AstraZeneca and Moderna also shone as the pharma, biotech and allied industries came together in London on 30 November to celebrate a year of exceptional achievement at the 18th Annual Scrip Awards, hosted by the actor, comedian and presenter Stephen Mangan.

In Scrip’s new column tracking clinical trial developments, NewAmsterdam, CatalYm, Verve, Bellerophon and Almirall announced new trials or changes to existing ones, while CROs Parexel and PPD announced new programs and CTI appointed a new exec.

With the world’s first exclusively intranasal COVID-19 vaccine against COVID-19 getting restricted use approval in India, Bharat Biotech/Washington University St. Louis offer an easy-to-use immunization option. But is it too little too late?

Excellence, innovation, deal-making and individual achievement across the Japanese biopharma sector were celebrated at the inaugural Pharma Intelligence Japan Awards 2022 in Tokyo on 1 September.