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GSK to boost shingles vaccine production

by Ryan Cross
April 26, 2019 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 97, Issue 17

 

GlaxoSmithKline is spending $100 million to increase production at its vaccine facility in Hamilton, Montana. The site makes adjuvants—immune-stimulating molecules—for vaccines, including Shingrix, designed to prevent shingles in adults aged 50 and older. GSK hasn’t been able to keep up with demand since Shingrix was approved in the US in 2017. The Shingrix adjuvant contains a saponin molecule extracted from the Chilean soap bark tree.

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