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The growth of privately-held Swiss drugmaker Ferring Pharmaceuticals in the US market has been nothing short of remarkable. 14 July 2018
Generics
Like other victims of a toxic US political environment, Obama-era FDA pick Robert Califf did not long survive the political turbulence of presidential election season. 11 July 2018
Biotechnology
Synthetic biology — a discipline derived from the convergence of biotechnology, genetic engineering, systems biology and more — is ready for its time in the sun. 2 July 2018
Pharmaceutical
Conference attendees gathered in the cavernous RAI Amsterdam convention center last week to hear the latest data from a therapy area valued at around $44 billion last year, and expected to reach over $50 billion by 2022. 22 June 2018
Biotechnology
Experts from the International Society for Cell and Gene Therapy (ISCT) told The Pharma Letter last month that the last 12 months had been the most important yet for advances in their field. 10 June 2018
Pharmaceutical
This week, cancer patients, oncologists and investors alike look ahead to the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), which kicks off in Chicago on Friday. 29 May 2018
Pharmaceutical
A report concludes that the prospect of leaving the European Union (EU) without an agreement that protects the UK’s pharmaceutical industry would be disastrous for just about everyone with a stake in the sector – from drugmakers to patients. 17 May 2018
Pharmaceutical
The progress achieved in treating huge swathes of the world’s HIV-infected population in the last 20 to 30 years might give the impression of a therapy area where few challenges remain. 8 May 2018
Pharmaceutical
Obesity is a huge problem in the developed world, and it’s getting bigger.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), people with a body mass index (BMI) above 25 are classed as overweight, and those with a BMI of 30 or above are obese. 27 April 2018
Pharmaceutical
A huge reduction in opioid prescriptions is the most striking feature of the latest report from the IQVIA Institute for Human Data Science on medicine usage and spending in the USA. 19 April 2018
Pharmaceutical
When pharma bosses talk about innovation, they are referring both to the research and development (R&D) that goes into discovering and bringing new medicines to market that offer valuable benefits for patients, and to the money that goes into paying for that work. 11 April 2018
Pharmaceutical
At first glance, the global pharmaceutical industry, often regarded as slow-moving, conservative and resistant to change, appears infertile ground for an innovation like blockchain to take hold. 3 April 2018
Pharmaceutical
Continued growth in Bayer’s Pharmaceuticals unit ensured that the German life sciences group’s 2017 financial results at least had an air of respectability about them. 13 March 2018
Biotechnology
You do not need to be an oncologist to know how important catching cancer early can be. 23 February 2018
Pharmaceutical
In recent years, a small non-profit research organization in Boston, Massachusetts, has quietly acquired a significant amount of influence over pricing negotiations in the gargantuan US market for prescription pharmaceuticals. 19 February 2018
Pharmaceutical
A couple of leaders of drug development efforts at major charities talk about why their sector has a massive role to play. 31 January 2018
Pharmaceutical
For years, China has been viewed with a mixture of excitement, optimism and suspicion by western pharmaceutical firms, with nervous investors wary of the relatively opaque political and economic environment in the country. 22 January 2018
Biotechnology
It’s impossible to imagine how many lives antibiotics have saved since penicillin was first synthesized by Alexander Fleming in 1928 - certainly tens, if not hundreds of millions. 14 December 2017
Pharmaceutical
It is the third-most common disorder in the world. In the USA, close to 38 million people suffer from it. Globally, the number is a whopping 1 billion. We are talking about migraine, also often referred to as ‘super headaches’ — a condition more prevalent than diabetes, epilepsy, and asthma combined. 11 December 2017
Generics
A look at the drug prices that are not going up, and if the industry can cope if they drop further. 24 November 2017
Biotechnology
In the run up to the 2025 annual ASCO meeting, IMUNON (Nasdaq: IMNN) is moving into a Phase III trial with its lead candidate IMNN-001. We interviewed president and chief executive Stacy Lindborg on the long path to this moment—and what may lie ahead in the evolving ovarian cancer treatment landscape. 28 May 2025
Pharmaceutical
The oncology community’s biggest gathering returns to Chicago from May 30 to June 3, and all signs suggest the 2025 ASCO Annual Meeting will be a watershed moment. 23 May 2025
Biotechnology
This week on The Pharma Letter Podcast, we’re joined by Quin Wills, co-founder and chief scientific officer of UK biotech Ochre Bio. 22 May 2025
Biotechnology
Adopting a platform approach to designing new therapies will speed the delivery of innovative genomic treatments to patients—but only if developers, regulators, and manufacturers work together to evolve the current drug development paradigm, writes Vanessa Almendro, vice president of science and technology and head of innovation at Danaher Corporation, in an Expert View piece. 19 May 2025
Pharmaceutical
Pain is good. Or finding non-opioid ways to manage it is good, if Latigo Biotherapeutics’ $150 million March fundraise is anything to go by. 19 April 2025
Pharmaceutical
The obesity drug market has experienced a seismic shift in recent years, with Novo Nordisk's Wegovy (semaglutide) and Eli Lilly's Mounjaro (tirzepatide) revolutionizing the way the condition is treated. 11 April 2025
Pharmaceutical
In this week’s podcast, we welcome Ido Peleg, CEO and Co-Founder of Yonalink, who provides insights into the current and future state of the clinical trial industry. 11 March 2025
Pharmaceutical
In this episode, we’ll take a look at the role of Japanese pharmaceutical groups in the UK, with Jackie Davis, general manager at Astellas Pharma. 24 February 2025
Biotechnology
Marking World Cancer Day 2025, this week's Executive Q&A is with Diego Santoro, General Manager & Head of International Region at Gilead and Kite Oncology. Mr Santoro outlines the company’s efforts to expand access to innovative CAR T-cell therapies in the Middle East. 8 February 2025
Biotechnology
The 90 million euros ($94 million) raised by Orbis Medicines in a series A round was not January’s biggest venture investment by a long stretch. That honor belonged to the whopping $410 million netted by UK obesity group Verdiva Bio, but what Orbis’s VC round does show is the growing interest in macrocyclics as a drug class. 6 February 2025
Pharmaceutical
A Feature on M&A, VC investment licensing and partnerships focusing on novel targets in autoimmune diseases. 4 February 2025
Pharmaceutical
Full mergers and acquisitions in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology in 2024 fluctuated throughout the year with hardly any in some months and a significant number in other. But one thing was clear – buyers were shying away from big bets on commercially ready medicines in favor of earlier stage drug developers. 3 January 2025
Pharmaceutical
For many in the life sciences, the year gone by has been marked by volatility across a range of metrics, as political and economic disruptions threaten to upend the standard operating model. 30 December 2024
Biotechnology
Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) emerged as a global hero during the COVID-19 pandemic, delivering critical medicines at unprecedented speed and saving millions of lives worldwide. 6 December 2024
Pharmaceutical
A Feature on M&A, licensing, and partnership tapping into AI’s potential to improve drug development. 2 December 2024
Biotechnology
Johnson & Johnson has made significant strides in multiple myeloma treatment, with breakthroughs in targeted therapies like CAR-T and bispecific antibodies. At the 2024 ASH meeting, J&J aims to showcase progress, with a goal of achieving a functional cure for multiple myeloma. 28 November 2024
Biotechnology
A Feature analyzing M&A, licensing and partnerships in gene editing as CRISPR therapeutics enter the market and present new opportunities for pharma growth. 15 November 2024
Pharmaceutical
Life science investors can be divided into two groups: those who bought Novo Nordisk stock before GLP-1s hit the big time, and those who wish they had. 10 November 2024
Biotechnology
Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) represent a transformative class of cancer therapy that combine the targeting ability of antibodies with the cell-killing potential of cytotoxic drugs. 15 October 2024
Pharmaceutical
F2G’s September $100m funding round provides the company with crucial funds to
renavigate approval of its lead drug, olorofim. The substantial financing also
highlights the paucity of novel antifungal products in the clinic. 3 October 2024
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