The EU regulator says it is taking the emergency use route for molnupiravir because of the worrying rise in coronavirus infections and deaths.

Bangladesh’s Beximco has launched the world’s first molnupiravir generic, to be marketed as Emorivir, following an emergency use authorization by the local regulator. The company told Generics Bulletin it was able to manufacture and sell its version of the MSD oral COVID-19 treatment thanks to the WTO’s TRIPS waiver for less economically developed countries.

Also, deals between Boehringer Ingelheim/Oxford BioTherapeutics, Bausch/Eyenovia, Ligand/HitGen, Moderna/Merck & Co., Vincera/Bayer, Genentech/Kineta, Selecta/IGAN, RedHill/AstraZeneca, Urovant/Sunovion, Biogen/Scribe, BridgeBio/Eidos, Elevar/Taiba

Already having launched several portfolio companies, Roivant goes a step further by spinning out CNS specialist Arvelle from Axovant. BI and IBM will incorporate blockchain technology in clinical trials, while AbbVie licenses multiple myeloma candidate from TeneoBio.