Jessica Merrill

Jessica Merrill

Senior Editor

Brooklyn, NY

Jessica is a senior editor, contributing most frequently to daily pharmaceutical coverage in Scrip and Pink Sheet. With a lengthy career covering the pharmaceutical sector, she specializes primarily in business and commercial news, launch strategy, M&A and market access issues.

Latest from Jessica Merrill

Trump’s MFN Executive Order More Rhetoric Than Action

The details of Trump’s latest executive order on drug pricing are vague and the president put more blame on other countries and pharma distributors than drug companies.

Q1 S&E In Brief: Tracking New Launches And Catalysts In Biopharma

Neurocrine, Madrigal and Vanda updated investors on new drug launches, while Cytokinetics talked to investors about an FDA extension for aficamten.

Building Up US Biopharma Manufacturing Will Require Investments In Talent

Workforce development will be essential to meeting president Trump’s goal to return biopharma manufacturing to the US.

Verastem Wins Approval For Novel Drug Combo In Rare Ovarian Cancer

The novel RAF/MEK inhibitor and FAK inhibitor are the first treatment approved specifically for KRAS-mutated recurrent low-grade serious ovarian cancer (LGSOC).

Pharma Industry Argues Tax, Other Incentives Better Than Tariffs

Pharmaceutical industry organizations offered alternatives to tariffs that could maintain a secure domestic supply chain in public comments filed in response to a federal 232 investigation.

Industry Makes Its Case To Trump In Effort To Sidestep Tariffs

Pharmaceutical industry organizations offered alternatives to tariffs that could maintain a secure domestic supply chain in public comments filed in response to a 232 investigation.