GlaxoSmithKline has submitted its experimental shingles vaccines to European regulators, seeking approval to market its use to prevent herpes zoster (shingles) in people aged 50 years or over.
GlaxoSmithKline has filed Biologics License Application in the US for Shingrix, seeking approval to market the vaccine for the prevention of herpes zoster (shingles) in people aged 50 years or over.
Sanofi Pasteur MSD’s shingles (herpes zoster) vaccine has been cleared for continued use in the UK’s national immunisation programme for at least the next two years, following an evaluation of the vaccine’s clinical and cost effectiveness.