Merck already sells an older pneumococcal vaccine called Pneumovax 23, which protects against 23 strains but is a polysaccharide based shot, so doesn't stimulate as strong an immune response as ...

Antibody responses may be diminished if Pneumovax 23 was received 1 to 5 years prior to Prevnar 20. The approval of Prevnar 20 was based on evidence from several clinical trials including three ...

also known as Prevnar 13, was approved by the FDA in 2010 for children and 2011 for adults. Along with PCV7, the vaccine it replaced, PCV13 is no longer available. PPSV23, known as Pneumovax 23 ...

ASP3772 was also pitted against the combination of Prevnar 13 and Merck's older polysaccharide-based Pneumovax 23 vaccine. It achieved statistically higher immune responses for serotypes 3 ...

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The pneumococcal vaccine can protect you from an infection ... An older type of vaccine called pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine 23 (PPSV23) is given to children older than 2 in certain cases ...