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The need for medications that bring relief for patients affected by migraine is enormous. 26 July 2023
Pharmaceutical
Obesity is one of the most urgent health challenges of our time. With more than half the global population estimated to be either overweight or living with obesity in the next twelve years and the cost of the condition is predicted to soar to $4.3 trillion, there is no question that innovative weight loss solutions will significantly contribute to the sustainability of the healthcare sector. 24 July 2023
Pharmaceutical
A drug shortage is defined by the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic (FD&C) Act as a period of time when the demand or projected demand for a drug in the US exceeds its supply.1 22 July 2023
Biotechnology
Following the successful development and rapid roll-out of its COVID-19 vaccine, Moderna has wasted no time in seeking to prove that it is not a one-trick pony. 21 July 2023
Biotechnology
Over the last few days, attendees of the ongoing annual meeting of the Alzheimer’s Association have been arriving in Amsterdam for what has turned out to be a particularly exciting congress. 18 July 2023
Biotechnology
At the AAIC in Amsterdam, we’re speaking with two key figures from Lilly's development program for donanemab, as the company presents new data that could help it to push ahead in the treatment of early Alzheimer's. 17 July 2023
Biotechnology
Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is an X-linked dominant disorder characterized by a broad range of clinical manifestations, including intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorder, language deficits, macroorchidism, seizures, and anxiety. 17 July 2023
Generics
As the US market prepares to go through a major upcycle following a seven-year downcycle, with numerous key indicators aligning at the same time, Indian pharmaceutical companies are waiting in the wings, poised to leverage the significant opportunity in the small molecule patented drugs segment, reports The Pharma Letter’s India correspondent. 17 July 2023
Pharmaceutical
The Russian government is considering introducing a risk-sharing mechanism for public procurement of expensive innovative drugs. 13 July 2023
Biotechnology
Eisai has broken new ground in the development of Alzheimer's treatments, gaining the first approval for decades. In the runup to AAIC 2023, we discuss progress with the deputy chief clinical officer of the firm's American business. 6 July 2023
Biosimilars
Pharmsynthez, one of Russia's leading drugmakers, is accelerating its expansion in the domestic market by investing more than 20 billion roubles ($223 million) in the building of one of Russia’s largest complexes for the production of active ingredients and finished dosage forms within the territory of the Vorotynsk Industrial Park in the Kaluga region. 4 July 2023
Pharmaceutical
Developing new drugs is a complex and expensive process with a high failure rate. In fact, only about one out of 250 preclinical compounds make it to FDA approval. With an average cost of $40,000 per patient in a phase three clinical trial, the financial impact of failure is staggering. 4 July 2023
Pharmaceutical
An analysis of recent mergers and acquisitions in the pharma sector. 3 July 2023
Pharmaceutical
An Expert View from Chris Blanchette, Novo Nordisk, Kathy Lang, PRECISIONheor, Ross Maclean, Precision Value & Health. 29 June 2023
Generics
AstraZeneca has called on the Russian Ministry of Health to change the conditions for registering prices for generics in Russia, as the current rules, according to the company, prevent original drugmakers from participating in public procurements, reports The Pharma Letter’s local correspondent. 27 June 2023
Pharmaceutical
A few days after the World Health Organization (WHO) flagged seven India-made syrups during a global investigation into contaminated medicines, India's Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya has asserted that India follows a zero-tolerance policy on spurious medicines. 23 June 2023
Pharmaceutical
CDKL5 deficiency disorder (CDD), which has an incidence of 1 in 40,000 to 60,000 newborns, is a developmental disorder caused by either the presence of a non-functional cyclin-dependent kinase-like 5 (CDKL5) protein known as serine-threonine kinase (STK9), or its complete absence.1,2 20 June 2023
Pharmaceutical
Russia is preparing for a new wave of drug prices growth this year due to a new bill, designed by the national Parliament aimed at tightening a control for the activities of domestic pharmacies, The Pharma Letter’s local correspondent reports. 20 June 2023
Biotechnology
A feature on efforts to protect patients from unscrupulous actors in the cell and gene therapy field. 16 June 2023
Biotechnology
Advanced cellular and tissue-engineered therapies offer ground-breaking opportunities for the treatment of diseases. Recent years have seen an uptick in the development and regulatory approval of revolutionary biological therapies across the globe.1 15 June 2023
Biotechnology
German biotech CatalYm has followed up a groundbreaking 2023 with an impressive 2024. 19 November 2024
Pharmaceutical
Big pharmas are not deterred by China’s increasingly complex business environment. Instead, they are changing strategies to minimize risks while continuing to benefit from China, said speakers at ChinaTrials held last week in Shanghai. 18 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
Biotechnology
This week, we discuss a novel AI-driven approach to drug development, and its potential to transform the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases. 14 November 2024
Biotechnology
An Expert View from Cumulus Oncology about its innovative business model, which is all about improving the efficiency of drug R&D. 11 November 2024
Generics
Indian drugmaker Aurobindo Pharma has taken on the might of China in terms of Penicillin G pricing, and is doing so by leveraging a fully integrated production process at its new plant. Anticipating the price erosion of Penicillin G, the company has put up an integrated plant from scratch. 10 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
Generics
Indian markets are abuzz with a singular refrain. Donald Trump's Presidency of the United States is set to open new opportunities for India, especially in the pharmaceutical sector. 8 November 2024
Biotechnology
According to UNICEF's State of the World's Children 2023 report, in Latin America
and the Caribbean, 6.8 million children did not benefit from vaccination during the
time of the pandemic and in the following two years, progress has not been as
expected either. 7 November 2024
Biotechnology
As India's bioeconomy soars to a remarkable valuation of $151 billion, the government's Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) has underscored the critical need for innovation and private sector investment to unlock further growth. 21 October 2024
Pharmaceutical
An Expert View from Nick Petschek, Managing Director EMEA, Kotter International. 18 October 2024
Pharmaceutical
Germany's Merck has spent more than 25 years researching and developing solutions for advancing multiple sclerosis (MS) care. 17 October 2024
Biotechnology
Where once the state of play in the cell and gene therapy space was mostly limited to hope and hype around what might be to come, this is increasingly being replaced by action, on-market therapies and genuine expectation of reaching patients—provided companies can avoid some of the sector’s notorious pitfalls. 16 October 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
Biotechnology
At last month’s European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV) congress in Amsterdam, Novartis presented new early and long-term Phase III data for remibrutinib in chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU). 14 October 2024
Biotechnology
India's new Biotechnology Research Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development (Bio-RIDE) scheme is a significant step towards consolidating and advancing the country's biotechnology initiative. 7 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
Pharmaceutical
Timing can be crucial in biotech, and any company that can help optimize radiopharmaceuticals to fight cancer is likely to a hot property right now, given the recent popularity of the field among investors and drugmakers. 2 October 2024
Pharmaceutical
As stakeholders in the pharmaceutical industry, we all have a responsibility to ensure life-saving treatments promptly and safely reach patients regardless of where they live. To this end, by integrating early access programs and other less conventional strategies into a company’s business model for drug distribution, patients who are suffering from life-threatening conditions can gain access to needed treatments in regions where there is a lack of drug accessibility, while at the same time offering benefits to pharmaceutical companies. 2 October 2024
Pharmaceutical
The Russian government has finalized the rules for granting preference to domestic drugs in public procurements, which will come into force in 2025. 1 October 2024
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