The next-generation version of Pfizer's $6 billion pneumococcal vaccine franchise topped its predecessor in a midstage study.

India's patent office has granted Pfizer a patent on its pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV), known as Prevnar 13, after Doctors Without Borders (MSF) challenged the patent’s claims. The decision ...

Some five years into a pneumococcal vaccine patent dispute in South Korea, SK Bioscience has emerged victorious over Pfizer. The win frees up the company to export its shot—which protects against 13 ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) now recommends that American adults over the age of 50 receive the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, or PCV. The report with the updated ...

—Among adults, coverage and preventable burdens were lowest for pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) 15 and highest for PCV31, with PCV21 preventing notable burdens of both acute respiratory ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This electron microscopic image provided by the Centers for Disease Control and prevention depicts two, round-shaped, ...

U.S. health officials on Wednesday recommended that people 50 and older get a shot against bacteria that can cause pneumonia and other dangerous illnesses. The recommendation was made by a scientific ...

Merck & Co. Inc. (NYSE:MRK) on Thursday released results from the Phase 3 STRIDE-13 trial evaluating Capvaxive (Pneumococcal 21-valent Conjugate Vaccine) at the European Society of Clinical ...

Sanofi SNY and its partner SK bioscience announced that they have expanded their agreement to develop, license and commercialize next-generation pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) for treating ...

The Gram-positive bacterium known as Streptococcus pneumoniae causes pneumococcal disease, which is transmitted via respiratory droplets and has a number of clinical manifestations that include ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A scientific panel on Wednesday recommended that people 50 and older get a shot against bacteria that can cause pneumonia and other dangerous illnesses. If the recommendation is ...