GSK pushes more data for shingles vaccine, but no filing yet

GlaxoSmithKline's shingles vaccine continues to demonstrate strong efficacy in all ages in Phase III trials but the company doesn't plan to file the product just yet.

GlaxoSmithKline's shingles vaccine continues to demonstrate strong efficacy in all ages in Phase III trials but the company doesn't plan to file the product just yet.

Late-stage data for GSK's investigational vaccine candidate for the prevention of shingles, HZ/su (GSK1437173A), were presented at the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious diseases (ECCMID) meeting in Copenhagen...

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