Quick Listen: Scrip’s Five Must-Know Things

28 Apr 2025

In this week's episode: 2024’s top-selling drugs; two CEOs call for higher Europe drug prices; diabetes trial win for Lilly’s orforglipron; BMS trial failure in schizophrenia; and an analysis of alliance deal-making last year.

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 global 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 25 April 2025, including: 2024’s top-selling drugs; two CEOs call for higher Europe drug prices; diabetes trial win for Lilly’s orforglipron; BMS trial failure in schizophrenia; and an analysis of alliance deal-making last year.

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