Bactericidal/permeability increasing protein for use in a method of immunization, preferably as an adjuvant in a method of vaccination
AssigneeUniversitäT Regensburg
InventorsAndré GESSNER, Sigrid BÜLOW
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Abstract
The present invention relates to bactericidal/permeability increasing protein (BPI) for use in a method of immunization of a patient, preferably as an adjuvant in a method of vaccination. The present invention also relates to a preparation comprising BPI for use in a method of immunization of a patient, and optionally an immunomodulatory agent. The present invention further relates to a process of producing a preparation including BPI for use in a method of immunization of a patient.
Claims21
A method of immunization of a patient, said method comprising administering to a patient in need of such immunization an effective amount of bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein (BPI).
A process for producing a pharmaceutical preparation comprising BPI, wherein said process comprises the steps:
- i) providing, in any order, BPI, at least one excipient, and optionally an antigen;
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- ii) mixing said BPI, said at least one excipient, and optionally said antigen, to provide a preparation comprising BPI for use in a method of immunization of a patient.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.