MUMBAI, India, June 24 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617060941 A) filed by Vaxcyte, Inc.; and University Of Maryland, Baltimore on May 13, 2026, for Shigella Vaccine Compositions.

Inventors include Fairman, Jeff; Kapoor, Neeraj; Tamilselvi, Chitradevi Sekar; Tarekegn, Girmay Desalegn; and Pasetti, Marcela F..

The application for the patent was published on June 12, 2026, under issue no. 24/2026.

Abstract: Provided herein are vaccine compositions useful in preventing and protecting against Shigella-based infection. Specifically, the disclosure provides a composition comprising a Shigella virulence factor VirG (or IcsA) protein comprising an amino acid sequence at least 90% identical to the sequence ...