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The Optimist Club: What Big Pharma R&D Execs are Doing to Save the Industry

 
• By Michael McCaughan

The output of pharmaceutical industry R&D is at an all-time low. But Big Pharma R&D execs say better times are coming soon. What do they know that everyone else doesn't? Optimism plays well with lots of key constituencies-including FDA, which is being spared public criticism on the state of R&D portfolios.

"I’m a romantic and an optimist," Pfizer Inc. ’s new global head of R&D, Martin Mackay, told The RPM Report’s FDA/CMS Summit for Biopharma Executives in December. That much was clear from his upbeat assessment of the state of industry pipelines. And he didn’t stop there: "This is the golden age of drug discovery."

This is the golden age? The Food & Drug Administration approved just 17 new molecular entities in 2007, the lowest...

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Ocaliva: Still No Clarity On Why EU Court Opposed Revocation Of Approval

 
• By Neena Brizmohun

Advanz Pharma would have had to show that the European Commission’s decision to revoke Ocaliva’s conditional marketing approval risked causing serious and irreparable harm, according to lawyers from Van Bael & Bellis.

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Brazil Pilots Digital Drug Pack Inserts

 
• By Francesca Bruce

A new pilot aims to take Brazil closer to ‘digital transformation.’

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Recent And Upcoming FDA Advisory Committee Meetings

 
• By Sue Sutter

Recent and upcoming US FDA advisory committee meetings and a summary of the topics covered.

UK-Wide Strategy Needed To Move Clinical Trial Diversity Plans To Next Stage

 
• By Vibha Sharma

The UK’s research-based pharma industry and medical research charities have set out clear action points to drive greater diversity and inclusion in clinical trials.

Blenrep’s Comeback Continues As England Becomes First To Fund Drug

 
• By Eliza Slawther

Blenrep, GSK’s multiple myeloma therapy, faced a major setback when it was withdrawn from the market in 2022. The drug has since made a return as a second-line therapy, and is on track to being reimbursed in England.