HCV peptide antigens and method of determining HCV

US5674676A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Boehringer Mannheim GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Christoph Seidel · Weilheim, DE
• Ursula-Henrike Wienhues · Krailling, DE
• Hubert Bayer · Weilheim, DE
• Guenther-Gerhard Jung · Tübingen, DE
• Hans-Georg Ihlenfeldt · Iffeldorf, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 6, 1993
• Grant date: Oct 7, 1997
• Expiry date: Aug 6, 2013

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12N2770/24222
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

New HCV peptide antigens are described. These peptide antigens are suitable for the determination of HCV antibodies as immunogens for the preparation of antibodies to HCV and as immunogens for the preparation of vaccines to HCV.