Category: Regions

August 26, 2026 Off

Ordering a vaccine that doesn’t exist?

By Dino Mustafić

Washington ordered a vaccine that doesn’t exist. Here’s what it would actually take to build it.

Trump’s MMR executive order is being covered as a political story. The more consequential question is a manufacturing one — and the answer from the only company that matters is: ten years, maybe more.

July 13, 2026 Off

Poolbeg doses first patient in its CRS prevention trial, but the real test is n=30

By Dino Mustafić

Poolbeg Pharma (AIM: POLB) said on 13 July that the first patient has been dosed in its POLB 001 TOPICAL trial, according to the company’s RNS statement, and that University College London Hospital has now also been activated as a clinical trial site, with additional sites expected to open imminently. Investor reaction will hinge less on the milestone itself — dosing a first patient is table stakes for any trial — and more on what happens over the next six to eight weeks, since interim data is still on track for late summer.