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PCV20 will be available as a single-shot vaccine and those vaccinated with PCV20 may not need a second dose, the drug maker ...

Single-dose PCV20 approved for adults 18 years and older, covering 20 pneumococcal serotypes, including both invasive and non ...

Pfizer introduces its next-gen 20-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV20) in India for adult immunization against 20 ...

Pfizer has introduced its 20-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, PCV20, in India to provide protection against 20 serotypes of pneumococcal disease. The single-shot vaccine is aimed at adults, ...

The 20-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV20, or Prevnar 20) produced a non-inferior immune response in adults to the 13-valent vaccine (PCV13, or Prevnar 13), with an adequate safety ...

PCV20 offers the broadest serotype coverage of any PCV, adding serotypes 8, 10A, 11A, 12F, and 15B to the PCV15 vaccine.

V116 was non-inferior to PCV20 for the 10 serotypes common to both vaccines (3, 6A, 7F, 8, 10A, 11A, 12F, 19A, 22F, 33F), as assessed by serotype-specific OPA GMTs 30 days post-vaccination.

They can get PCV20 or PCV21 if they have received both: -- PCV13 (but not PCV15, PCV20, or PCV21) at any age, and -- PPSV23 at or after the age of 65.

PCV20 includes all 13 serotypes in PCV13, along with seven additional serotypes “that are responsible for a substantial amount of the residual disease burden,” he added.

At the 2.2mcg dose, VAX-24 met the standard OPA response non-inferiority criteria (1) for all 20 serotypes common with PCV20, of which 16 serotypes (3, 4, 6B, 7F, 8, 9V, 10A, 11A, 12F, 14, 15B ...