Patents by Inventor Roxana Ionescu

Roxana Ionescu has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method for improving the immunogenicity of plasmodium antigens
    Publication number: 20090047303
    Abstract: The present invention provides a Malaria antigen-carrier conjugate, which comprises a carrier protein and a plurality of Plasmodium antigen polypeptides. Each of the antigen polypeptides is a wild-type antigen protein of Plasmodium or a derivative of the wild-type antigen protein, and each of the antigen polypeptides may be the same, or different. The plurality of Plasmodium antigen polypeptides are covalently linked to the carrier protein. The present invention further provides a vaccine against malaria, which comprises the conjugate absorbed on an aluminum adjuvant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2006
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Inventors: Alan Shaw, Craig T. Przysiecki, Elizabeth M. Flanagan, Roxana Ionescu, Li Shi, Yimin Wu, Allan Saul, Louis Miller
  • Influenza virus vaccine
    Publication number: 20040223976
    Abstract: The present invention provides vaccines against disease caused by infection with influenza virus, and methods of vaccination. The vaccines comprise peptides derived from the M2 and/or HA proteins of influenza virus conjugated to a carrier protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2004
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Inventors: Elisabetta Bianchi, Victor M. Garsky, Paolo Ingallinella, Roxana Ionescu, Xiaoping Liang, Antonello Pessi, Craig T. Przysiecki, Li Shi, John W. Shiver