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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2005
Alexis Guy Andre Parisot, Lyons, FR;
Stephanie Marie-catherine Desgouilles-blechet, Lyons, FR;
Catherine Charreyre, Saint-Laurent de Mure, FR;
Claude Jean Marie Roulet, Vénissieux, FR;
Alexis Guy Andre Parisot, Lyons, FR;
Stephanie Marie-Catherine Desgouilles-Blechet, Lyons, FR;
Catherine Charreyre, Saint-Laurent de Mure, FR;
Claude Jean Marie Roulet, Vénissieux, FR;
Merial Limited, Duluth, GA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to oil-in-water emulsions, their use as adjuvants, and pharmaceutical, immunologic, or vaccine compositions that may comprise the same. In one embodiment, the oil-in-water (O/W) emulsion may comprise an aqueous solution containing an immunogen, a mineral oil, a non-ionic lipophilic ethoxylated fatty alcohol and a non-ionic hydrophilic surfactant. In another embodiment, the oil-in-water (O/W) emulsion may comprise an aqueous solution containing an immunogen, a non-ionic lipophilic surfactant, a mineral oil and a non-ionic hydrophilic ethoxylated fatty alcohol. The present invention also encompasses a method of making a vaccine composition using the adjuvant of the instant invention, the vaccine composition so obtained and methods of use.