article thumbnail

STAT+: Diagnosed with cancer, a pharmaceutical executive became a patient advocate and changed drug development. It took decades

STAT

“That she took everything she knew about the pharmaceutical industry, having been part of it, and has really built a powerful advocacy for multiple myeloma patients, is remarkable,” said Tony Coles, who was CEO of Onyx Pharmaceuticals, a myeloma-focused biotech, from 2008 to 2014.

article thumbnail

STAT+: Here’s how Insmed grows to be the next $100 billion biotech

STAT

Insmed CEO Will Lewis keeps a newspaper story from 2014 framed on the wall of his office. This is the online version of Adam’s Biotech Scorecard, a subscriber-only newsletter. STAT+ subscribers can sign up  here  to get it delivered to their inbox. The headline reads, “Insmed joins the biotech trash heap.” 

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

The Great RIF(T): One FDA Division’s Destruction and What it Could Mean for Generic Drugs

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

OGDP is one of several offices in OGD, and it was composed of three divisions: the Division of Legal and Regulatory Support, the Division of Orange Book Publication and Regulatory Assessment, and the Division of Policy Development (DPD). Leading FDAs implementationof the Drug Competition Action Plan (DCAP).

article thumbnail

New biosimilar pathways – key takeaways from the EMA’s draft reflection paper

European Pharmaceutical Review

1,2 EMA’s draft reflection paper – implications for drug developers and manufacturers The proposed tailored approach offers opportunities for developers and manufacturers. In these cases, traditional clinical trials remain indispensable for ensuring patient safety and product efficacy. European Medicines Agency.

article thumbnail

Norstella, Citeline merge to create $5bn pharma tech firm

pharmaphorum

With the merger now completed, Norstella becomes a $5 billion group with 1,500 employees across the five business brands with the overarching objective of guiding life sciences companies through the drug development process so patients can get access to therapies more quickly. Photo by Edge2Edge Media on Unsplash.

article thumbnail

FDA’s Issues Draft Guidance on Accelerated Approval: A Substantial Evidentiary and Procedural Overhaul to this High-Profile Pathway

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

Since that time, it was formalized in FDA regulations (21 CFR 314 Subpart H) in 1992, codified in the Food, Drug, & Cosmetic Act by FDAMA (21 USC 356(c)) in 1997, revised by FDASIA in 2012, and described in guidance, most importantly, in the 2014 Expedited Programs for Serious Conditions Drugs and Biologics (2014 Guidance).

article thumbnail

Why relationships are key in rare disease patient engagement

pharmaphorum

Real-world data is a vital part of rare disease drug development, but to get a true picture of patients’ unmet needs pharma should take a broader view of their lived experiences, says Xperiome’s Jeremy Edwards. He says he would like to see the industry engaging rare disease patients at every stage of drug development.