Abstract: An acne preparation for oral administration and a method of preparing the same in which a nutrient medium, such as, meat-peptone broth is inoculated with Corynebacterium acnes, such as, Beck, Gerrath and Vogel strains and combinations thereof, fermentation is carried out, the Corynebacterium acnes are inactivated, preferably by treatment with ultrasonics, and freeze-dried, to form an immunizing constituent. This immunizing constituent is preferably mixed with metabolic products of Corynebacterium acnes as a desensitizing constituent, preferably antigens contained in the nutrient medium in which Corynebacterium acnes are cultivated. The composition may be made in the form of tablets, capsules or liquids, such as, emulsions or syrups, and may contain conventional adjuvants, carriers and/or auxiliary agents.

Abstract: Preparation for the treatment of interferon-sensitive infectious diseases for use in human and veterinary medicine, characterized by the fact that it contains as active principle a fowl pox virus which has been attenuated by 420 to 800 cell culture passages, optionally together with a pharmaceutical excipient or adjuvant, preferably containing a sufficient number of virus units so as to provide a total of 10.sup.8 to 10.sup.10 virus units per treatment involving 2 to 6 administrations thereof, method for the production thereof, method of producing pharmaceutical forms thereof, the pharmaceutical forms themselves, and a method of growing an effective fowl pox virus for use in the preparations of the invention.