ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,470, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to WYETH LLC (New York).
"Pneumococcal dosing regimen" was invented by George Rainer Siber (New York), Peter R. Paradiso (Radnor, Pa.), Jill Hackell (New City, N.Y.), Stephen Paul Lockhart (Hurst, Great Britain) and William P. Hausdorff (Brussels).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of immunizing older adult subjects against Streptococcus pneumoniae infection are provided. Provided methods comprise immunization of naive adult subjects with a conjugated pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine. Optionally, initial immunization may be followed by additional immunization doses comprising conjugated pneu...