With the aim of lowering prices and improving access to certain prescription drugs, the US FDA and HHS have decided to allow imports from Canada. To enable this, the FDA has finalized the rule allowing importation and issued accompanying guidance.

In addition to agreeing to emergency use of the Oxford University/Astra Zeneca and Sinovac vaccines, Brazil's medicines regulator has also published good manufacturing practices certificates for Pfizer and Janssen vaccine. It has questions about the Sputnik V authorization request.

A Dutch parallel registration and reimbursement pilot has brought benefits including more participation from healthcare professionals, and also forces company divisions to be less streamlined.