Infectious Diseases

Shionogi & Co., Ltd. announced that its pivotal, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled global Phase III study (SCORPIO-HR) did not meet its primary endpoint of a statistically significant reduction in time to sustained resolution (symptoms completely absent for at least two days) of 15 common COVID-19 related symptoms for once-daily ensitrelvir (Generic name: ensitrelvir fumaric acid, Code No.: S-217622, hereafter “ensitrelvir”), when treatment was initiated within three days of symptom onset, compared to placebo

Merck Inc., known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, announced results from STRIDE-10, a Phase III trial evaluating V116, the company’s investigational, adult-specific 21-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, at the 34th European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID Global) in Barcelona, Spain

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is an enveloped RNA virus, in the same family as the human parainfluenza viruses and mumps and measles viruses

Respiratory Syncytial Virus is a virus that causes infections of the lungs and airways. It commonly appears during the coldest and wettest months of the year, similarly to the influenza virus. In adults and older children the symptoms are commonly mild, with cold-like symptoms such as rhinitis or coughing.