Patents by Inventor Virginia Ammendola

Virginia Ammendola 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).

  • CHIMPANZEE ADENOVIRAL VECTOR-BASED FILOVIRUS VACCINES
    Publication number: 20200149069
    Abstract: This invention provides vaccines for inducing an immune response and protection against filovirus infection for use as a preventative vaccine in humans. In particular, the invention provides chimpanzee adenoviral vectors expressing filovirus proteins from different strains of Ebolavirus (EBOV) or Marburg virus (MARV).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicants: The Government of the United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Department of, GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals SA
    Inventors: Nancy J. Sullivan, Gary J. Nabel, Clement Asiedu, Cheng Cheng, Alfredo Nicosia, Riccardo Cortese, Virginia Ammendola, Stefano Colloca
  • Adenovirus Polynucleotides and Polypeptides
    Publication number: 20200140886
    Abstract: There is provided inter alia an isolated polynucleotide, wherein the polynucleotide encodes a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of: (a) a polypeptide having the amino acid sequence according to SEQ ID NO: 1, (b) a functional derivative of a polypeptide having the amino acid sequence according to SEQ ID NO: 1, wherein the functional derivative has an amino acid sequence which is at least 80% identical over its entire length to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, and (c) a polypeptide having the amino acid sequence according to SEQ ID NO: 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS, SA
    Inventors: Virginia AMMENDOLA, Stefano COLLOCA, Riccardo CORTESE, Fabiana GRAZIOLI, Alfredo NICOSIA, Alessandra VITELLI
  • SIMIAN ADENOVIRUS NUCLEIC ACID-AND AMINO ACID-SEQUENCES, VECTORS CONTAINING SAME, AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20200102352
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel adenovirus strains with an improved seroprevalence. In one aspect, the present invention relates to isolated polypeptides of adenoviral capsid proteins such as hexon, penton and fiber protein and fragments thereof and polynucleotides encoding the same. Also provided is a vector comprising the isolated polynucleotide according to the invention and adenoviruses comprising the isolated polynucleotides or polypeptides according to the invention and a pharmaceutical composition comprising said vector, adenovirus, polypeptide and/or polynucleotide. The invention also relates to the use of the isolated polynucleotides, the isolated polypeptides, the vector, the adenoviruses and/or the pharmaceutical composition for the therapy or prophylaxis of a disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS SA
    Inventors: Stefano Colloca, Alfredo Nicosia, Riccardo Cortese, Virginia Ammendola, Maria Ambrosio
  • Chimpanzee adenoviral vector-based filovirus vaccines
    Patent number: 10584355
    Abstract: This invention provides vaccines for inducing an immune response and protection against filovirus infection for use as a preventative vaccine in humans. In particular, the invention provides chimpanzee adenoviral vectors expressing filovirus proteins from different strains of Ebolavirus (EBOV) or Marburg virus (MARV).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignees: THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS SA
    Inventors: Nancy J. Sullivan, Gary J Nabel, Clement Asiedu, Cheng Cheng, Alfredo Nicosia, Riccardo Cortese, Virginia Ammendola, Stefano Colloca
  • Chimpanzee clade E adenovirus nucleic acid-and amino acid-sequences, vectors containing same, and uses thereof
    Patent number: 10544192
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel adenovirus strains with an improved seroprevalence. In one aspect, the present invention relates to isolated polypeptides of adenoviral capsid proteins such as hexon, penton and fiber protein and fragments thereof and polynucleotides encoding the same. Also provided is a vector comprising the isolated polynucleotide according to the invention and adenoviruses comprising the isolated polynucleotides or polypeptides according to the invention and a pharmaceutical composition comprising said vector, adenovirus, polypeptide and/or polynucleotide. The invention also relates to the use of the isolated polypeptides, the isolated polypeptides, the vector, the adenoviruses and/or the pharmaceutical composition for the therapy or prophylaxis of a disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS SA
    Inventors: Stefano Colloca, Alfredo Nicosia, Riccardo Cortese, Sr., Virginia Ammendola, Maria Ambrosio
  • ADENOVIRUS POLYNUCLEOTIDES AND POLYPEPTIDES
    Publication number: 20190300905
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polynucleotide and polypeptide sequences derived from novel chimpanzee adenovirus ChAd157, as well as to recombinant polynucleotides, vectors, adenoviruses, cells and compositions comprising said polynucleotide and polypeptide sequences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS S.A.
    Inventors: Virginia AMMENDOLA, Stefania CAPONE, Stefano COLLOCA, Antonella FOLGORI, Rosella MERONE
  • NOVEL ADENOVIRUS
    Publication number: 20180216081
    Abstract: There is provided adenoviral vectors encoding a mycobacterial antigen derived from a chimp adenovirus, and to related aspects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS, SA
    Inventors: Stefano COLLOCA, Virginia AMMENDOLA, Fabiana GRAZIOLI, Alessandra VITELLI, Alfredo NICOSIA, Riccardo CORTESE
  • Adenovirus Polynucleotides and Polypeptides
    Publication number: 20180170972
    Abstract: There is provided inter alia an isolated polynucleotide, wherein the polynucleotide encodes a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of: (a) a polypeptide having the amino acid sequence according to SEQ ID NO: 1, (b) a functional derivative of a polypeptide having the amino acid sequence according to SEQ ID NO: 1, wherein the functional derivative has an amino acid sequence which is at least 80% identical over its entire length to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, and (c) a polypeptide having the amino acid sequence according to SEQ ID NO: 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS, SA
    Inventors: Stefano COLLOCA, Virginia AMMENDOLA, Fabiana GRAZIOLI, Alessandra Franz VITELLI, Alfredo NICOSIA, Riccardo CORTESE
  • SIMIAN ADENOVIRUS NUCLEIC ACID-AND AMINO ACID-SEQUENCES, VECTORS CONTAINING SAME, AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20180057540
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel adenovirus strains with an improved seroprevalence. In one aspect, the present invention relates to isolated polypeptides of adenoviral capsid proteins such as hexon, penton and fiber protein and fragments thereof and polynucleotides encoding the same. Also provided is a vector comprising the isolated polynucleotide according to the invention and adenoviruses comprising the isolated polynucleotides or polypeptides according to the invention and a pharmaceutical composition comprising said vector, adenovirus, polypeptide and/or polynucleotide. The invention also relates to the use of the isolated polypeptides, the isolated polypeptides, the vector, the adenoviruses and/or the pharmaceutical composition for the therapy or prophylaxis of a disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicant: GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS SA
    Inventors: Stefano Colloca, Alfredo Nicosia, Riccardo Cortese, Sr., Virginia Ammendola, Maria Ambrosio
  • Simian adenovirus nucleic acid- and amino acid-sequences, vectors containing same, and uses thereof
    Patent number: 9718863
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel adenovirus strains with an improved seroprevalence. In one aspect, the present invention relates to isolated polypeptides of adenoviral capsid proteins such as hexon, penton and fiber protein and fragments thereof and polynucleotides encoding the same. Also provided is a vector comprising the isolated polynucleotide according to the invention and adenoviruses comprising the isolated polynucleotides or polypeptides according to the invention and a pharmaceutical composition comprising said vector, adenovirus, polypeptide and/or polynucleotide. The invention also relates to the use of the isolated polynucleotides, the isolated polypeptides, the vector, the adenoviruses and/or the pharmaceutical composition for the therapy or prophylaxis of a disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS SA
    Inventors: Stefano Colloca, Alfredo Nicosia, Riccardo Cortese, Virginia Ammendola, Maria Ambrosio
  • CHIMPANZEE ADENOVIRAL VECTOR-BASED FILOVIRUS VACCINES
    Publication number: 20170044571
    Abstract: This invention provides vaccines for inducing an immune response and protection against filovirus infection for use as a preventative vaccine in humans. In particular, the invention provides chimpanzee adenoviral vectors expressing filovirus proteins from different strains of Ebolavirus (EBOV) or Marburg virus (MARV).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Nancy J. Sullivan, Gary J Nabel, Clement Asiedu, Cheng Cheng, Alfredo Nicosia, Riccardo Cortese, Virginia Ammendola, Stefano Colloca
  • Methods for the induction of ebola virus-specific immune responses comprising administering a replication-defective chimpanzee adenovirus vector expressing the ebola virus glycoprotein
    Patent number: 9526777
    Abstract: This invention provides vaccines for inducing an immune response and protection against filovirus infection for use as a preventative vaccine in humans. In particular, the invention provides chimpanzee adenoviral vectors expressing filovirus proteins from different strains of Ebola virus (EBOV) or Marburg virus (MARV).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignees: The United States of America as Represented by the Department of Health and Human Services, Glaxosmithkline Biologicals SA
    Inventors: Nancy J. Sullivan, Gary J. Nabel, Clement Asiedu, Cheng Cheng, Alfredo Nicosia, Riccardo Cortese, Virginia Ammendola, Stefano Colloca
  • CHIMPANZEE ADENOVIRAL VECTOR-BASED FILOVIRUS VACCINES
    Publication number: 20130101618
    Abstract: This invention provides vaccines for inducing an immune response and protection against filovirus infection for use as a preventative vaccine in humans. In particular, the invention provides chimpanzee adenoviral vectors expressing filovirus proteins from different strains of Ebolavirus (EBOV) or Marburg virus (MARV).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2011
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicants: OKAIROS AG, TheGovernmentof the UnitedStatesof America asRepre -sentedby theSecretaryoftheDept.ofHealth&HumanSer
    Inventors: Nancy J. Sullivan, Gary J. Nabel, Clement Asiedu, Cheng Cheng, Alfredo Nicosia, Riccardo Cortese, Virginia Ammendola, Stefano Colloca
  • SIMIAN ADENOVIRUS NUCLEIC ACID- AND AMINO ACID-SEQUENCES, VECTORS CONTAINING SAME, AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20120027788
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel adenovirus strains with an improved sero-prevalence. In one aspect, the present invention relates to isolated polypeptides of adenoviral capsid proteins such as hexon, penton and fiber protein and fragments thereof and polynucleotides encoding the same. Also provided is a vector comprising the isolated polynucleotide according to the invention and adenoviruses comprising the isolated polynucleotides or polypeptides according to the invention and a pharmaceutical composition comprising said vector, adenovirus, polypeptide and/or polynucleotide. The invention also relates to the use of the isolated polynucleotides, the isolated polypeptides, the vector, the adenoviruses and/or the pharmaceutical composition for the therapy or prophylaxis of a disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Inventors: Stefano Colloca, Alfredo Nicosia, Riccardo Cortese, Virginia Ammendola, Maria Ambrosio