MUMBAI, India, March 15 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202311061296 A) filed by Indian Council Of Medical Research; and Okayama University, New Delhi, on Sept. 12, 2023, for 'development of a safe and cost-effective universal shigella immunogen.'

Inventor(s) include Dr. Hemanta Koley; Suhrid Maiti; Dr. Asish K Mukhopadhyay; Dr. Shanta Dutta; Keinosuke Okamoto; and Shin-Ichi Miyoshi.

The application for the patent was published on March 14, under issue no. 11/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Development of a safe and cost-effective universal Shigella immunogen The present invention relates to a formulation of Shigella immunogen which is prepared by heat kille...