
Spotlight – Travere trips up but others are following in rare kidney disease
Chinook, Vertex and Dimerix are following Travere in FSGS, but several dropouts point to challenges in this disease.

Spotlight – still plenty of hopefuls in lung fibrosis
Roche’s zinpentraxin alfa is out of the running, but Bristol, Blade, Pliant and others have contenders in the mid-stage idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis pipeline.

Argenx's big bid to stay ahead
A crucial pivotal readout is approaching for the Belgian developer and Vyvgart, in a rare disease that represents the group’s riskiest move yet.

The biggest-selling pharma companies of 2023
Propelled by Covid Pfizer surges ahead, but more interest could fall on a cohort of companies driven by newcomer drugs lower down the list.

Clinical and corporate developments over the Christmas period
A decent showing for Pfizer/Roche in haemophilia sets up a rivalry with Uniqure/CSL, and a smattering of deals get done before the year end – and before JP Morgan.

When is big pharma no longer big pharma?
After a bruising few months for GSK, 17 global drug makers now have a higher market cap than the UK company.

An expensive new haemophilia gene therapy hits the US
The approval is good for CSL, and better for Uniqure.