Jubilant Pharmova is planning to transform its generics business with the appointment of a new managing director and CEO, after a difficult period for the unit that saw a tough Q1 amid ongoing difficulties linked to an import alert for its Roorkee manufacturing plant.

While Moderna plans preclinical studies and Tonix Pharma’s candidate is to enter trials in H1, Bavarian Nordic is seeking US and Indian manufacturing partners for its approved monkeypox vaccine. Scrip examines if the disease presents an opportunity for vaccine makers, like COVID-19 did or it could go the H1N1 way

Venture capital funding for biotechs remains aplenty even as listed companies’ stock prices drop. Biogen’s Papadopoulos, Fidelity’s Kaul and Gurnet’s and ex-Sanofi Viehbacher deliberate on whether there is a valuation disconnect and if this is the next "tulip mania."

US FDA inspections lead to warning letters for Aurobindo and Health Plus, while Emergent BioSolutions site escapes nearly unscathed; Sun waits for Halol revisit and Jubilant suffers poor-quality costs as agency investigators resume domestic surveillance post-omicron.