Meril Life Sciences comes late to aortic valves
The market for minimally invasive aortic implants is sewn up – can a tiny private group find a way in?
The next orthopaedics megamerger
The orthopaedics sector has seen several sizeable mergers over the past decade. Might it see more?
Horizon looks for a new growth driver
The company plans to make the most of its head start with the Graves’ disease project teprotumumab, which is forecast to become its biggest product.
Success still eludes pancreatic cancer pipeline
Nucana’s recent setback with Acelarin adds to the long list of pancreatic cancer failures, and a look at the late-stage pipeline shows little concrete progress.
Threats to Spinraza are mounting, but Biogen still has cards to play
Competition is looming from Novartis and Roche but the latest results from Spinraza show that Biogen still has a strong case to make for the SMA therapy.
Big hitters eye Sjögren’s syndrome white space
Orencia’s late-stage failure in Sjögren’s has dashed hopes of a therapy soon, but the mid-stage pipeline is crowded, with Novartis, Glaxosmithkline and Galapagos all…
Price fixing case caps a terrible week for generics
Shares in generics firms tumble in the wake of a huge lawsuit in the US alleging industry-wide price fixing, signalling many more years of pain for this sector.
Boehringer’s digital drive starts bearing fruit
Less than two years after setting up its BI X digital lab, Boehringer Ingelheim is ready to start clinical trials of a programme monitoring speech patterns to diagnose…
After Alzheimer’s collapse, Biogen must win Tecfidera patent challenge
A successful Mylan challenge would see generic entry within two years – though Biogen has fought off copycats before.
