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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2018
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Rahway, NJ (US);
John E. Macnair, Lansdale, PA (US);
Michael A. Winters, Doylestown, PA (US);
Thomas Svab, Plains, PA (US);
Sheng-ching Wang, Eagleville, PA (US);
William J. Smith, Harleysville, PA (US);
Cecilia Giovarelli, Allentown, PA (US);
John E. MacNair, Lansdale, PA (US);
Michael A. Winters, Doylestown, PA (US);
Thomas Svab, Plains, PA (US);
Sheng-Ching Wang, Eagleville, PA (US);
William J. Smith, Harleysville, PA (US);
Cecilia Giovarelli, Allentown, PA (US);
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Rahway, NJ (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides immunogenic compositions having one or more polysaccharide-protein conjugates in which polysaccharides obtained from bacterial capsules are conjugated to diphtheria toxin fragment B (DTFB) or a variant thereof. The immunogenic compositions may be multivalent pneumococcal polysaccharide conjugate compositions in which polysaccharides from one or moreserotypes are conjugated to diphtheria toxin fragment B (DTFB) and, optionally, additional polysaccharides from one or more differentserotypes are conjugated to one or more other carrier proteins.