Janssen’s Akeega is among the latest drugs that the European Medicines Agency says should be approved for use in the EU. Meanwhile, MSD/Ridgeback Biotherapeutics plan to appeal the agency’s rejection of their COVID-19 treatment.

Benoit Opsomer, vice-president and head of bioprocessing, Asia Pacific, Merck Life Science, explains how recent targeted CDMO buyouts put the German group in pole position with services across the mRNA value chain, even as it supports global players such as BioNTech. Striking multi-country expansion of manufacturing footprint, including in China, is also underway amid rising demand for biopharma single-use assemblies.

Benoit Opsomer, vice-president and head of bioprocessing, Asia Pacific, Merck Life Science, tells Scrip in an interview how recent targeted CDMO buyouts put the German group in pole position with services across the mRNA value chain, even as it supports global players such as BioNTech. Striking multi-country expansion of manufacturing footprint, including in China, is also underway amid rising demand for biopharma single-use assemblies.

Founder CEO Sanjay Singh tells Scrip about Gennova Biopharma's preliminary talks with investors looking to grab a piece of the action post approval of its mRNA vaccine against COVID-19. As the company considers use of the technology in making vaccines against cancer and infectious diseases, it will also expand manufacturing