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GSK's Shingles Vaccine Steps Closer To Catching Zostavax

 
• By Alexandra Shimmings

GlaxoSmithKline is preparing for major filings next year for its challenger to Sanofi Pasteur MSD's Zostavax shingles vaccine, now named Shingrix (HZ/su vaccine), after promising top-line data in a second Phase III trial confirmed its benefits in an older patient population.

GlaxoSmithKline is preparing for major filings next year for its challenger to Sanofi Pasteur MSD's Zostavax shingles vaccine, now named Shingrix (HZ/su vaccine), after promising top-line data in a second Phase III trial confirmed its benefits in an older patient population.

The ZOE-70 study in 14,800 adults aged 70 years and over met its primary objective, demonstrating 90% (95% confidence interval:...

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