Pharmaceutical composition containing a stabilised mRNA optimised for translation in its coding regions
AssigneeCureVac AG
InventorsFlorian Von Der Mülbe, Ingmar Hoerr, Steve Pascolo
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a modified mRNA that is stabilized by sequence modifications and optimized for translation. The pharmaceutical composition according to the invention is particularly well suited for use as an inoculating agent, as well as a therapeutic agent for tissue regeneration. In addition, a process is described for determining sequence modifications that promote stabilization and translational efficiency of modified mRNA of the invention.
Claims32
A cell-free mRNA pharmaceutical composition comprising at least one modified mRNA and a pharmaceutically compatible carrier, wherein the modified mRNA encodes at least one human tumour-specific antigenic polypeptide capable of stimulating an immune response in a patient against the human tumour-specific antigenic polypeptide wherein said modified mRNA encoding the human tumour-specific antigenic polypeptide has been stabilized by increasing its Guanosine/Cytosine (G/C) content by at least 7 percentage points relative to that of the wild type mRNA encoding the tumour-specific antigenic polypeptide.
A cell-free mRNA pharmaceutical composition comprising at least one modified mRNA and a pharmaceutically compatible carrier, wherein the modified mRNA encodes at least one human tumour-specific antigenic polypeptide capable of stimulating an immune response in a patient against the human tumour-specific antigenic polypeptide wherein said modified mRNA encoding the human tumour-specific antigenic polypeptide has been stabilized by increasing its Guanosine/Cytosine (G/C) content by at least 7 percentage points relative to that of the wild type mRNA encoding the tumour-specific antigenic polypeptide and wherein the tumour-specific antigenic polypeptide is selected from the group consisting of a PSA, PSM, MUC1, NY-ESO-1 and MAGE tumour antigen.
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