As Sandoz tries to assist African Union member states by selling its pandemic response portfolio medicines for zero profit, mAbxience has partnered with AstraZeneca to produce a vaccine. And CDMO Hovione has struck a deal with Ligand to boost manufacturing of Captisol, a critical ingredient for Gilead’s remdesivir.

Sandoz has named Peter Stenico as permanent country head for its German operations. At the same time, Stada has appointed a trio of executives to key roles in Germany, Hovione has announced a new COO, Hikma and Orion have seen board changes and Sanofi’s biosimilars head in China has left the position for a new role.

A topical foam formulation of the antibiotic, minocycline, is expected to be a novel entrant into the US severe acne market. After positive top-line results from a confirmatory Phase III study, Foamix is stepping-up its financing and marketing plans.

Recent executive-level company changes and promotions in the medical device and diagnostics industries.