In Seeking Focus, Ipsen Turns To Specialty Pharma Model

Marc de Garidel, Ipsen’s new CEO, is re-focusing the mid-sized French group’s attention on its core commercial assets, trimming the portfolio, and narrowing down early-stage R&D. The de-risking move turns Ipsen sharply in a specialty pharma direction that may please some investors over the near-term, but which raises questions related to the future viability of Ipsen’s R&D engine.