A healthy total of 61 novel drugs were approved in the US in the course of 2024, but just a handful of these look certain to generate the multi-billion dollar sales that big pharma increasingly needs.
Only Half Of 2024’s Biggest Launches Belong To Big Pharma
Just a handful of big pharma approvals of 2024 are tipped to be multi-billion dollar blockbusters. Even though it is still early days for these drugs, the pull of M&A is looking increasingly strong for big pharma as more smaller firms go it alone.
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