Patent ID: 7244431

Claim:
A pharmaceutical composition comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or diluent and a peptide for use as immunotherapeutic agent capable of inducing IgG antibodies response to allergenic proteins without inducing IgE-mediated allergic reaction wherein the peptide: a) has an amino acid sequence obtained from the birch pollen allergen Bet v 1; b) has a length of at least 8 and no more than 50 amino acids; c) has at least three consecutive amino acids identical to at least three solvent-exposed amino acids of an allergenic protein which appear in close vicinity on the molecular surface of the allergenic protein; d) is upon administration capable of inducing IgG antibodies to the allergenic protein and e) does not induce an IRE-mediated allergic reaction; and wherein the peptide is any one of Seq. ID. Nos. 1 to 6.