US Patent Issued to SANOFI PASTEUR, SK BIOSCIENCE on April 21 for "Multivalent pneumococcal polysaccharide-protein conjugate composition" (South Korean, American, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,435, issued on April 21, was assigned to SANOFI PASTEUR INC. (Swiftwater, Pa.) and SK BIOSCIENCE Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Multivalent pneumococcal polysaccharide-protein conjugate composition" was invented by Kyungjun An (Seoul, South Korea), Dongsoo Ham (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hun Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sunghyun Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Jinhwan Shin (Seoul, South Korea), Robert Hopfer (Roaring Brook Township, Pa.), Richard D. Kensinger (Henryville, Pa.), Moe Kyaw (Swiftwater, Pa.) and Philippe Talaga (Lyons Cedex, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are mixed carrier, multivalent pneumococcal conjugate...