Who are varicella-6's main competitors?

Direct comparators (same drug class / molecular target / therapeutic area): Prednisolone + valaciclovir, varicella-3, Herpes Zoster, Zoster Vaccine Recombinant, Adjuvanted, Zoster Vaccine Recombinant, Acyclovir (ACV).

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varicella-6 — Competitive Intelligence Brief

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

varicella-6 (varicella-6) 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 Immunology / Infectious Disease Biologic Live · refreshed every 30 min

Target snapshot

varicella-6 (varicella-6) — Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Varicella-6 is a live attenuated varicella-zoster virus vaccine that stimulates immune responses to prevent varicella (chickenpox) infection.

Comparator set (6 drugs)

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Drug	Generic	Sponsor	Phase	Class	Target
varicella-6 TARGET	varicella-6	Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention	marketed	Live attenuated vaccine	Varicella-zoster virus
Prednisolone + valaciclovir	Prednisolone + valaciclovir	Uppsala University Hospital	marketed	Corticosteroid + antiviral combination	Glucocorticoid receptor (prednisolone); herpes simplex virus and varicella-zoster virus DNA polymerase (valaciclovir)
varicella-3	varicella-3	Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention	marketed	Live attenuated vaccine	Varicella-zoster virus
Herpes Zoster	Herpes Zoster	Canadian Immunization Research Network	marketed	Live attenuated vaccine	Varicella-zoster virus (VZV)
Zoster Vaccine Recombinant, Adjuvanted	Zoster Vaccine Recombinant, Adjuvanted	Wuhan BravoVax Co., Ltd.	marketed	Recombinant subunit vaccine with adjuvant	Varicella-zoster virus glycoprotein E (gE)
Zoster Vaccine Recombinant	Zoster Vaccine Recombinant	University of Colorado, Denver	marketed	Recombinant subunit vaccine	Varicella-zoster virus glycoprotein E (gE)
Acyclovir (ACV)	Acyclovir (ACV)	French National Agency for Research on AIDS and Viral Hepatitis	marketed	Nucleoside analog antiviral	Viral DNA polymerase (herpes simplex virus and varicella-zoster virus)

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). varicella-6 — Competitive Intelligence Brief. https://druglandscape.com/ci/varicella-6. Accessed 2026-06-10.

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