US Patent Issued to Merck Sharp & Dohme on Oct. 27 for "Compositions comprising Streptococcus pneumoniae polysaccharide-protein conjugates and methods of use thereof" (Pennsylvania, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,448, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC (Rahway, N.J.).

"Compositions comprising Streptococcus pneumoniae polysaccharide-protein conjugates and methods of use thereof" was invented by Chitrananda Abeygunawardana (Ambler, Pa.), Yadong Adam Cui (Norristown, Pa.), Romulo Ferrero (Westfield, N.J.), Jian He (Blue Bell, Pa.), Luwy Musey (Blue Bell, Pa.), Tanaz Petigara (Philadelphia) and Julie M. Skinner (Phoenixville, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention is related to multivalent immunogenic compositions comprising more than one S. pneumoniae polysaccharide protein conjugates, wherein each of the conjug...