Citi Healthcare In Brief: Launch Trajectories Under Scrutiny

 

Vertex, Bristol Myers and Regeneron updated investors on launches underway, while Sanofi CEO Paul Hudson assured investors on the late-stage pipeline.

Executives On The Move: RVL Pharmaceuticals Gets A New Chief Growth Officer From J&J

Recent moves in the industry include C-suite and board member changes at MindImmune Therapeutics, plus Heidelberg Pharma gets a new CEO.

Vertanical Closes In On Goal To Replace Opioids For Pain

 
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If approved, VER-01 would be the first cannabinoid-based therapy for chronic low back pain.

Parexel Exec On AI: RoI, US FDA’s ‘Open Table Discussions’

 
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After AI’s magic wand status, it's now come to Google and Open AI CEOs talking of the likelihood of a bubble burst. In this interview, Parexel’s India head discusses how to view returns on such investments, the CRO’s own use cases and the US FDA’s keenness on transparency and open dialogue.


Quotables: Pharma Leaders On The Month’s Hot Topics

 

The highlights of recent comments and insights from industry executives on the key issues covered in Scrip.

Executives On The Move: Four New CEOs and Five CFOs and CMOs Among This Week’s Changes

Recent moves in the industry include changes at the top at Sonoma Biotherapeutics and Autoimmunity BioSolutions, plus Mosaic Therapeutics gets a new CSO from Karus Therapeutics.

Eye Gene Therapy Startups Scale Up As Pharma Interest Grows

 
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The CEOs of two early-stage biotechs explain to Scrip why investor interest in ocular gene therapies is surging and how they aim to attract big pharma partners.

Ovid CEO Meg Alexander Takes The Helm In Time To Harvest Growing Blooms

 
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Meg Alexander is taking the place of founder Jeremy Levin, who is transitioning to executive chair, as Ovid prepares to move lead drug OV329 into a Phase IIa epilepsy study and generate initial data for its first-in-class KCC2 direct activators.


UPDATED: Bayer Surprises With Phase III Win For Asundexian In Stroke

 
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Successful stroke data on the oral Factor XIa inhibitor represents the first Phase III success for the class and is a major boost for Bayer’s cardiovascular franchise.

When It Comes To Aligning Medical And Commercial, AI May Not Be The Answer

 

Leadership, organizational excellence and good old fashioned customer engagement could hold keys to better aligning across go-to-market groups, commercial leaders say.

Executives On The Move: AstraZeneca China Gets New VP From Sanofi

Recent moves in the industry include new CEO hires at Alpha-9 Oncology, IAMA Therapeutics and Prokarium, plus QurAlis gets a new CMO from AbbVie.

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Inside The Shift Toward Greener, Faster, Smarter Drug Manufacturing

As pressure mounts to cut costs, reduce environmental impact, and accelerate development, pharmaceutical innovators are rethinking how medicines are made. A new generation of technologies—flow chemistry, biocatalysis, high-throughput experimentation (HTE), and advanced automation—is reshaping the fu


Jefferies 25: Leo Ready To Leap Into More Deals

 
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CEO Christophe Bourdon tells Scrip that the phone is ringing as the Danish drugmaker aims to become ‘the go-to partner for anything in dermatology.’

Long-Term Benefits Advance Santhera’s Agamree As DMD Gold Standard Steroid

 
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Five-year Agamree data shows the novel steroid is a safer and equally effective treatment to standard of care deflazacort or prednisone, the Swiss biotech argues.

Medicxi Lands €500m For New Fund To Fuel Asset-Focused Biotechs

 
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Medicxi V marks the venture capital firm's biggest fund till date, raising its tally to six funds in the last decade, totaling over €2bn.

Executives On The Move: Ratio Therapeutics Gets A New CSO From Novartis

Recent moves in the industry include internal executive changes at Eli Lilly and changes the top at Tahoe Therapeutics, plus Coherus Oncology gets a new chief strategy & corporate affairs officer from Amgen.


Lilly/Novo Get Priority Reviews For Lowering Drug Prices

 

Novo Nordisk’s high-dose semaglutide for obesity and Lilly’s oral obesity candidate orforglipron were given priority review vouchers by the US Food and Drug Administration.

Executives On The Move: Six New CEOs and Four CFOs Among This Week’s Changes

Recent moves in the industry include board changes at QuiaPEG Pharmaceuticals, plus Agilent Technologies gets a new CFO from Amgen.

BIO-Europe: How Europe’s Biopharma Industry Must Respond To Rising Threats

 

There will be no return to normal for the European biopharma sector which needs to turn increasing macro-pressures into opportunities and become leaner and more efficient, experts at BIO-Europe said this week.

Compugen Keeps Faith In AstraZeneca TIGIT Alliance And PVRIG

 

New CEO, Eran Ophir, is banking on positive readouts from AstraZeneca and Arcus’s TIGIT programs soon validating its science as it pushes ahead with its immuno-oncology pipeline in a field littered with disappointments.