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FDA Approves New Shingles Vaccine for Adults

posted by martyb on Tuesday October 24 2017, @12:07PM   Printer-friendly
from the getting-on-your-nerves dept.

takyon writes:

https://www.statnews.com/2017/10/20/shingles-vaccine-approval/

The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved a second shingles vaccine, giving pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline a go-ahead to market Shingrix in the United States.

The FDA approval marks the second regulatory green light for the vaccine in a week's time. Last Friday Shingrix was approved for sale in Canada. Regulatory filings are also in the works for the European Union, Australia, and Japan, GSK said.

The vaccine offered 98 percent protection in the first year and that protection remained at 85 percent or higher three years after vaccination — stronger protection than the only other shingles vaccine on the market, Merck's Zostavax.

GSK has been keenly awaiting the FDA's ruling, eager to get to market a vaccine analysts estimate could reach $1 billion a year in sales by 2022.

Also at FiercePharma and The Pharma Letter.

Wikipedia's entry for shingles (aka herpes zoster).

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  • (Score: 4, Interesting) by JeanCroix on Tuesday October 24 2017, @04:01PM (1 child)

    by JeanCroix (573) on Tuesday October 24 2017, @04:01PM (#586908)
    I'll be first in line for this when I hit fifty, as long as it works for those who've already had shingles. Thanks to a particularly stressful work project when I was in my early thirties, I developed shingles. It was some of the most excruciating pain I've ever experienced; my best description is that it was like having red hot skewers randomly thrust through my torso at all hours, regardless of whether I moved or held still. That lasted for a good ten days. Never again, if I can help it.
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  • (Score: 1) by corey on Tuesday October 24 2017, @11:31PM

    by corey (2202) on Tuesday October 24 2017, @11:31PM (#587157)

    I had shingles in my early 20s and it wasn't that bad. Worst thing was quarantining myself from work and uni. Made me realise I was working too hard and compromising my immune system.

    Its not that common and I wouldn't be thinking about a vaccine. Just more money for big pharma.