IP Library Granted Patent US 11,497,807
Granted Patent B2
US 11,497,807 · App. 17/155,592 · Granted Nov 15, 2022

Zoonotic disease RNA vaccines

Inventors: Giuseppe Ciaramella (Sudbury, MA); Sunny Himansu (Winchester, MA); Vladimir Presnyak (Manchester, NH); Kerry Benenato (Sudbury, MA); Ellalahewage Sathyajith Kumarasinghe (Harvard, MA)
Assignee: ModernaTX, Inc.
A61K39/12A61K31/7115A61P31/14C12N15/86A61K2039/53A61K2039/545C12N2760/14134C12N2760/18634C12N2770/20034
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Patent No.
US 11,497,807
App. No.
17/155,592
Granted
Nov 15, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provide herein are Lassa virus, Nipah virus, and betacoronavirus ribonucleic acid vaccines as well as methods of using the vaccines and compositions comprising the vaccines.

Claims (47)

1. A composition comprising:

(a) a messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) comprising an open reading frame (ORF) encoding a fusion protein, wherein the fusion protein comprises a Nipah virus F protein and a Nipah virus G protein; and

(b) a lipid nanoparticle,

wherein the lipid nanoparticle comprises 45-55 mol % ionizable lipid, 5-25 mol % neutral lipid, 35-45 mol % sterol, and 0.5-5 mol % polyethylene glycol (PEG)-modified lipid,

wherein the ionizable lipid is a compound of Formula (I):

and wherein

R 1 is R″M′R′ or C 5-20 alkenyl;

R 2 and R 3 are each independently selected from C 1-14 alkyl and C 2-14 alkenyl;

R 4 is —(CH 2 ) n Q, wherein Q is OH and n is selected from 3, 4, and 5;

M and M′ are each independently —OC(O)— or —C(O)O—;

R 5 , R 6 , and R 7 are each H;

R′ is a linear C 1-12 alkyl, or C 1-12 alkyl substituted with C 6-9 alkyl;

R″ is C 3-14 alkyl;

m is selected from 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13.

2. The composition of claim 1 , wherein:

R 1 is R″M′R′;

R 2 and R 3 are each independently C 1-14 alkyl;

R 4 is —(CH 2 ) n Q, wherein Q is OH and n is 4;

M and M′ are each independently —OC(O)—;

R 5 , R 6 , and R 7 are each H;

R′ is C 1-12 alkyl substituted with C 6-9 alkyl;

R″ is C 3-14 alkyl; and

m is 6.

3. The composition of claim 1 , wherein:

R 1 is C 5-20 alkenyl;

R 2 and R 3 are each independently C 1-14 alkyl;

R 4 is —(CH 2 ) n Q, wherein Q is OH and n is 3;

M is —C(O)O—;

R 5 , R 6 , and R 7 are each H; and

m is 6.

4. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the compound is:

5. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the sterol is cholesterol.

6. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the neutral lipid is 1,2-distearoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DSPC).

7. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the PEG-modified lipid is PEG-DMG.

8. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the sterol is cholesterol, the neutral lipid is DSPC, and the PEG-modified lipid is PEG-DMG.

9. The composition of claim 2 , wherein the sterol is cholesterol, the neutral lipid is DSPC, and the PEG-modified lipid is PEG-DMG.

10. The composition of claim 3 , wherein the sterol is cholesterol, the neutral lipid is DSPC, and the PEG-modified lipid is PEG-DMG.

11. The composition of claim 4 , wherein the sterol is cholesterol, the neutral lipid is DSPC, and the PEG-modified lipid is PEG-DMG.

12. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the ORF comprises chemically-modified uracil residues.

13. The composition of claim 12 , wherein 100% of the uracil residues of the ORF comprises N1-methylpseudouridine.

14. The composition of claim 2 , wherein the ORF comprises chemically-modified uracil residues.

15. The composition of claim 14 , wherein 100% of the uracil residues of the ORF comprises N1-methylpseudouridine.

16. The composition of claim 3 , wherein the ORF comprises chemically-modified uracil residues.

17. The composition of claim 16 , wherein 100% of the uracil residues of the ORF comprises N1-methylpseudouridine.

18. The composition of claim 4 , wherein the ORF comprises chemically-modified uracil residues.

19. The composition of claim 18 , wherein 100% of the uracil residues of the ORF comprises N1-methylpseudouridine.

20. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the Nipah virus F protein of the fusion protein comprises an amino acid sequence that has at least 90% identity with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 13, and the Nipah virus G protein of the fusion protein comprises an amino acid sequence that has at least 90% identity with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 11.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 19, 2025
From: MODERNATX, INC.
To: ARES CAPITAL CORPORATION, AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 073634/0354 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 26, 2021
From: CIARAMELLA, GIUSEPPE; HIMANSU, SUNNY; PRESNYAK, VLADIMIR; BENENATO, KERRY; KUMARASINGHE, ELLALAHEWAGE SATHYAJITH
To: MODERNATX, INC.
Reel/Frame 055039/0571 →
Continuity (6)
Continuation 16494988
Provisional Application 62473202 · Mar 17, 2017
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