Parapoxviruses containing foreign DNA, their production and their use in vaccines

US6365393B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC · DE

Inventors

• Norbert Schmeer · Haan, DE
• Walter Strube · Cologne, DE
• Mathias Büttner · Tübingen, DE
• Hans-Joachim Rziha · Recklinghausen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 20, 1998
• Grant date: Apr 2, 2002
• Expiry date: Aug 20, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12N2710/24243
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to recombinantly prepared parapoxviruses which carry, in their genomes, deletions or insertions in the form of foreign hereditary information and contain hereditary information, to the preparation of such constructs and to their use in vaccines.