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Vaccines and methods for their production

US5698432A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 11, 1996
Grant dateDec 16, 1997
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Expiry dateOct 11, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC12N2760/16063
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to the production of vaccines having improved safety, particularly to a process therefor which allows even an AIDS vaccine to be manufactured, comprising in order, the steps of: PA1 a) treating the virus with a general inactivating agent; PA1 b) deaggregating the virus with a suitable solvent or detergent; PA1 c) treating the virus with an RNA and/or DNA inactivating agent; and PA1 d) stabilizing the virus with a suitable cross-linking agent.

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