The head of the US arm of a major Korean government development institute talks to Scrip about why biotechs and pharma firms are flocking to Boston, how the organization is providing support and what the main challenges are.

The Danish company has the world’s only licensed monkeypox vaccine and is now fielding enquiries from concerned governments from around the world.

Regulators want to help smooth the process of bringing a gene therapy to market, hoping to iron out ‘surprises’ and even address reimbursement issues for the sake of patients.

The monkeypox cases reported this month are evidence of chains of transmission of the virus, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, which says that vaccination of high-risk close contacts should be considered after a benefit-risk assessment.