PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS AND THEIR PREPARATION

摘要

The invention provides the use of a hemicellulose for the manufacture of a composition for use as a vaccine adjuvant. The hemicellulose is preferably an arabinoxylan and more preferably is a crosslinked arabinoxylan such as arabinoxylan ferrulate. Also provided by the invention are vaccine compositions containing a vaccine antigen, or a DNA vaccine, and the hemicellulose, preferably in crosslinked microparticulate form.