Who are Shingrix's main competitors?

Direct comparators (same drug class / molecular target / therapeutic area): varicella zoster virus, VI, Comparator: Varicella Zoster Virus Vaccine, Comirnaty, Prevnar 20, domestic compared vaccine.

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Last reviewed 2026-05-13 · How we verify

Shingrix — Competitive Intelligence Brief

Shingrix (shingrix) competitive landscape: 6 comparators, recent regulatory actions, upcoming PDUFA, patent timeline. Class: Vaccine. Area: Immunology.

marketed Vaccine Varicella zoster virus Immunology Live · refreshed every 30 min

Target snapshot

Shingrix (shingrix) — GSK.

Comparator set (6 drugs)

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Drug	Generic	Sponsor	Phase	Class	Target	Approval / PDUFA
Shingrix TARGET	shingrix	GSK	marketed	Vaccine	Varicella zoster virus
varicella zoster virus	varicella zoster virus	AstraZeneca	marketed	Live attenuated viral vaccine	Varicella zoster virus envelope glycoproteins
VI	VI	GlaxoSmithKline	marketed	Recombinant zoster vaccine	Varicella zoster virus glycoprotein E (gE)
Comparator: Varicella Zoster Virus Vaccine	Comparator: Varicella Zoster Virus Vaccine	Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC	phase 3	Live attenuated vaccine	Varicella zoster virus
Comirnaty	BNT162b2 (tozinameran)	Pfizer Inc.	marketed	vaccine	SARS-CoV-2 virus	2021-08-23
Prevnar 20	pneumococcal 20-valent conjugate vaccine (PCV20)	Pfizer Inc.	marketed	Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine	Streptococcus pneumoniae capsular polysaccharides (20 serotypes)	2021-06-08
domestic compared vaccine	domestic compared vaccine	Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention	marketed	vaccine

Recent regulatory actions (last 90 days)

No regulatory actions in the last 90 days for this set.

Upcoming PDUFA dates (next 180 days)

No PDUFA dates in the next 180 days for this set.

Patent timeline (forward window)

2033-06-01 — Prevnar 20 · US 8,895,024 · Composition of matter · US
2035-06-01 — Prevnar 20 · US 10,279,033 · Method of use · US

Sponsor landscape (Vaccine class)

GlaxoSmithKline · 16 drugs in this class
Sanofi Pasteur, a Sanofi Company · 12 drugs in this class
Pfizer · 6 drugs in this class
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh · 3 drugs in this class
Henogen · 3 drugs in this class
Pfizer Inc. · 2 drugs in this class
Sanofi · 2 drugs in this class
Jiangsu Province Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 2 drugs in this class
BioNTech · 2 drugs in this class
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC · 2 drugs in this class

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Drug Landscape (2026). Shingrix — Competitive Intelligence Brief. https://druglandscape.com/ci/shingrix. Accessed 2026-05-13.

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