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Article: Nabi Biopharmaceuticals receives patent for animal vaccine.(Staphylococcus aureus vaccine)
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- BIOTECH Patent News
- Article date:
- March 1, 2003
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Nabi Biopharmaceuticals (Boca Raton, FL) said the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued United States Patent 6,537,559 entitled "Staphylococcus aureus antigen-containing whole cell vaccine." This patent covers the composition of a S. aureus vaccine, the method of vaccine preparation, immunotherapy and its use as a therapeutic or prophylactic agent to protect animals against infection. The Staphylococcus aureus vaccine, as detailed in the patent, specifically covers the incorporation of whole cells, cell lysate, cell derivatives and antigens obtained from the three significant bacterial strains (types 5, 8, and 336) that comprise nearly all of the S. ...