WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an ...

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Even as Merck & Co. confronts the prospect of a tough market competitor in GlaxoSmithKline’s Shingrix, the drugmaker’s shingles vaccine Zostavax faces a growing challenge in court. Eighteen patients ...

"Dr. Jeret simply references literature demonstrating that viruses such as COVID-19 or Epstein-Barr can trigger PDH. This literature, however, makes no mention of Zostavax." The litigation over the ...

It's a good idea for most Canadians 50 and older to get the newest vaccine to prevent shingles—even if they've already had Zostavax, the only previously available option, says a University of Alberta ...

A federal judge has allowed one of the first six bellwether cases in the Zostavax shingles vaccine multidistrict litigation against pharmaceutical giant Merck to proceed to a jury trial. U.S. District ...

The federal government's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted 8 to 7 today to recommend a new recombinant and adjuvanted herpes zoster vaccine (Shingrix, GlaxoSmithKline) over a ...

There’s a new shingles vaccine and experts say you should get it if you’re over 50 — even if you’ve already been vaccinated. The new vaccine, called Shingrix, works far better to prevent the extremely ...

Varicella zoster virus (VZV) is the virus that causes chicken pox, usually a relatively minor childhood illness. Unlike other viruses that are cleared from our bodies after infection, VZV stays in our ...

The researchers conducted the study because protection against herpes zoster has been "shown to wane with time" and effect sizes "can be imprecise". This article is written live from ID Week 2017 ...

Participants who were diagnosed with shingles at ≥3 years prior to dementia diagnosis had a slight but non-significant increase in the risk of dementia. The risk of dementia was lower in participants ...