Abstract: A method for the separation of IgG and IgA from an immunoglobulin-containing starting material is described, whereby the method is characterized in that (i) IgG and optionally IgA are adsorbed to a solid inorganic carrier material, (ii) IgA is isolated from the eluate, optionally after selective desorption, whereas IgG remains on the carrier material, and optionally (iii) IgG is isolated from the adsorbate. Furthermore, an IgA preparation is disclosed which demonstrates a low tendency to form aggregates.

Abstract: The invention relates to a complex comprising an antigen of a microbial or molecular pathogen and mammalian cell constituents in isolated or purified form. A vaccine composition containing the complex, a corresponding pharmaceutical preparation and a method of preparing the complex are also disclosed.

Abstract: The invention concerns an immunogenic construct comprising as components (i) an inactive flavivirus or a dervative thereof, and (ii) at least one immunogenic component which is bonded to the flavivirus or adsorbed therewith. The invention further concerns a process for preparing the immunogenic construct and its use as a vaccine.

Abstract: Inflammation can be treated or prevented altogether by administering a preparation comprising IgA. These preparations also can effect immunomodulation. Preferably, the preparation includes multimeric IgA and is essentially free of IgG in its various forms. Other compounds, such as antibiotics, antiphlogistic agents and antacids, also may be administered. Immunoglobulin A may also be used in vaccines to prevent inflammation. Additionally, an improved assay for evaluating anti-inflammatory activity is provided.

Abstract: A virus-safe monomeric human IgA is described which is essentially free of IgG. The IgA according to the invention is obtainable according to a process in which (a) an IgA-containing fraction is subjected to a purification such that a monomeric IgA which is essentially free of IgG is obtained and (b) the obtained product is subjected to a process for the inactivation of viruses.

Abstract: A method of preparing an intravenously administrable immune globulin preparation containing antibodies, in which human blood plasma is fractionated and an immune-globulin-containing fraction is freed from undesired protein impurities by a single or repeated precipitation with polyethylene glycol, is characterized in that the immune-globulin-containing fraction is subjected in a first purification step prior to the polyethylene glycol precipitation to a treatment with an aqueous solution of a salt of an inorganic acid, and in that at least one of the following purification steps is carried out with polyethylene glycol in the presence of a soluble carbohydrate or a non-protein-precipitating polyol, whereupon the immune globulin freed from protein impurities is precipitated from the remaining solution by water-soluble polymers and is finished in a known manner to the pharmaceutical preparation.