IP Library Granted Patent US 12,318,443
Granted Patent B2
US 12,318,443 · App. 18/322,831 · Granted Jun 3, 2025

Influenza vaccine

Inventor: Giuseppe Ciaramella (Cambridge, MA)
Assignee: ModernaTX, Inc.
A61K39/145A61K9/5123A61P31/16A61K2039/53A61K2039/54A61K2039/545C12N2760/16134
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Patent No.
US 12,318,443
App. No.
18/322,831
Granted
Jun 3, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to compositions and methods for the preparation, manufacture and therapeutic use ribonucleic acid vaccines comprising polynucleotide molecules encoding one or more influenza antigens, such as hemagglutinin antigens.

Claims (23)

1. A method of inducing an influenza virus antigen-specific immune response in a human subject, the method comprising administering to the human subject a composition comprising 10-100 μg of a messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) polynucleotide to thereby induce a protective antigen-specific immune response in the subject, wherein the mRNA polynucleotide comprises an open reading frame encoding an influenza virus hemagglutinin (HA) antigen and is formulated in a lipid nanoparticle (LNP), wherein 100% of uracil nucleosides in the open reading frame are N1-methylpseudouridine, and wherein the LNP comprises a compound of Formula (I):

or a salt thereof, wherein:

R 1 is selected from the group consisting of C 5-30 alkyl, C 5-20 alkenyl, and —R″M′R′;

R 2 and R 3 are independently selected from the group consisting of C 1-14 alkyl and C 2-14 alkenyl;

R 4 is —(CH 2 ) n Q, where Q is —OR, and each n is independently selected from 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5;

each R 5 is H;

each R 6 is H;

M and M′ are independently selected from —C(O)O—

and —OC(O)—;

R 7 is H;

R is H;

R′ is H;

R″ is selected from the group consisting of C 3-14 alkyl and C 3-14 alkenyl; and

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

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the compound of Formula (I) is Compound 25:

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the LNP comprises 20-60 mol % cationic lipid, 5-25 mol % neutral lipid, 25-55 mol % sterol, and 0.5-15 mol % PEG-modified lipid, wherein the LNP comprises 0.5 mol % to 5 mol % PEG-modified lipid.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the HA antigen is an H10 HA antigen.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the H10 HA antigen comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 80% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the HA antigen is an H10N8 HA antigen.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the antigen-specific immune response comprises a B cell response.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the antigen-specific immune response comprises a T cell response.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising administering a booster dose of the composition to the human subject.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method of producing an antigen-specific immune response involves a single administration of the composition, and wherein the protective immune response is produced with the single administration.

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 Aug 28, 2023
From: CIARAMELLA, GIUSEPPE
To: MODERNATX, INC.
Reel/Frame 064716/0879 →