With Brexit less than a month old, Germany’s medtech industry has renewed its push for an MRA between the EU and UK in medtech regulation.

Days after a senior Chinese government official offered free COVID-19 vaccines to the Philippines government, the country’s medicines regulator said the donated jabs would need an emergency approval before they can be used on the public.

Interview: recently appointed CEO Richard Francis will apply his background in big pharma and biotech to building the UK start-up Purespring Therapeutics with a focus on using gene therapy technology to target renal diseases.