Scrip's Five Must-Know Things

In this week's episode: muscling into the obesity market; AbbVie’s schizophrenia failure; Bayer will not take risky bets; generally strong Q2 for Japanese majors; and AstraZeneca juggles China and growth questions.

In this week's episode: what Trump might mean for pharma; Novo’s semaglutide hits mark in NASH; AstraZeneca leads the way in clinical trials; Viking’s weight loss data excite; and how to speed up MLR reviews.

In this week's edition: Lilly plans tirzepatide ads; Pfizer’s Bourla defends strategy; expert views from BioFuture; China retains attractions for some; and AbbVie’s Aliada acquisition.

In this week's podcast edition of Five Must-Know Things: Merck & Co’s Modifi acquisition; scenarios for new obesity drugs; Astellas gets US approval for claudin drug Vyloy; iTeos builds TIGIT lead; and execs discuss AI in clinical trials.

In this week's podcast edition of Five Must-Know Things: J&J looks to Tremfya as Stelara declines; Pfizer’s Hympavzi may find hemophilia B niche; big pharma’s cell and gene therapy realities; M&A took a holiday in Q3; and last rites for Sanofi’s RIPK1 drug.

In this week's podcast version of Five Must-Know Things: etrasimod comes through for Pfizer; PTC confident on gene therapy; could CAR-Ts roll into the community setting; the attractions of Boston for Korean bioventures; and Ukraine war may claim Sputnik casualties.

In this week's podcast version of Five Must-Know Things: a US setback for UCB; Lilly challenges Novo’s GLP franchise; Seagen searches for CEO after scandal; Hengrui hopes for US PD-1 success; and a look ahead at ASCO.