The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics
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ISSUE1535
December 4, 2017
Shingrix - An Adjuvanted, Recombinant Herpes Zoster Vaccine
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Shingrix - An Adjuvanted, Recombinant Herpes Zoster Vaccine
December 4, 2017 (Issue: 1535)
The FDA has approved an adjuvanted, recombinant
varicella zoster virus (VZV) vaccine (Shingrix – GSK)
for prevention of herpes zoster (shingles) in adults ≥50
years old. Shingrix is the second herpes zoster vaccine
to be approved in the US;...more
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