades. Compositions containing human monoclonal anti-HIV antibodies used for prophylaxis, diagnosis and treatment of HIV infection are provided. Methods for generating such antibodies by immunization using epitopes from conserved regions within the variable loops of gp120 are provided. Immunogens for generating anti-HIV1 bNAbs are also provided. Furthermore, methods for vaccination using suitable epitopes are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignees: THERACLONE SCIENCES, INC., THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INTERNATIONAL AIDS VACCINE INITIATIVE, INC.
    Inventors: Po-Ying Chan-Hui, Katherine Doores, Michael Huber, Stephen Kaminsky, Steven Frey, Ole Olsen, Jennifer Mitcham, Matthew Moyle, Sanjay K. Phogat, Dennis R. Burton, Laura Majorie Walker, Pascal Raymond Georges Poignard, Wayne Koff, Melissa Danielle De Jean De St. Marcel Simek-Lemos
  • Patent number: 11834669
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are cytomegalovirus vectors encoding fusion proteins comprising Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) antigens, nucleic acid molecules encoding the same, cytomegalovirus vectors comprising nucleic acid molecules, compositions comprising the same, and methods of eliciting an immune response against tuberculosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignees: International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, Inc., Oregon Health and Science University
    Inventors: Thomas G. Evans, Ravi Anantha, Aurelio M. Bonavia, Dominick J. Laddy, Louis Picker, Scott Hansen, Guangwu Xu
  • Patent number: 11787842
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides fusion proteins comprising Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) antigens, nucleic acid molecules encoding the same, vectors comprising nucleic acid molecules, compositions comprising the same, and methods of eliciting an immune response against tuberculosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, Inc.
    Inventors: Ravi Anantha, Nathalie Cadieux, Thomas G. Evans, Michele Stone, Barry Walker
  • Patent number: 11692014
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides fusion proteins comprising Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) antigens, nucleic acid molecules encoding the same, vectors comprising nucleic acid molecules, compositions comprising the same, and methods of eliciting an immune response against tuberculosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, Inc.
    Inventors: Ravi P. Anantha, Thomas G. Evans, Aurelio M. Bonavia
  • Patent number: 11667930
    Abstract: The present relation relates to recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus for use as prophylactic and therapeutic vaccines as well as the preparation and purification of immunogenic compositions which are formulated into the vaccines of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL AIDS VACCINE INITIATIVE, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher L. Parks, Maoli Yuan, Kevin Wright, Christy Jurgens
  • Patent number: 11638749
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides fusion proteins comprising Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) antigens, nucleic acid molecules encoding the same, vectors comprising nucleic acid molecules, compositions comprising the same, and methods of eliciting an immune response against tuberculosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, Inc.
    Inventors: Dominick Laddy, Danilo Casimiro, Thomas Evans, Megan Fitzpatrick Forrest, Nathalie Cadieux
  • Patent number: 11584789
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for obtaining a broadly neutralizing antibody (bNab), including screening memory B cell cultures from a donor PBMC sample for neutralization activity against a plurality of HIV-1 species, cloning a memory B cell that exhibits broad neutralization activity; and rescuing a monoclonal antibody from that memory B cell culture. The resultant monoclonal antibodies are characterized by their ability to selectively bind epitopes from the Env proteins in native or monomeric form, as well as to inhibit infection of HIV-1 species from a plurality of clades. Compositions containing human monoclonal anti-HIV antibodies used for prophylaxis, diagnosis and treatment of HIV infection are provided. Methods for generating such antibodies by immunization using epitopes from conserved regions within the variable loops of gp120 are provided. Immunogens for generating anti-HIV1 bNAbs are also provided. Furthermore, methods for vaccination using suitable epitopes are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignees: INTERNATIONAL AIDS VACCINE INITIATIVE, INC., THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THERACLONE SCIENCES, INC.
    Inventors: Po-Ying Chan-Hui, Steven Frey, Ole Olsen, Jennifer Mitcham, Matthew Moyle, Sanjay K. Phogat, Dennis R. Burton, Laura Marjorie Walker, Pascal Raymond Georges Poignard, Wayne Koff, Melissa Danielle De Jean De St. Marcel Simek-Lemos, Stephen Kaminsky
  • Patent number: 11446373
    Abstract: Viruses, and particularly genetically engineered, replication deficient viruses such as adenoviruses, poxviruses, MVA viruses, and baculoviruses which encode one or more antigens of interest, such as TB, malarial, and HIV antigens, are spray dried with a mannitol-cyclodextrin-trehalose-dextran (MCTD) to form a powder where the viability of the viruses are maintained at a suitable level for mass vaccinations after spray drying, and where the viability of the viruses are maintained at suitable level over a period of storage time, even in the presence of humidity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, Inc.
    Inventors: Tom Jin, Eric I-Fu Tsao
  • Publication number: 20210338804
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccines, recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) vectors encoding the SARS-CoV-2 spike (S) protein or an immunogenic variant thereof, recombinant replicable VSV particles having a SARS-CoV-2 S protein or an immunogenic variant thereof on the surface of the particles, and immunogenic recombinant proteins comprising a SARS-CoV-2 S protein or a variant thereof. Immunogenic compositions comprising the SARS-CoV-2 vaccines, the recombinant VSV vectors, the recombinant replicable VSV particles and/or the immunogenic recombinant proteins may be used for inducing an immune response to the SARS-CoV-2, preventing infection by the SARS-CoV-2, vaccinating against the SARS-CoV-2 and/or producing adaptive mutants of the recombinant replicable VSV particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicants: International AIDS Vaccine Initiative Inc., Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Christopher Lee Parks, Maoli Yuan, Mark Feinberg, Amy Espeseth, Andrew J. Bett
  • Patent number: 11014969
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides fusion proteins comprising Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) antigens, nucleic acid molecules encoding the same, vectors comprising nucleic acid molecules, compositions comprising the same, and methods of eliciting an immune response against tuberculosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, Inc.
    Inventors: Ravi Anantha, Nathalie Cadieux, Thomas G. Evans, Michele Stone, Barry Walker
  • Patent number: 10736953
    Abstract: Viruses, and particularly genetically engineered, replication deficient viruses such as adenoviruses, poxviruses, MVA viruses, and baculoviruses which encode one or more antigens of interest, such as TB, malarial, and HIV antigens, are spray dried with a mannitol-cyclodextrin-trehalose-dextran (MCTD) to form a powder where the viability of the viruses are maintained at a suitable level for mass vaccinations after spray drying, and where the viability of the viruses are maintained at suitable level over a period of storage time, even in the presence of humidity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, Inc.
    Inventors: Tom Jin, Eric I-Fu Tsao
  • Patent number: 10428122
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides fusion proteins comprising Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) antigens, nucleic acid molecules encoding the same, vectors comprising nucleic acid molecules, compositions comprising the same, and methods of eliciting an immune response against tuberculosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, Inc.
    Inventors: Ravi P. Anantha, Thomas G. Evans, Aurelio M. Bonavia
  • Patent number: 10266574
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides fusion proteins comprising Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) antigens, nucleic acid molecules encoding the same, vectors comprising nucleic acid molecules, compositions comprising the same, and methods of eliciting an immune response against tuberculosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, Inc.
    Inventors: Ravi Anantha, Nathalie Cadieux, Thomas G. Evans, Michele Stone, Barry Walker