Patent ID: 8329184

Claim:
A method of making an immunogenic composition comprising conjugating a saccharide to a protein carrier using carbodiimide condensation chemistry, wherein the saccharide comprises or has been derivatised to comprise, amino and/or carboxyl groups, and wherein the protein carrier comprises, or has been derivatised to comprise, amino and/or carboxyl groups, comprising the steps of: I)—if the protein carrier comprises both amino and carboxyl groups and the saccharide comprises either amino or carboxyl groups: a) mixing the saccharide and aliquot of carbodiimide required to perform the conjugation, and b) adding the aliquot of protein carrier required over a period of 1 minute to 5 hours; II)—if the saccharide comprises both amino and carboxyl groups and the protein carrier comprises either amino or carboxyl groups: a) mixing the protein carrier and aliquot of carbodiimide required to perform the conjugation, and b) adding the aliquot of saccharide required over a period of 35 seconds to 6 hours; III)—if the saccharide comprises both amino and carboxyl groups and the protein carrier comprises both amino and carboxyl groups: a) mixing the protein carrier and saccharide, and b) adding the aliquot of carbodiimide required to perform the conjugation over a period of 35 seconds to 6 hours.