Synthetic peptides and vaccines comprising same

US6174528A · kind A · utility

Assignees

• Counsel of the Queensland Institute of Medical Research · AU
• COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION · AU
• The University of Melbourne · AU
• The walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research of Royal Melbourne Hospital · AU
• BIOTECH AUSTRALIA PTY. LTD. · AU
• CSL LIMITED · AU

Inventors

• Juan Anton Cooper · Dajarra, AU
• Wendy Anne Relf · Sydney, AU
• Michael Good · Forsayth, AU
• Allan James Saul · The Gap, AU

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 31, 1997
• Grant date: Jan 16, 2001
• Expiry date: Jul 31, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07K2319/00
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates generally to chimeric peptides comprising one or more protective epitopes in a conformation enabling inmunological interactivity and to vaccine compositions comprising same. The present invention is particularly directed to a chimeric peptide capable of inducing protecting antibodies against Group A streptococci.