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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
May. 01, 2015
Applicant:
The Provost, Fellows and Scholars of the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth Near Dublin, Dublin, IE;
Inventors:
Timothy Foster, Dublin, IE;
Judy Higgins, Dublin, IE;
Elisabet Josefsson, Gothenburg, SE;
Joan Geoghegan, Dublin, IE;
Andrej Tarkowski, Gavle, SE;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 39/00 (2006.01); A61K 39/02 (2006.01); A61K 39/38 (2006.01); A61K 39/085 (2006.01); C07K 14/31 (2006.01); A61K 38/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 14/31 (2013.01); A61K 38/00 (2013.01); A61K 39/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to improved microbial antigen vaccines, pharmaceutical compositions, immunogenic compositions and antibodies and their use in the treatment of microbial infections, particularly those of bacterial origin, including Staphylococcal origin. Ideally, the present invention is directed to a recombinant staphylococcal MSCRAMM or MSCRAMM-like proteins, or fragment thereof, with reduced binding to its host ligand, for use in therapy.