Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla led Big Pharma bonus payouts over 5 years — but he’s no Elon Musk

A recent report showed how pharma’s bonuses pale in comparison to other industries, but several execs still rake in hefty packages.

By Michael Gibney • Sept. 28, 2023

Inside Bavarian Nordic’s late-stage stumbles — and drive to become a vaccine giant

Despite recent phase 3 setbacks in RSV and COVID-19, CEO Paul Chaplin sees a promising path forward in the travel vaccine market for the Danish biotech.

By Karissa Waddick • Sept. 27, 2023

Explore the Trendline➔

Clinical trial diversity

As pharma wises up to the fact that the current playbook for improving clinical trial diversity has yet to make a meaningful impact, the quest is on to refine that approach.

By PharmaVoice staff

Do humans have a place in pharma’s AI future?

From COTA’s large datasets and AI model assistants to a company guiding patients through cancer care, AI can help — but it’s a long way from human-free.

By Michael Gibney • Sept. 26, 2023

PharmaVoice 100s: Standout execs

Leaders who’ve created unique strategies for thriving amid the heavy headwinds facing the industry.

By Meagan Parrish • Sept. 25, 2023

Elderly exclusion: Clinical trials still fall short enrolling older adults

Despite high rates of disease in older populations, systemic issues are keeping them out of research studies.

By Kelly Bilodeau • Sept. 25, 2023

For Astellas’ CMO, accelerating innovation means working at the edge of your comfort zone

Scientific discovery through new, breakthrough modalities is essential to solve current and future global health challenges – but the path is not easy nor well-defined.

Sept. 25, 2023

As the opioid crisis seethes, a long-lasting treatment could offer new ammunition

Launched this month, Brixadi from Braeburn gives patients a new tool to overcome addiction.

By Michael Gibney • Sept. 21, 2023

What happened to ivermectin?

The saga of the anti-parasitic drug continues.

By Alexandra Pecci • Sept. 20, 2023

PBMs, PhRMA trade blame over drug costs in House hearing

Pharmacy benefit manager lobby PCMA and drugmaker lobby PhRMA pointed fingers over problems in the prescription supply chain during the House committee's second PBM hearing on Tuesday.

By Rebecca Pifer • Sept. 19, 2023

The 2023 PharmaVoice 100

This year’s honorees are influential and devoted leaders lifting the pillars of the industry to new heights.

By Julia Himmel • Sept. 19, 2023

Endangered horseshoe crabs could lead the charge in pharma’s animal-free future

An effort to spare the species from blood collection is one of many ways the industry is turning away from animals for R&D.

By Kelly Bilodeau • Sept. 18, 2023

Moderna’s bold five-year plan reflects Big Pharma tradition of ‘Will they deliver?’

Forecasts from the biggest pharma companies follow a pattern of thinking big and manifesting the desired outcome.

By Michael Gibney • Sept. 15, 2023

O.G. Ice-T teams up with Sanofi in horror-themed flu vax ad

The French pharma’s latest vaccine campaign aims to raise awareness about the flu’s complications for marginalized groups. 

By Karissa Waddick • Sept. 14, 2023

Catching up with 2022 PharmaVoice 100 honorees

Tapping into our growing community for expertise and inspiration.

By Meagan Parrish • Sept. 13, 2023

A healthcare paradox: Drugs are too expensive but ‘easy’ to afford, Americans say

A new poll shows that Americans generally support several key IRA provisions, including Medicare price negotiations.

By Alexandra Pecci • Sept. 12, 2023

In advocates’ ongoing push for superbug funding, ‘$6 billion is nothing’

The PASTEUR Act is likely heading for another legislative blow, but advocates say they see a future for the mechanism to fund the battle against antimicrobial resistance.

By Karissa Waddick • Sept. 8, 2023

Pharma faces a slew of leadership shakeups

Biogen, Sanofi, Bristol Myers Squibb and more have all recently announced major executive changes.

By Karissa Waddick • Sept. 7, 2023

‘Not all rainbows and unicorns’ — a former CEO dishes on his rocky biotech ride

Armon Sharei took his startup SQZ from a graduate project at MIT to a Big Pharma partnership worth $1B+. Despite the company’s stumbles, Sharei’s enthusiasm for biotech’s future remains.

By Michael Gibney • Sept. 7, 2023

Why this scientist left Janssen to help ‘revolutionize’ small molecule drug discovery

Murray McKinnon, CSO of Empress Therapeutics, believes its drug discovery platform holds the key to treating and detecting many diseases.

By Alexandra Pecci • Sept. 6, 2023

Hope sputters for emerging anti-TIGIT drug class

Leaked data for Roche’s immunotherapy appeared positive, but some experts aren’t convinced it’ll make an impact for cancer patients.

By Kelly Bilodeau • Sept. 5, 2023

Roz Brewer announces sudden departure as CEO of Walgreens

The exec who set out to overhaul the long-time pharmacy giant offered few details on why she's stepping down.

By Meagan Parrish • Sept. 1, 2023

Lawmakers are already gunning for more dramatic drug pricing reforms

Medicare just announced its first-ever drug price negotiations and legislators are quickly pushing to broaden the program.

By Karissa Waddick • Aug. 31, 2023

Finding the right flu vaccine is hard. Getting people to take it is harder.

Experts have determined the strains of this year’s flu season — now the question is whether people are too fatigued by the pandemic to be immunized.

By Michael Gibney • Aug. 30, 2023

Medicare named the first 10 drugs up for negotiation. Now what?

The list of blockbuster cardiovascular, diabetes and cancer drugs gives the industry a window into how regulators are approaching price negotiations.

By Karissa Waddick • Aug. 30, 2023

5 of the best places to work in pharma, according to employees

Work-life balance is one major common denominator among the top-ranked pharma employers on Glassdoor.

By Alexandra Pecci • Aug. 29, 2023