The latest global regulatory news, changes and updates affecting medical devices and technologies, including: Krishnamoorthi eyes ventilator contract; TGA fines company for failure to provide masks; U.S. PPE hoarder indicted; CAP supports Defense Production Act; South African variant in U.S.; GAO: More needs to be done to respond to COVID-19; Biden orders review of scientific-integrity policies.

Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Advanced Medtech, DNA Genotekm, Global Instrumentation, Perspectum.

Med-tech happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: Adeptrix, Ancora Heart, Avacta Group, Biovaxys Technology, Bruker, Co-Diagnostics, DNA Script, Eurofins, Global Wholehealth Partners, Imaginab, Konica Minolta, Livongo, Medovate, Moda Health, Neurolief, Neuvogen, Nirmidas, Olympus, Omniseq, Omnixon, Precipio, Quest Photonic Devices, Reliq Health Technologies, Sawai, Seqonce Biosciences, Spt Labtech, Teladoc, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Vital.

HONG KONG – Osaka, Japan-based Shionogi & Co. Ltd. has inked a license agreement with Bioage Labs Inc. that sets the stage for the Richmond, Calif.-based startup to test asapiprant, originally developed for allergic rhinitis, for the treatment of COVID-19 and age-related declines in immune function.

The latest global regulatory news, changes and updates affecting biopharma, including: Biden orders review of scientific-integrity policies; Canada to build rare disease drug strategy; South African variant in U.S..

Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Antengene, Bio-Thera, Harbour, Immunoforge, Kintor, M6P, Opko, Passage, Pfizer.

Biopharma happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: Aeterna Zentaris, Applied Genetic Technologies, Asahi, Askbio, Betterlife, Brain Neuropathy Bio, Cosmo, Cybrexa, Eli Lilly, Genocea, Hoth, Imaginab, Laboratoires Thea, Liminal, Mydecine, Neuvogen, Nevakar, Provention, Redhill, Scisparc, Therapix, Valneva.

Clinical updates, including trial initiations, enrollment status and data readouts and publications: Alkahest, Amgen, Appili, Ayala, Azurrx, Beigene, Bioinvent, Catalym, Dimerix, Evotec, Eyepoint, Follicum, Hemostemix, Immunitybio, Kura, Medicure, Omniseq, Phasebio, Prilenia, Takeda, United, Valneva, Zymeworks.

Med-tech happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: Artio Medical, CDx Diagnostics, Dexcom, Electrocore, Everside Health, Freedom Fries, Gatc Health, Heartflow, Infinitt Healthcare, Invo Bioscience, Janssen, Liquid Biosciences, Lunit, Medsential, Microbot Medical, Mymedleads, Nextech Systems, One Codex, Osteopore International, Philips, Ra Medical Systems, Soterix Medical, Spectrum, Theralink, Transnetyx, Triple Ring Technologies, Valcare Medical, Verana Health.