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Pneumococcal vaccines are the most effective way to protect yourself or your child against pneumococcal disease, and may help prevent infections including ear infections, pneumonia (lung infection ...

Just a month after getting approval for its new pneumococcal vaccine Vaxneuvance in adults ... the basis of regulatory filing to extend the label for Vaxneuvance later this year, according ...

Immunogenicity of Prevnar 20 in Adults Previously Vaccinated With Pneumococcal Vaccine Randomized, open-label trial evaluated immune responses to Prevnar 20 in adults 65 years and older previously ...

Antimicrobial resistance and serotypes in Streptococcus pneumoniae have been evolving with the widespread use of antibiotics and the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCV).

The rivalry between Pfizer and MSD in pneumococcal vaccines has dialled up a notch with the FDA approval of MSD’s new shot Capvaxive, the first to be aimed specifically at adults. The 21-valent ...

Protein conjugate bacterial vaccines for invasive pneumococcal diseases have revolutionized the epidemiology of invasive bacterial disease in young children in most of the developed world ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) says that pneumococcal disease is the world’s number 1 vaccine-preventable cause of death among infants and children younger than 5 years of age. These may be ...

Merck MRK announced that the European Commission (“EC”) has approved its 21-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (“PCV”), Capvaxive, for the prevention of invasive pneumococcal disease ...

This downside came after Vaxcyte reported mixed results from a phase II study on its investigational pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) in healthy infants. Adding to this headwind, the broader ...

An important step is getting pneumococcal vaccination if it's recommended for you. This vaccine helps protect against pneumococcal disease, including, pneumococcal pneumonia, bloodstream infection ...