Agency leader expects to spend about a year developing a strategy to combat misinformation. On 5 August, the agency unveiled what appears to be an early component of the initiative – a web page titled Rumor Control, with facts about the safety and components of COVID-19 vaccines.

The announcement of US FDA Deputy Commissioner’s new focus going forward at the agency may not mean what you think it does. The focus shouldn’t be on what Janet Woodcock is not doing – but on the fact that she is staying on at the agency at all.

CEO of Japanese ophthalmology specialist lays out clear-sighted business vision as track laid for expansion into global markets and new indications amid expiry challenges at home. New modalities are also being explored to meet needs in demanding disorders, Shigeo Taniuchi tells Scrip in an exclusive interview. 

A year after COVID-19 first turned the world upside down, executives across the biopharma industry consider what 2021 holds in store. The impact of the pandemic will have profound and long-lasting implications for a sector that has been at the heart of responding to the global health challenge.