Serious side effects can include signs of allergy such as skin rash, itching ... of inactive parts from 23 of the most common types of pneumococcal bacteria. PNEUMOVAX 23 is a vaccine given ...

Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. , a biopharmaceutical company leading a new era in the treatment of central nervous system (CNS) disorders, will host a virtual investor event and conference call today at ...

At the age of 7 1/2 months he had been hospitalized for bronchopneumonia and pneumococcal meningitis ... The infant became drowsy, and a rash developed; no convulsions preceded the death.

Antibiotics can be used to treat a litany of illnesses, but one thing they can’t combat is a viral infection.

Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) are known to provide protection against vaccine serotype pneumococcal pneumonia; uncertainty exists regarding the optimum PCV dosing schedule. Methods ...

Then, in 2000, the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) was added and hepatitis A was recommended to children in high-risk areas. Table 1 provides information about the vaccine-preventable ...

You have a good eye. This past fall, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention changed the recommended age for getting the vaccine for pneumococcal pneumonia from those 65 and older to those 50 ...

Sanofi has moved ahead with plans to challenge Pfizer and MSD for a piece of the market for pneumococcal vaccines, taking a 21-valent shot licensed from SK Biosciences into phase 3 testing.

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 ...