Army Institute Performance Division physiologist leads NIH ODS; Ferris heads B+L consumer products; medical director For HumanN supplements; and Herbalife scores Ronaldo sponsorship extension.

This week, Illumina’s board added two independent members; the VA and the FDA agreed to collaborate on supply chain issues; and Think Surgical, Thermo Fisher Scientific and Blue Earth all landed FDA clearances.

Pink Sheet reporters and editors discuss CMS’s latest coverage announcement for Alzheimer’s drugs and the VA’s approach to the issue, the FDA’s new one-page patient medication information document, international convergence on COVID-19 vaccine strain selection and Novavax’s place in the vaccine toolbox going forward.

CBER’s Marks said US FDA is working with Novavax on manufacturing to allow its protein-based vaccine to be ready for a fall roll-out. After some concerns about international coordination, multiple regulators seem to be settling on a monovalent approach for fall vaccinations.