US agency avoided procurement delays with sole-source awards to two medical countermeasures venture partners worth nearly $900m.

In the latest development arising from ongoing generic pricing investigations in the US, Taro has admitted to fixing prices, allocating customers and rigging bids for generic medicines, under a conspiracy with multiple firms, including Sandoz.

Medtech industry group AdvaMed has developed a registry to share data on how many COVID-19 diagnostic tests are available and where they are, with a goal of foreseeing and nipping in the bud potential test shortages. Thirteen diagnostic manufacturers – including Abbott, Roche, Siemens and Thermo Fisher Scientific – have partnered with AdvaMed on the initiative.

The Asian Medtech Associations Regulatory Networking discussions this month centered on strategies to control COVID-19 in Thailand, Singapore, South Korea, Indonesia and Vietnam. This editorial feature is hosted by Medtech Insight, along with the Asia Regulatory and Quality Consultancy and the Asia Regulatory Professional Association. This is the first of two articles from the discussions.