Japan is aiming for the betterment of pharma R&D and medical services for rare disease patients by building a database connecting genome analysis data and clinical records. While several clinical studies are planned for the next couple of years, there are also concerns around the actual trickle-down of benefits to patients and data privacy.

Serum Institute will supply initial doses of NVX-CoV2373 in the US, but late approvals have meant Novavax's vaccine is facing weak demand and surplus stocks in other parts of the world. Meanwhile, Serum has also secured a nod in India for the first indigenously-developed HPV vaccine, also the fifth globally.

The Belgian firm has the go-ahead from the US FDA for an advanced depression program for ANT-01 including the endpoint of improvement in cognitive function, which could differentiate its label.

After 34 years of seeing and shaping Johnson & Johnson’s future, executive chair Alex Gorsky has recently joined Apple’s board of directors. At a recent event, he shared lessons for future leaders while unraveling some of the thinking behind decisions taken as chair and CEO