Solid Phase II data for Bavarian Nordic’s investigational vaccine MVA-BN RSV showed falls in both symptoms and viral load of respiratory syncytial virus in the challenge trial’s adult participants, boosting prospects for a Phase III trial - and for finding a commercial partner.

The FDA granted an expected, though long-awaited, approval to the COVID-19 vaccine. Also, Korean regulators have begun a review of Russian vaccine CoviVac, while Bavarian Nordic has initiated a Phase II study of its vaccine booster candidate and received a commitment for up to DKK 800m from the Danish government.

Bavarian Nordic is testing the potential of its ABNCoV2 vaccine as a booster dose for people with previous infection or vaccination. Brazil has received requests from Pfizer/BioNTech and AstraZeneca to trial vaccines as booster doses, and has asked for more immunogenicity data on SinoVac’s CoronaVac.

Akebia brings in Cyclerion’s diabetes candidate praliciguat, plus deals involving Genmab/Bolt, Auris/Trasir, Zymergen/Lodo, Bavarian Nordic/Dynavax and more.