Abstract
Physicochemical technologies are a powerful tool for the structural characterization of vaccine antigens both at bulk level as well as on the final formulation. High-field Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy has been found to be an extremely and robust tool for tracking the industrial process manufacturing of carbohydrate-based vaccines.I have applied NMR spectroscopy to the characterization of a penta-valent conjugate vaccine against Neisseria meninigitidis group A, C, W, Y (MenACWY) and Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) infections, constituted of capsule derived polysaccharide fragments independently conjugated to CRM197 protein carrier (CRM-MenA, CRM-MenC, CRM-MenW, CRM-MenY, CRM-Hib).1H NMR has been used for the identity testing of the carbohydrate antigens and of the vaccine formulation.The application of NMR-based assays on multivalent conjugate vaccines looks to be a promising approach for identity and stability analyses useful for future vaccines development.
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