SK Bioscience has received the world’s first approval of its in-house developed recombinant protein COVID-19 vaccine SKYCovione (GBP510), in its home market of South Korea, two years after it began development. Strong support from the domestic government and international cooperation helped pave the way.

Only one last step remains before the approval of South Korea’s first home-grown COVID-19 vaccine as SK Bioscience’s SKYCovione (GBP510) receives positive assessments from review committees. Any nod, which could happen this week, would mark a milestone for the country's ambitions of becoming a global vaccine hub.

Nothing except a name, but Creo Medical says its Speedboat Inject device can turn some surgeries from prolonged hospital stays into one-day visits.

Analysts are keen to know more about the statistical weighting of Roche’s SKYSCRAPER 1 study of the TIGIT inhibitor, while Merck & Co can learn from their rival’s slip-up for their own trial design.