EuBiologics CEO Yeong Ok Baik sat down with Scrip at CPhI Korea to talk about why he wants to develop vaccines for global public health needs and what plans are in store for its late-stage recombinant protein candidate for COVID-19.

The European Medicines Agency has explained the grounds for its decision to recommend an extension of the approval for Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine, and why it differed from the US FDA in its advice on a booster dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech product.

The European Medicines Agency says there is a possible link between the Janssen vaccine and rare cases of venous thromboembolism, and that immune thrombocytopenia should be added as an adverse reaction to the Janssen and AstraZeneca vaccines. The agency has also begun evaluating a marketing authorization application for Celltrion’s regdanvimab in COVID-19 patients.

Appili brings in AiPharma to help with US/Canadian development of Fujifilm’s potential COVID-19 preventative/therapeutic. Other recent tie-ups include CinFina/Janssen, Bone/Impant, Bayer/Gubra, Novartis/Theragnostics, Grifols/Biotest and more.