As coronavirus variants keep emerging, global herd immunity is unlikely, says Steven Jones, one of the developers of the first Ebola vaccine. In a wide-ranging discussion with McKinsey, he and other experts weighed in on ways to live with COVID-19, which is expected to soon become endemic.

Japan has granted an emergency approval to Chugai/Roche/Regeneron's antibody cocktail after a rapid review, while India has emerged as one of the top purchasers globally of COVID-19 vaccines as it looks to protect more of its population. 

Harvard Medical School’s Dr. Bruce Chabner, Bayer Pharma’s global head of research and Roivant Sciences founder, among others, share their views on the challenges and path ahead for KRAS inhibitors and other oncology modalities including CAR-T therapy.

Sanofi and GSK, which are in the middle of Phase III global trials for their COVID-19 vaccine candidate, plan to test the contender against all variants of concern including the highly contagious Delta variant, Scrip has learned. Meanwhile, Pfizer/BioNTech is looking at a booster to combat lower efficacy/effectiveness against this variant. 

Studies point to Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer and Bharat Biotech’s vaccines neutralizing the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2, even if efficacy is lower compared to the original strain. This follows positive news from other vaccine companies but will the Lambda variant cause a setback?

EQT and Goldman Sachs to pay $8.5bn in Parexel’s second private equity buyout in four years.