After an impressive commercial run for Biogen Idec, with four drug launches in two years, it’s up to R&D to deliver more innovative medicines. The bar is high in the areas of neurology Biogen is exploring; Chief Medical Officer Alfred Sandrock discussed the company’s R&D momentum in a recent interview.

Operation Warp Speed confirmed the necessity of having a facility on hand to develop and manufacture a vaccine for the next crisis, the outgoing advisor says.

Broader use of adaptive trial designs and master protocols, checklist-based application review, and enhancement of real-world monitoring of products are among the recommendations of US FDA's COVID-19 Pandemic Recovery and Preparedness Plan (PREPP) report, an effort months in making based on interviews with agency management, staff, and outside stakeholders.