BIO 2021 Notebook: A Breakthrough Year For Emerging Companies?

News and views from day two of the BIO Digital annual meeting include the increasing number of small companies driving US product approvals, an update on the Reagan-Udall RWE Accelerator project and Merck & Co.'s Julie Gerberding on the need for continued HIV/AIDS research.

BIO 2021 Notebook - Day 2
BIO included updates on the Reagan-Udall RWE accelerator project and the need to put digital product data into context for stakeholders.

Emerging biopharma companies – those that are at clinical or commercial stage with less than $1bn in revenues – are driving more new drug approvals in 2021 than in the past, according to analysis by BIO.

"We potentially have the highest number of small companies driving the approvals this year," BIO VP-industry research David Thomas said during a presentation on emerging company trends on

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