Patent 9580734 was granted and assigned to Serum Institute of India on February, 2017 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The instant invention provides improved culture, fermentation and purification conditions for preparing Neisseria meningitidis polysaccharides. The invention in particular relates to a novel fermentation medium, optimal feed solution addition strategies and an improved purification process devoid of any chromatographic methods for obtaining high yield of Neisseria meningitidis X polysaccharide.