10 Non-COVID News Updates To Listen For In Second Quarter Reporting

The pandemic is expected to dominate the industry's second quarter earnings calls, which kick off on 16 July, but here are 10 other topics to listen for.

Number 10 Formed By Wooden Blocks On A White Table — 10 pharma news updates to listen out for in Q2 • Source: Shutterstock

Biopharma's remarkable rush to address the global health crisis posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the impact of the virus on bottom lines, will be a central theme the upcoming second quarter sales and earnings reporting season – with investors and the public particularly keen to hear about the trajectory or commercial prospects for treatments or vaccines for COVID-19. But big pharma is a big business, and there are plenty of other updates worth listening for when second quarter earnings kick off on 16 July with Johnson & Johnson.

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