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Quick Listen: Scrip’s Five Must-Know Things

 
• By Ian Haydock

In this week's episode: key themes for JPM; 2024 launches a breakout for liver disease; obesity drug readouts this year; IgA nephropathy snapshot; and only half of 2024 launches were from big pharma.

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 10 January 2025, including: key themes for JPM; 2024 launches a breakout for liver disease; obesity drug readouts this year; IgA nephropathy snapshot; and only half of 2024 launches were from big pharma.

This and all our other podcasts are available on the Citeline channel on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, SoundCloud, TuneIn and Spotify Podcasts, and via smart speakers if one of these platforms has been set up as your default podcast provider.

Stories mentioned in this episode:

JPM 2025: Deals, Politics And Parties To Welcome A New Year For Pharma

2024 Drug Launches Reflect A Breakout Year For Liver Disease

Lilly Has The Upper Hand In Obesity In 2025 But Novo Has More Cards To Play

IgAN Market Snapshot: Growing Market, But Patient Segmentation Still A Question

Only Half Of 2024’s Biggest Launches Belong To Big Pharma

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