Sanofi's geriatric pipeline fails to freshen up
A look at the freshness of pharma's pipelines shows that Sanofi's new chief executive has his work cut out, while Lilly and Astrazeneca come up smelling of…
Novo Nordisk’s quiet entry into the year of Alzheimer’s
An upcoming study could show whether diabetes drugs like Novo’s Victoza might have an effect on slowing cognitive decline.
The sellside falls out of love with Opdivo
An analysis of the sellside’s consensus forecast changes reveals the winners and losers of 2019.
Go or no go? Enhertu’s destiny revealed and FDA decisions due for Epizyme, Novo
Enhertu gets an early thumbs up from the FDA – now decisions are due for Epizyme’s tazemetostat and Novo Nordisk's Rybelsus and Ozempic.
Cymabay is out, but for Genfit the band plays on
A day after seladelpar is canned over toxicity fears elafibranor passes a safety review, but should Genfit holders worry all the same?
Novo goes small with big Dicerna deal
Novo Nordisk takes its first step into RNA with a broad cardio-metabolic deal with Dicerna, the biggest sealed by the US biotech to date.
Why Novo Nordisk should buy Uniqure
Instead of tinkering with early-stage genome editing deals like this week's agreement with Bluebird, Novo Nordisk should make a decisive move in haemophilia.
Novo goes early to leapfrog haemophilia gene therapies
Novo Nordisk took an early step towards genome editing with yesterday’s Bluebird tie-up, and isn’t ruling out a move into conventional gene therapies.
Pricing questions remain as Novo gets the nod for oral sema
Novo Nordisk says that oral semaglutide’s list price will be “similar” to Ozempic’s, but it will be a while before its true cost becomes apparent.
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