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Class 424/254.1 - Bordetella pertussis


Subclass of Class 424 - Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions
Definition: Subject matter wherein the bacterium is of the species Bordetella
No. of applications: 28
Last issue date: 02/23/2012


Application No.Application TitleIssue Date
20120045430DENDRIMER-LIKE MODULAR DELIVERY VECTOR
Various nucleic acid-based matrixes are provided, comprising nucleic acid monomers as building blocks, as well as nucleic acids encoding proteins, so as to produce novel biomaterials. The nucleic acids are used to form dendrimers that are useful as supports, vectors, ca...
02/23/2012
20120014991NOVEL, NON-ANTIGENIC, MUCOSAL ADJUVANT FORMULATION WHICH MODULATES THE EFFECTS OF SUBSTANCES, INCLUDING VACCINE ANTIGENS, IN CONTACT WITH MUCOSAL BODY SURFACES
Adjuvant for mucosal vaccines which modulates the effects of substances, including vaccine antigens in contact with mucosal body surfaces....
01/19/2012
20110182939Vaccine Adjuvants
The invention provides novel adjuvants and pharmaceutical composition comprising of an adjuvant alone. The invention also provides novel vaccine compositions comprising of an antigen and a novel adjuvant. The novel adjuvant as per present invention is farnesoid-X-recept...
07/28/2011
20110182857Delivery of Drugs to Mucosal Surfaces
Liquid pharmaceutical compositions for administration to a mucosal surface, including a therapeutic agent and a pectin with a low degree of esterification are described. Such compositions gel, or can be adapted to gel, at the site of application in the absence of an ext...
07/28/2011
20110142881TRANSCUTANEOUS DELIVERY OF THERAPEUTIC AGENTS
The present invention provides materials and methods to facilitate the transcutaneous delivery of therapeutic agents. In some embodiments, agonists of tight junctions are used in compositions to facilitate the uptake of therapeutic agents from the skin. In a particular ...
06/16/2011
20110135679COMPOSITIONS FOR INDUCING IMMUNE RESPONSES
The invention provides, inter alia, immunogenic compositions that comprise (a) a first antigen, (b) at least first and second adjuvants, wherein the first adjuvant comprises microparticles and wherein the second adjuvant comprises an imidazoquinoline compound, and (c) a...
06/09/2011
20110070265ENGINEERED PERTACTIN VARIANTS FOR VACCINE USE
The present invention is related with the field of Biomedicine. It comprises the engineering of the Pertactin protein (Prn) and using it as part of bacterial vaccines, and more precisely, as part of acellular vaccines against Bordetella pertusis. The engineered P...
03/24/2011
20100291153VACCINES AGAINST BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS BASED ON LPS GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE MUTANTS
The invention relates to an improved vaccine against pertussis wherein mutants of Bordetella pertussis having a modified LPS molecule or the obtainable LPS molecules are used. These mutants or the obtainable LPS molecules may further be used as an adjuvant...
11/18/2010
20100291104BORDETELLA OUTER-MEMBRANE PROTEIN ANTIGENS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME
An isolated protein or peptide selected from the group consisting of Bordetella colonization factor A (BcfA) protein and antigenic fragments thereof is described, along with an isolated nucleic acid encoding the same, antibodies that bind to the same, methods of ...
11/18/2010
20100285135Nanoparticles For Use In Immunogenic Compositions
Disclosed herein are sterile-filtered lyophilized nanoparticle compositions which contain at least one biodegradable polymer, at least one surfactant, at least one cryoprotective agent and at least one antigen. Also disclosed are methods of making and using such composi...
11/11/2010
20100285064ADJUVANT COMPOSITION FOR VACCINE
The present invention provides a Withania somnifera fraction rich in withanolides and a vaccine comprising a “Withania somnifera fraction” as an adjuvant....
11/11/2010
20100260803Bordetella Parapertussis Whole-Cell Vaccine Composition
An objective of the present invention is to provide a whole-cell bacterial vaccine composition for preventing whooping cough caused by Bordetella parapertussis, comprising whole cells, whole-cell homogenate, or cell lysate of B. parapertussis as an immunog...
10/14/2010
20100239607COMPOSITIONS FOR INDUCING IMMUNE RESPONSES
The invention provides, inter alia, immunogenic compositions comprising a first antigen, at least two adjuvants, wherein a first adjuvant comprises a polymer derived from poly(lactides) and/or poly(lactide-co-glycolides), and wherein a second adjuvant comprises an imida...
09/23/2010
20100112009Acellular antibordetella vaccine
The invention relates to an immunogenic composition, characterized in that it comprises an adenyl cyclase-hemolysin (AC-Hly) protein, or an immunogenic portion of this AC-Hly, of a strain of Bordetella chosen from B. pertussis, B. parapertussis or B. br...
05/06/2010
20100055134Method of separating protective components of bordetella pertussis
To provide a method of efficiently separate protective components of Bordetella pertussis. On the basis of differences in adsorbability to calcium phosphate gel formed by adding calcium ions to a Bordetella pertussis culture in the presence of excess phosp...
03/04/2010
20100055130STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS PROTEINS AND NUCLEIC ACIDS
The invention provides proteins from Staphylococcus aureus, including amino acid sequences and corresponding nucleotide sequences. The proteins are useful for vaccines, immunogenic compositions, diagnostics, enzymatic studies, and as targets for antibiotics....
03/04/2010
20100028448IMMUNOGENIC COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE
Disclosed herein are immunogenic compositions comprising a multilayer film comprising two or more layers of polyelectrolytes, wherein adjacent layers comprise oppositely charged polyelectrolytes. A first layer polyelectrolyte comprises an antigenic polypeptide comprisin...
02/04/2010
20090297559USE OF TIGHT JUNCTION AGONISTS TO FACILITATE PULMONARY DELIVERY OF THERAPEUTIC AGENTS
The present invention provides materials and methods to facilitate the pulmonary delivery of therapeutic agents. In some embodiments, agonists of tight junctions (e.g., zonulin agonists) are used in compositions to facilitate the uptake of therapeutic agents from the pu...
12/03/2009
20090285851VACCINE COMPRISING MONOCYTE OR IMMATURE MYELOID CELLS (IMC) WHICH WERE LOADED WITH THE LIGAND OF NATURAL KILLER T CELL AND ANTIGEN
The present invention relates to an immuno-therapeutic and prophylactic vaccine comprising monocytes or immature myeloid cells (IMCs) loaded with the ligand of natural killer T cell and an antigen for the prevention and treatment of infectious disease or cancer, more pr...
11/19/2009
20090181054Multivalent meningococcal derivatized polysaccharide-protein conjugates and vaccine
The present invention describes derivatized polysaccharide-protein conjugates, a composition comprising one or more of such derivatized polysaccharide-protein conjugates and methods of immunizing human patients with the same. The derivatized polysaccharide-protein conju...
07/16/2009
20090169636Microparticles containing biodegradable polymer and cationic polysaccharide for use in immunogenic compositions
Immunogenic compositions are described herein which comprise microparticles that further comprise a biodegradable polymer. The microparticle compositions also comprise a cationic polysaccharide and an immunological species selected from an antigen, an immunological adju...
07/02/2009
20090142362Peptide-based vaccine compositions to endogenous cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP)
Improved vaccine compositions and methods of use thereof are described that elicit production of antibodies in an individual to the individual's own endogenous cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP)....
06/04/2009
20090117143Recombinant adenylate cyclase toxin of bordetella induces T cell responses against tumoral antigens
An immunogenic composition comprising a recombinant protein comprising a Bordetella CyaA, or a fragment thereof, and a peptide that corresponds to a tumor antigen is provided as a cancer treatment. Methods of treatment with this immunogenic composition are also p...
05/07/2009
20090010964Lipid and Nitrous Oxide Combination as Adjuvant for the Enhancement of the Efficacy of Vaccines
The invention provides for a method of enhancing immunological responses to an antigen in a vaccine formulation, and for a vaccine formulation that provides for an enhanced immunological response to an antigen. In the method and formulation the antigen is administered w...
01/08/2009
20080279880PEPTIDE VACCINES AGAINST GROUP A STREPTOCOCCI
This invention, in one aspect, relates to synthetic immunoreactive peptides. These peptides are approximately 20-25 amino acids in length which are portions of the N termini of the M proteins of the most prevalent United States (U.S.) Group A Streptococcus (GAS) ...
11/13/2008
20080274145Deacylation of Lps in Gram Negative Bacteria
The current invention provides new Gram negative polypeptides exhibiting lipid A 3-O-deacylase activity and are capable of modifying and/or detoxifying gram negative LPS. The present invention also provides Gram negative bacteria, Gram negative bacterial lipopolysacchar...
11/06/2008
20080254134METHOD FOR INDUCING A CELL-MEDIATED IMMUNE RESPONSE AND IMPROVED PARENTERAL VACCINE FORMULATIONS THEREOF
A method of inducing either a TH1 polarised immune response, a TH2 polarised immune response or a combined TH1 and TH2 response to an antigen and associated vaccine formulations are disclosed. A method is provided for inducing...
10/16/2008
20080254062USE OF AN AVIRULENT BORDETELLA MUTANT AS A LIVE VACCINE VECTOR
The present invention pertains to Bordetella bacteria having a double mutation, a first mutation in a gene of the Type III secretion system and a second mutation in a gene of the adenylate cyclase toxin (CyaA) locus of the bacteria so that the mutations result in...
10/16/2008
 
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