GSK Shingles Vaccine Adds Evidence It Can Outperform Merck’s Zostavax

The strength of more detailed data on GSK’s shingles vaccine in older people from the Phase III ZOE-70 study raises prospects Shingrix can advance into a market that Merck’s Zostavax currently has to itself.

Zoster vaccine

Chances GlaxoSmithKline PLC can turn the tables on rival Merck & Co. Inc. with its vaccine against varicella zoster, the virus that causes shingles, were strengthened by confirmation GSK’s Shingrix achieved high efficacy in adults aged 70 years and over in a pivotal Phase III trial.

Results from its Phase III ZOE-70 trial assessing its shingles vaccine candidate in adults aged 70 and over were published...

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