Swiss big pharmas top the research spending tables
Over the past decade Roche and Novartis consistently spent more on R&D than other big pharma groups, while Abbvie and Astrazeneca have added to their budgets.
Upcoming events – Novo takes aim at type 1 diabetes and Aslan wants to roar
Novo Nordisk hopes that its attempt to preserve beta cells will fare better than Caladrius’s, while Aslan tries its hand at DHODH inhibition.
US big biotechs lag in the opening quarter of the year
A look at sector share prices in the opening three months of 2019 reveals a resurgent big pharma and a strong showing from the world’s other large drug makers, with US…
AACR 2019 – Vitrakvi relapse findings justify Bayer’s interest
The Vitrakvi follow-on LOXO-195 yields results backing both the rationale behind its development and Bayer’s decision to take on full rights.
How to pay for gene therapies in developing nations
With rich countries like the US finding it hard to fund gene therapies, it is worth asking whether these projects will ever reach patients in developing countries. And if…
ACC 2019 round-up – Esperion and Amarin prepare to go it alone
As approval decisions near, further data fail to answer lingering questions about Esperion's bempedoic acid and Amarin's Vascepa.
ACC 2019 preview – Amarin and Esperion look for an edge
Amarin and Esperion get a chance to reinforce their lipid-lowering candidates, while a Bayer heart failure project gets a high-profile slot despite its discontinuation.
Bayer holds its nerve as patent cliff approaches
As pressure builds on the German group to explain how it will replace expiring blockbusters, executives lay out a preference for early-stage collaborations and insist…
Asco-GU 2019 – Bayer and Orion have their work cut out with darolutamide
Results of the prostate cancer project’s pivotal Aramis trial, already known to be positive, are presented for the first time.
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