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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2004
Filed:
May. 01, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Steven Neville Chatfield, London, GB;
Mark Roberts, Glasgow, GB;
Assignee:
Medeva Holdings BV, Churchill-Laan, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/912 ; A61K 3/929 ; H61F 1/300 ; C12H 7/01 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/912 ; A61K 3/929 ; H61F 1/300 ; C12H 7/01 ;
Abstract
The invention provides the use of Hepatitis A virus capsid, or a mucosally immunogenic fragment or epitope thereof, for the manufacture of a mucosal vaccine composition for administration to a mucosal surface of a patient to induce production of serum Immunoglobulin G antibody against Hepatitis A. Preferably the vaccine composition is administered by the intranasal route.