Digital health presents both opportunity and threat to Big Pharma. The opportunities lie in streamlining and accelerating R&D and improving patient experience and product outcomes; the threats come from the swath of new competitors vying for a piece of the health care value pie – many with far more experience in consumer-facing services.

Pipeline Watch is a weekly snapshot of selected late-stage clinical trial events and approvals announced by pharmaceutical and biotech companies at medical and industry conferences, in financial and company presentations, and in company releases and statements.

A batch of AstraZeneca/Oxford University coronavirus vaccines has arrived in Ghana, the first country in the world to receive vaccines via the COVAX Facility.