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PE firms Advent and Carlyle drove the biggest M&A deals in human and animal pharmaceuticals in India during 2024, a year that also saw Lupin strike deals with Eli Lilly and Boehringer Ingelheim to further its ambitions in the fast-growing diabetes space. Which segments look hot and what are the expected trends for deal making in 2025?

As India prepares to commercialize its first advanced therapies it must engage key stakeholders to ensure successful implementation. Learning from global best practices and managing pricing strategies will be crucial to maximize access, deliver high-quality outcomes, and sustain innovation through reinvestment in R&D.

Viatris’ oral finished dose manufacturing facility in Indore, India, was slapped with a US Food and Drug Administration import alert and warning letter.

Viatris has told investors it will incorporate any potential future financial impact into its soon-to-be-released 2025 guidance ranges, after the firm’s oral finished dose manufacturing facility in Indore, India, was slapped with a US Food and Drug Administration import alert and warning letter.

Boehringer Ingelheim’s sale of three diabetes brands in India, with the same composition as Jardiance, Jardiance Met and Glyxambi, to Torrent comes ahead of the expiry of the Indian patent for empagliflozin. A launch for other indications is also expected.

Boehringer Ingelheim’s sale of three diabetes brands in India, with the same composition as Jardiance, Jardiance Met and Glyxambi, to Torrent comes ahead of the expiry of the Indian patent for empagliflozin. A launch for other indications is also expected.

India continues to reform biopharma regulatory processes and widen digitization efforts. The regulator will curb "re-deliberations" at subject expert committee meetings unless applicants furnish new data.

Ahead of ASH 2024, Ichnos Glenmark Innovation’s CEO outlines to Scrip the promising profile of the alliance’s early stage trispecific versus existing bispecific antibodies in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma, including a significant overall response rate.

With most regions reporting double-digit growth in the second quarter, analysts’ opinions differ about Lupin’s future.

India is seeing a flurry of activity with big pharma either establishing or expanding their global capability centers in the country. Can these hubs reshape the contours of industry’s operating model across a range of functions and perhaps spawn a pipeline of new leaders along the way?