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  • Joe Panetta
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    Q&A

    California is a life sciences leader. Joe Panetta has been one of its most vocal advocates.

    The president and CEO of Biocom California discusses the state’s strengths and weaknesses, current and emerging hubs, and the industry’s future.

    By Alexandra Pecci • Oct. 1, 2024
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    Why today’s leading pharma manufacturers are adopting proactive asset management strategies

    In recent months, high-profile drug shortages have brought pharmaceutical manufacturing operations into the spotlight.

    Sept. 30, 2024
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    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
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    Behind the rise of BMS’ Cobenfy, the first new schizophrenia drug in decades

    The FDA OK for KarXT, now known as Cobenfy, demonstrates Bristol Myers Squibb’s dealmaking prowess and marks a turning point for a new generation of treatments.

    By Kelly Bilodeau • Sept. 26, 2024
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    Roivant’s magic trick: Finding the ‘weird-shaped’ pieces around Big Pharma’s cookie cutters

    Roivant CEO Matt Gline leads the company on a unique path by placing bets on misfit drugs and technologies — and it’s working.

    By Sept. 26, 2024
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    Fresh data intensifies race for a major gene therapy target

    4D Molecular Therapeutics reported positive interim analysis in the high-potential wet AMD indication last week.

    By Sept. 25, 2024
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    Q&A // First 90 Days

    Want better cancer treatments? Make biopharma more like Silicon Valley

    Alicia Zhou brings startup bona fides to the nonprofit Cancer Research Institute to promote defragmentation of the cancer research effort.

    By Sept. 24, 2024
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    Patient access: How Novartis, Eli Lilly, and other Big Pharmas measure up

    A new report examines the patient reach efforts of 20 of the world’s largest pharma companies in low- and middle-income countries.

    By Alexandra Pecci • Sept. 23, 2024
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    What the Fed’s rate cut means for biotech

    Industry insiders hope the Fed’s decision to cut rates for the first time in years will boost biotech investment. But the long-awaited move won’t cure all that ails the sector, others cautioned.

    By Ben Fidler • Sept. 20, 2024
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    After epilepsy setback, Ovid charges confidently ahead in CNS

    A promising epilepsy drug Ovid sold to Takeda recently missed the mark in late-stage trials. But Ovid believes it has other novel mechanisms that could deliver a CNS win.

    By Sept. 20, 2024
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    At J&J, oncology R&D meets commercial strategy in a quest for new standards of care

    The disparate teams of research and commercial at J&J work closely together from the get-go.

    By Sept. 19, 2024
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    Getting IND ready — how companies can avoid common traps

    Overpromising, overcommitting and neglecting CMC are a few of the pitfalls that cause sponsors to stumble when submitting a new drug application.

    By Alexandra Pecci • Sept. 18, 2024
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    FDA inspection backlog overseas threatens new drug approvals

    The FDA’s backlog of overseas drug manufacturer inspections is still mounting — and new drugs could be delayed as a result.

    By Sept. 18, 2024
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    How a radiopharma up-and-comer builds momentum in a surging space

    Big Pharma is embracing the radiopharmaceuticals boom that was a long time in the making.

    By Sept. 17, 2024
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    Biopharma prepares to pivot from China as Biosecure Act advances

    After the House of Representatives passed the Biosecure Act last week, U.S. biotechs could be  forced to cut ties with five Chinese contract partners.

    By Sept. 16, 2024
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    The hunt for game-changers against the deadliest form of brain cancer

    Treatments for glioblastoma have fallen short in the face of difficult challenges, but the pipeline is full of renewed attempts.

    By Kelly Bilodeau • Sept. 16, 2024
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    Q&A

    How Lilly’s sustainability goals come face to face with massive growth

    Eli Lilly’s head of ESG is maintaining a focus on sustainability even as the company’s expansion plans in weight loss drive a larger footprint and more social scrutiny.

    By Sept. 12, 2024
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    3 FDA approval dates to watch in the year’s final push

    A handful of potential blockbusters are marching toward FDA review.

    By Sept. 11, 2024
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    Why pharma should redefine ‘women’s health’

    A broader approach recognizes the challenges disproportionately impacting women and could lead to better outcomes, according to Organon. 

    By Alexandra Pecci • Sept. 11, 2024
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    Deep Dive

    A decade of cancer immunotherapy: Keytruda, Opdivo and the drugs that changed oncology

    Over the past 10 years, PD1-blocking medicines have transformed cancer care. But the steady expansion of their use has slowed and, despite much trying, pharmaceutical companies have largely failed to top the drugs’ successes.

    By Jonathan Gardner • Sept. 10, 2024
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    A new way of determining a drug’s value — with health equity in mind

    Quality-adjusted life years are an important tool to frame a drug’s cost effectiveness, but they leave out other determinants of health. 

    By Sept. 10, 2024
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    Huntington’s disease R&D is regaining ground after several disappointments

    Setbacks haven’t stopped advances by biotechs and pharmas working on new drugs for the inherited brain disorder.

    By Kelly Bilodeau • Sept. 9, 2024
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    Lilly lays down $1B to be ‘first in biology’ with obesity gene therapies

    The deal, which targets metabolic diseases, is one of a few by Big Pharma to develop lncRNA therapies.

    By Sept. 9, 2024
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    What 3 layoff stories reveal about pharma’s troubles

    The factors driving the industry’s layoffs — and what could help turn the tide.

    By Sept. 6, 2024
  • Cristal Downing, chief communications and public affairs officer, executive vice president, Merck & Co.
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    Big Pharma is often media shy. Merck’s chief comms officer is hoping to change that.

    Cristal Downing is helping Merck & Co. buck pharma’s zipped-lip status quo and usher in a “new era” of openness, transparency and “overt communication.”

    By Alexandra Pecci • Sept. 5, 2024
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    A plucky biotech threatening Pfizer’s grip on the Prevnar vaccine market

    Results from Vaxcyte’s clinical pneumococcal vaccine study showed the smaller company could take on Pfizer’s legendary blockbuster.

    By Sept. 4, 2024