Patent ID: 8404250
Filing Date: 2013-03-26
Classification: A61K,A61P,C12N

Abstract:
1. A method of treating autoimmune diseases and allergy, the method comprising administering to a patient in need of such treatment, an amount effective to induce modulation of an immune response against a self antigen or an allergen of at least one of a bacterial preparation consisting of killed non-denatured a pharmaceutical composition, comprising (1) a bacterial preparation consisting of killed non-denatured a bacterial preparation comprising killed non-denatured harvesting a culture of live bacteria cells, freezing the bacteria cells in water or in an aqueous solution of salt, killing the frozen bacteria cells by drying them in a lyophilise, for a time sufficient to remove at least 99.5% of the water, and collecting the freeze-dried killed bacteria cells, wherein the bacterial preparation does not comprise any living bacteria.