Companies including Dr Reddy’s will consider investing in new API units if the Indian government tweaks its incentive scheme to permit exports of surplus production. Other suggested changes to the $1.3bn stimulus, aimed at enhancing the country's medicines security, include extending incentives to brownfield expansions and removing restrictions on a change in product mix.

The Global Generics & Biosimilars Awards 2020 will take place on 3 November as a digital event, with a newly-extended entry deadline date of 14 August.

Developed by Japan’s national research institute, the supercomputer has been tasked with characterizing the SARS-CoV-2 virus, identifying therapeutic molecules, modeling infection spread and socio-economic impact.