Patent AT-E400295-T1: [Translated] VACCINE WITH A POLYSACCHARIDE ANTIGEN CARRIER PROTEIN CONJUGATE AND FREE CARRIER PROTEIN

The present invention relates to combination vaccines comprising a conjugated polysaccharide antigen linked to a carrier protein, and wherein the carrier protein is also present as a free antigen in the vaccine composition, characterised in that the ratio of polysaccharide to protein is from 1:0:3 to 1:2. In particular the vaccine composition of the present invention relates to a multivalent vaccine, that is a vaccine for the amelioration or treatment of more than one disease states. The present invention also relates to the production and use of such a vaccine in medicine.