Not many pharmaceutical executives would take credit for helping to steer the European Medicines Agency in a particular direction when it comes to assessing new innovative medicines. But that's what Philippe Wolgen, CEO of the Australian rare diseases company Clinuvel, claims to have achieved when he decided to seek EU approval for the ground-breaking phototoxicity drug Scenesse with the close involvement of patients and physicians.

Hungary is going its own way when it comes to coronavirus vaccines, but its decision to allow the emergency use of the Oxford University/AstraZeneca vaccine may be only a symbolic expression of the government’s growing impatience with the EU.

Valneva is scaling up manufacture of its coronavirus vaccine alongside the clinical development program, with a view to meeting its commitment to provide millions of doses for use in the UK and the EU.