Existing emergency use authorizations to remain in effect and FDA may continue to issue new ones. Pfizer and Merck are moving to transition Paxlovid and Lagevrio to full approval as FDA allows prescribing without a positive COVID test first.

Genexine CEO Neil Warma talks to Scrip in this audio interview about a wide range of topics, including key strategy changes, ambitions to become a leading global biopharma, as well as challenges he has faced since joining the Korean biotech.

Private Company Edition: Patient Square’s private equity fund, which surpassed its $3bn fundraising goal, may invest broadly across health care but the firm already has invested heavily in biopharma. Also, investor Dimension launches with a $350m specialized VC fund and Alto increased its series B to $60m.

No stroke risk has been identified, but FDA and CDC officials want to investigate whether concomitant administration of influenza and COVID-19 vaccines are related to the issue.