In making its recommendations for the autumn vaccination program against COVID-19, the UK’s JCVI says Novavax’s Nuvaxovid could be used in exceptional circumstances, but there is no room for AstraZeneca’s Vaxzevria.

Moderna takes the next step in the in the development of COVID-19 vaccines, with the first approval of the first bivalent vaccine that can produce a broader immune response to new SARS-CoV-2 variants.

Billions of dollars have been wiped off the value of big pharma stocks as the market finally woke up to widescale litigation concerning allegations of increased cancer risk associated with the use of ranitidine. Two companies, GSK and Sanofi, are confident that there is no link. 

Even as it prepares for competition from an authorized generic, Lupin expects a launch of its generic to Boehringer’s blockbuster Spiriva in the fourth quarter of FY23. It hopes the launch will help its position in the US, where it has exited low margin products amid heightened competition, leading in turn to manufacturing job losses in India