After backing off of MRK-7110 for hospitalized patients the company’s focus is on the oral antiviral molnupiravir for outpatients – which would be a huge win, but the drug has yet to fully prove itself in the clinic.

In an unusual move prompted by an enormous second wave of infections, India is accelerating approvals for COVID-19 vaccines granted emergency use authorizations by other selected regulators or on the WHO’s emergency use list without a local bridging study. While this seems a prelude to permitting private sales, where will the supplies come from?

In an unusual move prompted by an enormous second wave of infections, India is accelerating approvals for COVID-19 vaccines granted emergency use authorizations by other selected regulators or on the WHO’s emergency use list without a local bridging study. While this seems a prelude to permitting private sales, where will the supplies come from?

J&J and Pfizer should benefit from India’s unusual move to grant accelerated approvals minus a prior local bridging study for COVID-19 vaccines granted emergency use authorizations by certain regulators or on the WHO’s emergency use list. But while this seems like a prelude to permitting private sales, where will the supplies come from?