Patents by Inventor Viviana Giannino

Viviana Giannino 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).

  • Patent number: 9623098
    Abstract: The present invention relates to combined vaccines against measles and human papilloma virus (HPV). In particular, the invention relates to recombinant measles virus vectors containing heterologous nucleic acid encoding single or several antigens derived from HPV, preferably, the major capside antigen L1, the minor capside antigen L2, the early gene E6 and the early gene E7 oncoproteins of HPV type 16, and optionally of types 18, 6 and 11. In a first embodiment, prophylactic vaccines are generated expressing HPV antigens, preferably L1 and/or L2 such that they induce a potent long-lasting immune response in mammals, preferably humans, to protect against HPV and MV infection. In another embodiment, therapeutic vaccines are generated expressing E6 and E7 proteins, and optionally L1 and L2, such that they induced strong immune responses will resolve persistent HPV infections at early or late stages, including HPV-induced cervical carcinoma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Cadila Healthcare Limited
    Inventors: Sanjeev K. Mendiretta, Reinhard Glueck, Viviana Giannino, Giuseppina Cantarella, Francesca Scuderi, Martin Billeter, Agata Fazzio
  • Patent number: 9119815
    Abstract: A combined measles-malaria vaccine containing different attenuated recombinant measles-malaria vectors comprising a heterologous nucleic acid encoding several Plasmodium falciparum antigens is described. Preferably, it relates to viral vectors that comprise nucleic acids encoding the circumsporozoite (CS) protein of P. falciparum, the merozoite surface protein 1 (MSP-1) of P. falciparum, and its derivatives (p-42; p-83-30-38) in its glycosylated and secreted forms, and apical membrane antigen1 (AMA1) of P. falciparum, in its anchored or secreted form. The viral vector stems from an attenuated measles virus, based on a strain that is used as a vaccine and is efficient in delivering the gene of interest and that binds to and infects the relevant immune cells efficiently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: CADILA HEALTHCARE LIMITED
    Inventors: Reinhard Glueck, Agata Fazio, Viviana Giannino, Martin A Billeter
  • Publication number: 20110129493
    Abstract: The present invention relates to combined vaccines against measles and human papilloma virus (HPV). In particular, the invention relates to recombinant measles virus vectors containing heterologous nucleic acid encoding single or several antigens derived from HPV, preferably, the major capside antigen L1, the minor capside antigen L2, the early gene E6 and the early gene E7 oncoproteins of HPV type 16, and optionally of types 18, 6 and 11. In a first embodiment, prophylactic vaccines are generated expressing HPV antigens, preferably L1 and/or L2 such that they induce a potent long-lasting immune response in mammals, preferably humans, to protect against HPV and MV infection. In another embodiment, therapeutic vaccines are generated expressing E6 and E7 proteins, and optionally L1 and L2, such that they induced strong immune responses will resolve persistent HPV infections at early or late stages, including HPV-induced cervical carcinoma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2009
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Inventors: Sanjeev K. Mendiretta, Reinhard Glueck, Viviana Giannino, Giuseppina Cantarella, Francesca Scuderi, Martin Billeter, Agata Fazzio