The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising MBL and/or MBL variants. In particular the invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising at least 200 μg/ml protein containing material, wherein mannan binding lectin (MBL) and/or MBL variants constitutes at least 35% (w/w) of the total protein; or to compositions comprising at least 400 μg/ml mannan binding lectin (MBL) and/or MBL variants. In addition the invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising MBL and/or MBL variants and divalent cations. The invention also describes methods of preparing said compositions.