Who are Herpes Zoster's main competitors?

Direct comparators (same drug class / molecular target / therapeutic area): Zoster Vaccine Live, Measles Vaccine (MV), Live Attenuated H1N1 Influenza Vaccine, varicella-3, Measles, mumps, rubella vaccine, Stamaril, Sanofi Pasteur.

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Herpes Zoster — Competitive Intelligence Brief

Name: Drug Landscape Pharmaceutical Database
Creator: Drug Landscape
Published: 2026-01-01
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Herpes Zoster (Herpes Zoster) competitive landscape: 6 comparators, recent regulatory actions, upcoming PDUFA, patent timeline. Class: Live attenuated vaccine. Area: Immunology / Infectious Disease.

marketed Live attenuated vaccine Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) Immunology / Infectious Disease Biologic Live · refreshed every 30 min

Target snapshot

Herpes Zoster (Herpes Zoster) — Canadian Immunization Research Network. Herpes Zoster vaccine stimulates the immune system to prevent infection and reactivation of varicella-zoster virus.

Comparator set (6 drugs)

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Drug	Generic	Sponsor	Phase	Class	Target
Herpes Zoster TARGET	Herpes Zoster	Canadian Immunization Research Network	marketed	Live attenuated vaccine	Varicella-zoster virus (VZV)
Zoster Vaccine Live	Zoster Vaccine Live	Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC	marketed	Live attenuated vaccine	Varicella-zoster virus (VZV)
Measles Vaccine (MV)	Measles Vaccine (MV)	PATH	marketed	Live attenuated vaccine
Live Attenuated H1N1 Influenza Vaccine	Live Attenuated H1N1 Influenza Vaccine	University of Rochester	marketed	Live attenuated vaccine
varicella-3	varicella-3	Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention	marketed	Live attenuated vaccine	Varicella-zoster virus
Measles, mumps, rubella vaccine	Measles, mumps, rubella vaccine	PATH	marketed	Live attenuated vaccine
Stamaril, Sanofi Pasteur	Stamaril, Sanofi Pasteur	Epicentre	marketed	Live attenuated vaccine	Yellow fever virus (17D strain)

Recent regulatory actions (last 90 days)

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Upcoming PDUFA dates (next 180 days)

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Patent timeline (forward window)

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Sponsor landscape (Live attenuated vaccine class)

GlaxoSmithKline · 19 drugs in this class
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC · 11 drugs in this class
Sanofi Pasteur, a Sanofi Company · 9 drugs in this class
PATH · 5 drugs in this class
Sanofi · 5 drugs in this class
Bandim Health Project · 5 drugs in this class
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 3 drugs in this class
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh · 3 drugs in this class
Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention · 2 drugs in this class
Aga Khan University · 2 drugs in this class

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Drug Landscape (2026). Herpes Zoster — Competitive Intelligence Brief. https://druglandscape.com/ci/herpes-zoster. Accessed 2026-05-16.

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