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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2014
Applicant:
Pci Biotech As, Oslo, NO;
Inventors:
Anders Høgset, Oslo, NO;
Pål Johansen, Winterthur, CH;
Assignee:
PCI Biotech AS, Oslo, NO;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 41/00 (2020.01); A61K 39/00 (2006.01); A61N 5/06 (2006.01); C12N 5/0784 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 39/00119 (2018.08); A61K 39/0011 (2013.01); A61K 41/0071 (2013.01); A61N 5/062 (2013.01); C12N 5/0639 (2013.01); A61K 2039/5154 (2013.01); A61K 2039/572 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0663 (2013.01); C12N 2501/998 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of treating or preventing melanoma using vaccination or immunisation, wherein said vaccination or immunisation involves the use of a photosensitizing agent, a melanoma antigen (i.e. an antigenic molecule), for example a vaccine component, and irradiation with light of a wavelength effective to activate the photosensitizing agent. The invention also relates to said photosensitizing agent and melanoma antigen for use in such a method, and to cells produced by the method.