US Patent Issued to Merck Sharp & Dohme on Feb. 17 for "Antigenic glycoprotein E polypeptides, compositions, and methods of use thereof" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,552, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC (Rahway, N.J.).

"Antigenic glycoprotein E polypeptides, compositions, and methods of use thereof" was invented by Arthur Fridman (Lake Ariel, Pa.), Jennifer Dawn Galli (Telford, Pa.), Dai Wang (Blue Bell, Pa.) and Lan Zhang (Chalfont, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to HSV glycoprotein E antigenic peptide constructs and HSV protein vaccines, as well as methods of using the vaccines and compositions comprising the vaccines. The present invention directed to immunogenic polypeptides of use for a vaccine against Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV). The poly...