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The Pfizer shot, which was already approved for use in older adults, has now been greenlighted for use as a single injection 32 through 36 weeks of pregnancy, to protect infants from birth through six months

World

US approves maternal vaccine to prevent RSV in infants

The United States on Monday became the first country to approve a vaccine for pregnant women that prevents severe disease caused by Respiratory Syncytial...

AFPAugust 21, 2023

GSK alleges Pfizer infringed four of its patents in developing a competing RSV vaccine

Business

GSK sues Pfizer over patents for RSV vaccine

GlaxoSmithKline sued Pfizer on Wednesday over patent infringement, alleging the US drugmaker’s RSV vaccine steals key elements of the British company’s version. The case,...

AFPAugust 2, 2023

GSK's vaccine is the first for RSV to be approved

World

US issues world’s first approval of RSV vaccine

The United States on Wednesday approved the world’s first vaccine for the Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), the culmination of a decades long hunt to...

AFPMay 3, 2023

World

US approves world’s first RSV vaccine

The United States on Wednesday approved GSK’s Arexy vaccine against Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), which can cause severe pneumonia and bronchiolitis in infants and...

AFPMay 3, 2023

Several European countries are seeing a surge in bronchiolitis

Life

‘No space’: German hospitals overwhelmed by sick kids

The situation is particularly bad in 2022 as newborns and infants are exposed to the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).

AFPDecember 14, 2022