EADV 2019 – Pfizer carves out a niche for abrocitinib
One of the company’s Xeljanz follow-ons is slowly emerging from stealth mode in atopic dermatitis.
US pricing watchdog spotlights an old pharma trick
Hiking the price of a drug before generics appear is a long-enshrined practice, a situation that applies to most of the products singled out by Icer.
Deal-depressed third quarter leaves nowhere to hide
Megadeals flattered the biopharma M&A scene in the first half of 2019, but the numbers took a nose dive in the third-quarter.
Europe and Asia provide a safe haven as US stocks falter
Non-US big biopharma stocks led the way in the third quarter, suggesting that those looking for investment gains would do best to search further afield.
Esmo 2019 makes for a disappointing read-across to biotech
An analysis of stock market movers during the period of this year’s Esmo congress gives biotech watchers little cause for happiness.
Vantage Esmo 2019 roundup
Parps show more promise in ovarian and prostate cancers, but Kras disappoints. Here's a round up of Vantage's coverage of the 2019 European Society for Medical…
Esmo 2019 – Glaxo’s Parp ambitions get a boost
The Prima trial delivers a convincing win for Glaxosmithkline’s Parp inhibitor Zejula, which looks to have a good chance of winning a broader label in ovarian cancer.
Esmo 2019 – too little too late for Abbvie and veliparib?
Abbvie has finally scored a win with its Parp inhibitor, but the product will struggle to make headway – assuming it will even be filed.
Esmo 2019 – Lynparza pushes Parps forward again
The Paola-1 study of Astrazeneca and Merck & Co’s Lynparza plus Avastin shows that more ovarian cancer patients can benefit from Parp inhibition, though the role of…
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