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Rejuvenated Roche’s Pipeline Promises Innovation, Profitability

 
• By Sten Stovall

Two years after a painful restructuring to offset product setbacks and downward pressure on drug prices and three years after buying California-based biotech Genentech, Roche of Switzerland says it is fighting fit again, armed with a fully-laden pipeline and poised for new launches that increasingly focus on personalized health care.

The world's biggest supplier of modern drugs for cancer used its London Investor Day on Sept. 5 to provide an update on its recovery from darker days and outline why the Swiss company should again be regarded as the hottest generator of pharmaceutical research and development, and the leader in hi-tech diagnostics, the field that holds the key to the new era of personalized medicine.

“Our strategy remains firmly focused on innovation, on medical differentiation, on driving personalized health care by leveraging our capabilities across...

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Swissmedic Appoints Trivigno As New Agency Head From 2026

 
• By Anabel Costa-Ferreira

Vincenza Trivigno will take over as executive director from Raimund Bruhin, who is retiring after over seven years in the post.

New EFPIA President Hopes ‘Sanity Will Prevail’ In EU Pharma Reform Dialogs

 
• By Eliza Slawther

Stefan Oelrich, the newly-announced president of European pharma industry federation EFPIA says the EU pharma reform is “not an improvement on the status quo” in its current form.

Denmark Introduces First Confidential Pricing Framework For Primary Care Medicines

 
• By Francesca Bruce

Expanded confidential pricing for pharmaceuticals is intended to help manage medicines expenditure, according to Amgros, the procurement agency that will negotiate the prices.

Repurposed Drugs: EU Pharma Reform Offers Boost, But Payers ‘Must Recognize Health Gains’

 
• By Eliza Slawther

Incentives for repurposed drugs proposed as part of the EU pharma reform package are a “great step forward,” but more recognition is needed from payers and regulators to leverage the benefits of these medicines, experts say.

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New EFPIA President Hopes ‘Sanity Will Prevail’ In EU Pharma Reform Dialogs

 
• By Eliza Slawther

Stefan Oelrich, the newly-announced president of European pharma industry federation EFPIA says the EU pharma reform is “not an improvement on the status quo” in its current form.

UK Pilots Faster Setup Of Early Phase Oncology Trials

 
• By Vibha Sharma

Oncology trial sponsors in the UK are being invited to participate in a pilot that aims to tackle duplication and variation in pharmacy reviews, which are an important part of setting up clinical trials in the National Health Service.

US CDC Vaccine Committee Revives Thimerosal Debate: A Portent Of Things To Come?

 
• By Bridget Silverman

The new Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted for new recommendations on the decades-old thimerosal safety issue and lays intellectual groundwork to revisit other past controversies and decisions.