This week, North Carolina health secretary Mandy Cohen was named the new head of the CDC; Congress debated PAHPA reauthorization; Cala Health launched a Parkinson’s Disease wearable; and IHealth.io was fined for consumer privacy violations.

Scrip takes a look at the current landscape in the South Korean digital therapeutics sector, where some remaining gaps in regulation and reimbursement are seen but multiple products are now progressing through pivotal local clinical trials.

SK Biopharm’s chief technology officer outlines how the company’s open innovation strategy may vary and what he sees as essential in new drug development.

Astellas subsidiary Xyphos will partner with GO to discover novel antibodies against two glycoprotein targets. SciNeuro picks up abandoned GSK programs in cardiovascular medicine for potential use in the neurodegeneration space.