Title MINIREVIEW] Advances in novel influenza vaccines: a patent review
Author Jae-Min Song
Address Department of Global Medical Science, Sungshin Women’s University, Seoul 01133, Republic of Korea
Bibliography Journal of Microbiology, 54(6),403-412, 2016,
DOI 10.1007/s12275-016-6176-7
Key Words influenza vaccine, pandemic, attenuated, cell based, recombinant proteins
Abstract The threat of a major human influenza pandemic such as the avian H5N1 or the 2009 new H1N1 has emphasized the need for effective prevention strategies to combat these pathogens. Although egg based influenza vaccines have been well established for a long time, it remains an ongoing public health need to develop alternative production methods that ensures improved safety, efficacy, and ease of administration compared with conventional influenza vaccines. This article is intended to cover some of the recent advances and related patents on the development of influenza vaccines including live attenuated, cell based, genomic and synthetic peptide vaccines.