Patent ID: 8652822

Claim:
A refrigerator-stable live cold-adapted influenza virus composition which comprises at least one strain of influenza virus and further comprises a stabilizer consisting of: (a) 2% to 8% sucrose weight/volume (w/v), 0.75% to 2% arginine w/v, 0.02% to 0.15% glutamate w/v, 0.05% to 2% gelatin hydrolysate, and a buffer; or (b) 2% to 8% sucrose w/v, 0.75% to 2% arginine w/v, 0.05% to 2% gelatin hydrolysate, and a buffer; wherein each amount of each of the components of the stabilizer is the final amount in the virus composition, and which virus composition exhibits a potency loss of less than 1.0 log over a 12 month period when stored at 4° C. to 8° C.