Woman of the Week: Marinus Pharmaceuticals’ Christy Shafer

The chief commercial officer shares how the company “beat the odds” to bring a rare disease drug to market.

By Taren Grom • June 7, 2023

A key to ‘winning’ in today’s market — and other trends pharma leaders are tracking

Healthcare pros share the market drivers they believe are having the biggest impact on the industry.

By Taren Grom • June 2, 2023

Woman of the Week: Mirati Therapeutics’ Laurie Stelzer

With the recent approval of Krazati, the biotech veteran is guiding Mirati into its next phase as a commercial organization.

By Taren Grom • May 31, 2023

Taking your biotech global? Here’s how you can navigate cultural norms

What’s so different about doing pharma business in the U.K. versus Japan? One of Moderna’s top brass shares her tips for navigating choppy cultural waters.

By Alexandra Pecci • May 2, 2023

5 minutes with — Parexel’s Peyton Howell

The company’s chief operating and growth officer on her personal quirks and why every pharma leader should read "Getting Naked."

By Taren Grom • April 7, 2023

A drug just launched for a disease discovered only 10 years ago

Pharming just landed an FDA approval for a treatment targeting an ultra-rare immunodeficiency disorder discovered only a decade ago — and it’s already in the hands of patients.

By Karissa Waddick • April 6, 2023

Cutting the cord — why streaming is a new frontier for pharma advertising

As streaming services proliferate, and more TV watchers buy in, there’s a new world of possibilities for DTC pharma marketing.

By Karissa Waddick • March 27, 2023

Woman of the Week: Novartis Gene Therapies’ Chris Fox

Welcome to the Woman of the Week podcast, a weekly discussion that illuminates the unique stories of women leaders who are catalyzing change throughout the life sciences industry. You can check out all our podcast episodes here. When Novartis acquired AveXis and its spinal muscular atroph...

By Taren Grom • March 15, 2023

Targeting the new ‘Golden Girls’

With unprecedented buying power, women over 50 wield a lot of influence — but are still underserved by pharma. Urovant hopes to change that with its potential blockbuster drug.

By Taren Grom • March 8, 2023

Multimillion-dollar therapies are changing how payers foot the bill

With more gene therapies headed to market, novel payment methods are emerging from regulators and academia. 

By Meagan Parrish • Feb. 28, 2023

Why patient care is a public affair

The VP of public affairs at Kyowa Kirin discusses her role in advocating for advocacy.

By Taren Grom • Feb. 23, 2023

Woman of the Week: Bristol Myers Squibb’s Ester Banque

The 30-year veteran is heading up the “transformation” of one of the pharma giant’s most important therapeutic portfolios: hematology.

By Taren Grom • Feb. 15, 2023

For Complement’s CEO, storytelling could be just as critical as data

Dr. Rafiq Hasan has his sights on bringing lessons learned at Bayer to ophthalmology-focused Complement Therapeutics.

By Alexandra Pecci • Feb. 14, 2023

Brian Fox is bringing ‘fresh eyes’ to ad agency Klick

Why the recently appointed president of commercial solutions sees near limitless potential to expand Klick’s footprint across the life sciences — and how generative AI is playing a role.

By Karissa Waddick • Feb. 13, 2023

Survey results: Social influences HCP perceptions and prescriptions

Build social strategies into marketing plans to reach HCPs with sharply focused messaging.

Feb. 13, 2023

Antitrust watchdogs have pharma in their sights, and the landscape is getting thornier

The FTC and DOJ are heightening antitrust enforcement, and pharma deals are a prime target.

By Karissa Waddick • Feb. 2, 2023

Woman of the Week: Bayer’s Dr. Yesmean Wahdan

The VP of medical affairs and women’s health is focused on an audacious goal to meet the needs of 100 million women globally.

By Taren Grom • Feb. 1, 2023

Vaxxinity eyes global COVID-19 vaccine market with ‘next-gen’ booster

The biotech aims to complete rolling submissions with regulators in the U.K. and Australia in the first half of 2023.

By Alexandra Pecci • Jan. 31, 2023

Patients are using social media — clinical trial experts can learn from that

Why an alliance of industry leaders is exploring the potential of social media as a treasure trove of real-world patient experience insights. 

By Karissa Waddick • Jan. 30, 2023

Weight loss drugs: the promise and pitfalls

GLP-1 agonists are dominating the anti-obesity scene — but hurdles remain to their uptake.

By Kelly Bilodeau • Jan. 30, 2023

Boost returns from social strategies with new channels and tactics

Emerging channels offer new ways to reach key targets and improve campaign ROI.

Jan. 30, 2023

With Twitter in flux, pharma is turning to alternative social spaces

Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter has upended the ways pharma companies communicate with doctors online. Now new social strategies are emerging.

By Karissa Waddick • Jan. 26, 2023

Gilead’s commercial chief on why 2023 will be a ‘coming out’ year

With a rapidly expanding oncology pipeline and a new approval in HIV, Johanna Mercier discusses Gilead’s quest to transform.

By Meagan Parrish • Jan. 26, 2023

Woman of the Week: Dr. Lauren Lazar

As Calcium’s medical director, Lazar is leveraging next-generation innovation to create strategic connections between science and marketing for healthcare brands.

By Taren Grom • Jan. 25, 2023

AstraZeneca’s newest asthma launch fills a gap as generics chip away at respiratory flagships

A longtime leader in the respiratory space, AstraZeneca has hammered another stake in the ground with its newest asthma treatment, Airsupra.

By Michael Gibney • Jan. 24, 2023