pharmaphorum
MAY 7, 2025
As NICE begins to incorporate health equity into drug reimbursement decisions, forward-looking pharmaceutical companies have a chance to lead aligning innovation with access drivers and gaining a competitive edge in a changing global landscape.
STAT
MAY 8, 2025
Philanthropist Bill Gates announced Thursday that he will wind down his massive charity in 20 years, doubling spending over that time to accelerate the work it hopes to achieve. Gates made the announcement on the 25th anniversary of the launch of the Gates Foundation, the third-largest player in international philanthropy. He said the foundation would spend $200 billion between now and 2045, when its operations will wind down.
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Pharmafile
MAY 6, 2025
Sanofi and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) have officially closed the sale of a controlling 50% stake in Opella, Sanofis consumer healthcare division, positioning Opella as a new independent leader in the global consumer health space. The deal brings Sanofi approximately 10bn in net cash proceeds. Sanofi retains a 48.2% share in Opella, with Bpifrance […] The post Sanofi and CD&R finalise Opella deal, launching global consumer healthcare giant appeared first on Pharmafile.
PharmaVoice
MAY 7, 2025
RFK Jr.’s plan to ban TV advertising may shift more marketing attention to online platforms.
Speaker: Jennifer Hill
Payroll compliance is a cornerstone of business success, yet for small and midsize businesses, it’s becoming increasingly challenging to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of federal, state, and local regulations. Mistakes can lead to costly penalties and operational disruptions, making it essential to adopt advanced solutions that ensure accuracy and efficiency.
BioPharma Dive
MAY 6, 2025
A vocal opponent of his predecessor Peter Marks, Vinay Prasad will now lead the office tasked with reviewing some genetic medicines, adding more uncertainty to an already struggling field of research.
STAT
MAY 8, 2025
As a primary care physician serving Medicaid patients, I recently witnessed a preventable hospitalization that perfectly illustrates America’s health care dysfunction. My homebound patient with heart failure needed a routine lab test to adjust their medication. While commercially insured patients can access electronic lab orders, my patient’s Medicaid plan contracted exclusively with a laboratory requiring physical forms by mail.
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PharmaVoice
MAY 5, 2025
The two obesity leaders are pulling on all levers to stay on top of the market.
Drug Patent Watch
MAY 7, 2025
"The Patent Box Tax Incentive: A Game-Changer for Pharmaceutical Innovation? As the pharmaceutical industry continues to drive groundbreaking research and development, a lesser-known tax incentive has emerged as a key catalyst for innovation. The Patent Box tax regime, introduced in the UK in 2013, has been hailed as a success in fostering a culture of R&D and entrepreneurship.
STAT
MAY 7, 2025
A federal judge has sided with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration over a decision last year to remove two Eli Lilly drugs — the Zepbound weight loss medicine and the Mounjaro diabetes treatment — from a shortages list kept by the agency. The move means that patients will no longer have access to cheaper versions from compounding pharmacies.
pharmaphorum
MAY 8, 2025
A project to use federal databases to identify the "root causes of autism" has been launched by HHS, but there are concerns about its credibility
Speaker: Simran Kaur, Founder & CEO at Tattva Health Inc.
The healthcare landscape is being revolutionized by AI and cutting-edge digital technologies, reshaping how patients receive care and interact with providers. In this webinar led by Simran Kaur, we will explore how AI-driven solutions are enhancing patient communication, improving care quality, and empowering preventive and predictive medicine. You'll also learn how AI is streamlining healthcare processes, helping providers offer more efficient, personalized care and enabling faster, data-driven
PharmaVoice
MAY 6, 2025
Chief executives at the largest drugmakers in the world are confident tariffs and pricing measures won’t be a major problem. But they’re still poised for change.
Express Pharma
MAY 4, 2025
There is growing concern that a sizable proportion of medicines in India could be unsafe for patients. For example, on April 19, 2025, CDSCO published three lists of Not of Standard Quality (NSQ) drug alerts for March 2025, spanning 131 product batches. The most common reason cited is failing the dissolution test as per IP 2022. In the recent past, pharma associations as well as many individual pharma companies have clarified the differences between various terms: spurious, NSQ and counterfeits,
STAT
MAY 6, 2025
Want to stay on top of the science and politics driving biotech today? Sign up to get our biotech newsletter in your inbox. Good morning, there’s been a lot of discussion lately about how the U.S. can stay competitive in science, biomedical innovation, and drug development. We’ve got several pieces of news relevant to that issue today.
BioPharma Dive
MAY 5, 2025
The cuts to three advanced drug programs were “inevitable” given the company’s “unsustainable cash burn,” one analyst wrote in a note to investors.
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PharmaVoice
MAY 8, 2025
With another rare disease approval under its belt, Alnylam is still revving up the R&D engines for new indications.
Express Pharma
MAY 4, 2025
Biocon Biologics has secured multiple market access agreements for Yesintek (ustekinumab-kfce), its biosimilar to Stelara (ustekinumab). The market access agreements from numerous plans represent over 100+ million lives in the United States. Express Scripts has added Yesintek to the National Preferred Formulary (NPF) effective March 21, 2025.
STAT
MAY 6, 2025
Five years ago, U.S. pharmaceutical companies didn’t license any new drugs from China. By 2024, one-third of their new compounds were coming from Chinese biotechnology firms. Why are U.S. drugmakers sending their business to China? As in many other industries, it’s so much cheaper to synthesize new compounds inside Chinese biotechnology firms once a novel biological target has been discovered in American laboratories.
BioPharma Dive
MAY 8, 2025
A version of meloxicam designed to work faster has beat out a placebo in two late-stage studies focused on post-surgical acute pain. Viatris now plans to file for approval this year.
Speaker: Chris Antypas and Josh Halladay
Access to limited distribution drugs and payer contracts are key to pharmacy expansion. But how do you prepare your operations to take the next step? Meaningful data: Collect and share clinical data regarding outcomes, utilization, and more Reporting: Limited distribution models require efficient tracking and reporting systems Workflows: Align workflows with specific pharma and payer contractual requirements For in-depth, expert insights on pharmacy expansion, watch this webinar from Inovalon.
Pharmaceutical Technology
MAY 7, 2025
Novo Nordisk has cut its sales and profits forecasts for 2025 due to lower demand in the US for blockbuster weight loss and diabetes drugs.
Express Pharma
MAY 5, 2025
T-cell immunotherapies (TCI) are redefining cancer care, with chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapies witnessing significant momentum. In 2025, just three drugs- Carvykti by Legend Biotech, Yescarta by Gilead Sciences, and Breyanzi by Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) are expected to capture over 70 per cent of the global T-cell immunotherapy market, according to GlobalData.
STAT
MAY 6, 2025
WASHINGTON — Vinay Prasad, an academic and fierce critic of the medical mainstream, will be the next director of the Food and Drug Administration center that oversees the regulation of vaccines, gene therapies, and the blood supply. Prasad, previously an epidemiology professor at the University of California, San Francisco, has sharply criticized the FDA in the past, including the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, the unit he will now lead.
PharmaTech
MAY 7, 2025
FDA chooses Dr. Vinay Prasad, MD, MPH, a hematologist-oncologist, to lead the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research at FDA.
Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson
Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.
Pharmaceutical Technology
MAY 6, 2025
The deal builds on an existing research collaboration between Eli Lilly and Alchemab to discover new ALS drugs.
Express Pharma
MAY 5, 2025
Roquette, a provider of plant-based ingredients and pharmaceutical excipients for the health and nutrition sectors, announces a new organisation following its acquisition of IFF Pharma Solutions, announced on May 1. The new organisation aims to enhance agility and customer responsiveness. Now with over 11,000 employees, 40 manufacturing sites and a network of global R&D and Innovation Centres, the company aims to expand its global footprint and the diversity of its portfolio.
STAT
MAY 5, 2025
MILAN — For more than three decades, a charity here has funded research aimed at developing medicines for genetic diseases. Recently, though, it added an unusual new role — as a gene therapy company of sorts. The charity, the Telethon Foundation, took ownership from a small biotech of a drug that has been approved in Europe to treat an ultra-rare immune disorder called ADA-SCID.
pharmaphorum
MAY 7, 2025
Various industries have welcomed news of a trade deal between the UK and India, but Britain's pharma sector isn't among them
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Pharmafile
MAY 8, 2025
A global survey by Johnson & Johnson MedTech has revealed that a majority of Europeans are willing to share their health data in exchange for more personalised care signalling growing public trust in the role of technology in healthcare. Conducted between August and September 2024, the survey gathered responses from both the general public […] The post Majority of Europeans trust technology to improve healthcare, Johnson & Johnson survey finds appeared first on Pharmafile.
Express Pharma
MAY 8, 2025
The Federation of Asian Biotech Associations (FABA), Indian Immunologicals (IIL), and Agri Biotech Foundation (ABF) jointly inaugurated a finishing school programme at the Agri Biotech Foundation campus, Rajendra Nagar, Hyderabad. This programme gap between academic learning and industry readiness in biotechnology, The programme, which will run until June 4, 2025, provides intensive, hands-on training in wet lab facilities, offering real-world experience in microbiology, molecular biology, and c
STAT
MAY 7, 2025
In January, San Francisco’s Union Square was bustling with hordes of drug developers and investors, pounding the pavement on their way from meeting to meeting. But Rohan Ganesh, an investor at the VC firm Obvious Ventures, wasn’t among them. He only agreed to hear one company’s pitch during this year’s J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference.
The Pharmacist
MAY 7, 2025
New government investment for general practice premises must ensure that pharmacists working in these settings have the facilities they need to do their job properly, the Pharmacists' Defence Association (PDA) has urged. It comes as more than 1,000 GP practices in England will be given funding from the government for quick fix estate upgrades this […] The post GP premises investment must improve pharmacist workspaces, urges PDA appeared first on The Pharmacist.
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