US pharma giant Pfizer has announced that Morris Birnbaum has joined the company as Chief Scientific Officer for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease Research. Dr Birnbaum will report directly to Rod MacKenzie, Group Senior Vice President and Head of PharmaTherapeutics Research & Development. 30 May 2014
The record start to 2014’s pharma M&A has been a welcome boost to a deal market that had been in the doldrums, writes Gordon Hamilton, partner and Head of Healthcare M&A at Cavendish Corporate Finance. 28 May 2014
In an interview with The Pharma Letter, immatics chief executive Paul Higham discusses the company's pipeline, its partnership with Roche and its development of immunotherapies against cancer. 27 May 2014
Mergers and acquisitions within the pharmaceutical industry are nothing new, writes Alan Cox, chief executive and founder of specialist outsourcing company Indigo Lighthouse. 27 May 2014
US-based biopharmaceutical company Nektar Therapeutics (Nasdaq: NKTR) has announced that Ivan Gergel will serve as the Company's new Senior Vice President, Drug Development & Chief Medical Officer effective immediately. 19 May 2014
US drugmaker AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) has named Michael Severino as Executive Vice President, Research and Development (R&D) and Chief Scientific Officer. 16 May 2014
US generics major Actavis (NYSE: ACT) has announced the proposed senior management team that will lead the company pending the successful close of the acquisition of Forest Laboratories, anticipated mid-year. 14 May 2014
US biotech firm Amgen has announced the appointment of Steven Galson to the position of senior vice president, Global Regulatory Affairs and Safety, effective May 19. 14 May 2014
UK-based biopharmaceutical company Ario Pharma has announced the appointment of Professor Peter Barnes and Professor Wisia Wedzicha to its Scientific Advisory Board with immediate effect. 12 May 2014
Germany’s Merck (MRK: DE) has appointed Marcus Kuhnert as Group Chief Financial Officer. Mr Kuhnert will become a member of Merck’s Executive Board with unlimited personal liability as of August 1, 2014. 9 May 2014
US-based Eleven Biotherapeutics (Nasdaq: EBIO), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing protein therapeutics to treat eye diseases, has announced the appointment of Gary Sternberg as Executive Vice President of Corporate and Business Development. 8 May 2014
Cobra Biologics is pleased to announce the appointment of Daniel Smith as Chief Scientific Officer with the responsibility of enhancing Cobra’s DNA, virus, microbial and mammalian proteins research and development platforms. 7 May 2014
Oligonucleotide therapeutics are rapidly emerging as a promising class of drugs capable of addressing a variety of genetic and complex diseases by targeting RNA sequences.1 16 September 2024
The protection of intellectual property (IP) rights of foreign pharmaceutical companies in Russia remains complex situation, according to recent statements by Konstantin Panurovsky, legal director of AstraZeneca’s Russian subsidiary, reports The Pharma Letter’s local correspondent. 13 September 2024
The Russian Ministry of Health wants to speed registration of drugs that are not localized in the Russian Federation at the time of the application submitted by domestic pharmaceutical companies, explaining such changes by "unpredictable geopolitical situation," reports The Pharma Letter’s local correspondent. 12 September 2024
NewCo, a relatively new business model that involves a joint venture (JV) between a biotech and a group of investors to bring the biotech’s promising assets to the global market, is gaining popularity among Chinese biotechs, who traditionally rely on out-licensing deals to capitalize assets, s 11 September 2024
The upcoming European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress 2024 should provide a reminder—if it were needed—of the pace of innovation in the development of new medicines for cancer. 10 September 2024
A significant drop has been noticed in the prices of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), bringing much-needed relief to the pharmaceutical industry and potentially translating to lower drug costs for consumers. 9 September 2024
Amid an explosion in investment and development milestones seen over the past decade, the age of radiopharmaceuticals as both diagnostics and as therapeutics is very much arriving. 5 September 2024
German pharma major Bayer has filed a lawsuit against the Russian drugmaker Promomed to protect the patent rights for Xarelto (rivaroxaban), its treatment for stroke prevention which is the best-selling drug in the Russian market at present, The Pharma Letter’s local correspondent reports. 2 September 2024
In a major crackdown, the Indian government has imposed an immediate ban on 156 fixed-dose combination (FDC) drugs, including commonly used antibiotics, pain relievers,and multivitamins. 27 August 2024
Russia plans to create conditions for a significant increase of domestic production of anti-Rhesus immunoglobulin drugs after a sharp decrease of their imports to the local market this year, reports The Pharma Letter’s local correspondent. 22 August 2024
Accord Healthcare might not be as well-known as certain preeminent pharma corporations in the UK and Europe, but you would struggle to find any company making a greater contribution to the production and supply of medicines across the continent. 14 August 2024
The shortage of drugs in Russia is deepening, and is currently being observed in almost 70 regions throughout the country and forcing the local state to consider ways to resume stable supplies to local market, reports The Pharma Letter’s local correspondent. 13 August 2024
US biotech major Biogen is disputing the launch of a Russian generic of Spinraza (nusinersen), a drug, which is used to treat spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), reports The Pharma Letter’s local correspondent. 7 August 2024
CytoReason’s $80 million venture round may not have been the biggest in July, but it is one of a growing number of investor bets on AI powered drug discovery this year. 7 August 2024
Domestic drugs and foreign drugs, the production of which is localized in Russia, will be given a priority when included in the list of vital and essential drugs (VED) and expensive drugs, according to a recent resolution signed by the Russian government, The Pharma Letter’s local correspondent reports. 1 August 2024