The global health crisis has presented a chance for the industry to improve its reputation by highlighting the value of its R&D engines. Pharma execs and observers talk to Scrip about why they are optimistic about industry’s chance to regain public trust.

Pricing set somewhere down the middle as Moderna reaches deal with US government on initial supplies of its mRNA vaccine. Also, Evidence Accelerator's next joint parallel analysis projects are remdesivir in hospitalized patients and coagulopathy.

Estimated $14 price per dose for Janssen’s investigational vaccine is first drop in value since Operation Warp Speed started signing contracts. The $1bn purchase order for 100 million doses and earlier $456m for development work is considerably less lucrative than the $2.1bn deal with GSK/Sanofi announced last week, especially since Janssen’s product may end up being a one-dose regimen.