Top news of the week: 04.10.2022.
Moderna refused China request to reveal vaccine technology, Financial Times reports
Moderna Inc has refused to hand over to China the core intellectual property behind the development of its COVID-19 vaccine, leading to a collapse in negotiations on its sale there, the ...
China Walvax's mRNA COVID vaccine obtains first approval overseas
The Indonesian food and drugs agency (BPOM) said on Thursday it has approved the emergency use of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine developed by China's Walvax Biotechnology .
Merck agrees to allow Sinopharm to sell molnupiravir COVID drug in China
Drugmaker Merck & Co said on Wednesday that it agreed to allow China's Sinopharm to distribute and import its COVID-19 antiviral molnupiravir in China if the drug is approved for use there.
Hong Kong government to further ease coronavirus measures
The Hong Kong government said on Friday it aims to ease some coronavirus curbs in an orderly way as pandemic trends in the Asia financial hub were continuing to stabilise.
This COVID-19 tracker changed how we saw the pandemic. Its creator fears it won’t be useful much longer
The creator of the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 dashboard has won the Lasker-Bloomberg Public Service Award for changing the way we view the pandemic.
Apple shifts some iPhone 14 production from China to India
Move taken against background of China’s Covid lockdowns and geopolitical tensions between Beijing and Washington
Review: U.S.-China tech fight leaves global losers
No product has played such an outsized role in shaping the global economy and the balance of military power as semiconductors. Yet for years the $556 billion industry attracted scant ...
Global environmental climate change, covid-19, and conflict threaten food security and nutrition
Sheryl L Hendriks and colleagues describe the global risks and vulnerabilities associated with health, food security, and nutrition September 2021 saw the United Nations Food Systems ...