J&J becomes the second company to pause a COVID-19 vaccine trial, releasing few details but emphasizing the measure's precautionary nature.

After a week of monoclonal antibody therapies hitting the headlines - including a personal endorsement from President Trump - the US government bulks up its potential supplies. AZ's long-acting monoclonal antibody product enters large-scale trials for both a treatment and prophylaxis of COVID-19.

With multiple South Korean INDs to begin Phase III trials with its SGLT-2 inhibitor enavogliflozin, Daewoong is aiming to speed domestic and global development of the potentially best-in-class drug for type 2 diabetes.

Takeda has linked up with COVID-19 vaccine frontrunner Novavax, while Daiichi Sankyo has been selected by Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as an official participant under the first round of a national government initiative to build production capacity.