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In this week's podcast edition of Five Must-Know Things: did Pfizer miss out on Roivant/Roche deal?; Padcev/Keytruda combo impresses in bladder cancer at ESMO; biggest upfront ever in Daiichi/Merck deal; Rybrevant at ESMO; and subcu Leqembi could open up access.

Scrip Five Must Know Things
weekly audio roundup of selected content from Scrip's global team

Join us for an audio catch-up on the major events in the biopharma industry over the past business week, as reported by Scrip's global team, in this podcast version of Five Must-Know Things.

This episode covers insights for the business week ended 27 October 2023, including: did Pfizer Inc. miss out on...

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