Sandoz’ partnership with China’s Gan & Lee covering three biosimilar insulin products continues to make progress, with the conclusion of a pair of Phase III trials involving a proposed biosimilar to Lantus (insulin glargine).

Despite multiple challenges including pricing pressures and slowing general economic growth, China offers attractive opportunities for emerging biopharma firms, helped by an encouraging regulatory environment. But weighing up options around challenging areas including partnering is essential, a new report states. 

ACIP votes unanimously to recommend Merck and Pfizer’s pneumococcal vaccines in elderly and immunocompromised adults; GSK’s herpes zoster vaccine also gets unanimous nod for immunocompromised adults.

After US FDA authorization for additional COVID vaccine shots, the focus now shifts to CDC’s advisory committee, which may be concerned about variations in eligible populations, timing and dosing when it comes to giving a booster different from the primary vaccination series.