MUMBAI, India, June 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517051002 A) filed by Merck Sharp & Dohme Llc, Rahway, U.S.A., on May 27, for 'conjugation of saccharide antigens using acetoxyborohydrides.'

Inventor(s) include Phillips, Katherine M.; Santiago-Miranda, Adriana N.; Zong, Chengli; Waldman, Jacob Henry; Mchugh, Patrick; Limanto, John; and He, Jian.

The application for the patent was published on June 13, under issue no. 24/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present disclosure relates generally to improved methods of preparing glycoconjugates. The methods comprise using a reducing mixture containing acetoxyborohydrides prepared in-situ for conjugating ...