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 ...
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 ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with advertisers on this site. Today, the Centers for Disease Control and ...
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 ...
The litigation over the Zostavax shingles vaccine is facing another setback after a federal judge tossed the plaintiff's only causation expert from an upcoming bellwether trial. On Oct. 4, U.S.
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 ...
Prospects for GlaxoSmithKline’s new shingle vaccine Shingrix have been raised after US advisors recommended that it should be used instead of rival Zostavax from Merck & Co. The Centres for Disease ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you're a healthy adult age 50 or above, you should get vaccinated against shingles, medical experts say. The vaccine they ...
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 ...