The ZOE-50 and ZOE-70 phase 3 clinical trials showed that the adjuvanted recombinant zoster vaccine (RZV) was ≥90% efficacious in preventing herpes zoster in adults. This article presents a comprehensive overview of the safety data from these studies. Adults aged ≥50 (ZOE-50) and ≥70 (ZOE-70) years were randomly vaccinated with RZV or placebo. Safety analyses…
Data on duration of protection against invasive meningococcal disease post-vaccination with the recombinant, 4-component, meningococcal serogroup B vaccine (4CMenB) are limited. We evaluated bactericidal activity persistence in adolescents/young adults up to 7.5 years post-primary vaccination with 4CMenB, and response to a booster dose compared with vaccine-naïve controls. This open-label, multicentre study enrolled 15-24 year-old-previously vaccinated…
COVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, first discovered in December 2019. COVID-19 has spread rapidly around the world despite stringent efforts at control via quarantine and border closures. Within months of being first identified, COVID-19 was designated a pandemic in March 2020 by the World Health Organisation (WHO). SARS-CoV-2 transmission…
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