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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 -
Lessons from COVID: Tuskegee impacts still erode trust in healthcare, but hope shines through
A long-time leader in public health and outreach to people of color, Dr. Reed Tuckson offers the lessons he learned from the COVID pandemic and how pharma can better serve those communities.
By Michael Gibney • Aug. 15, 2024 -
Explore the Trendline➔
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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.
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Pfizer’s Bourla confident in company’s obesity drug position, despite delays
The CEO noted how Pfizer's danuglipron could still be the second oral GLP-1 treatment to enter registrational tests after Lilly's orforglipron.
By Jonathan Gardner • Aug. 1, 2024 -
As the GLP-1 market booms, other healthcare companies are cashing in
With more Americans taking obesity medications, adjacent businesses are offering supportive services to offset side effects, collect data and foster new health benefits.
By Amy Baxter • July 10, 2024 -
FDA approval is just the beginning. Now Lilly’s Kisunla faces the tough Alzheimer’s market.
Recent history suggests an Alzheimer’s approval doesn’t necessarily translate to market triumph. Perhaps for Eli Lilly’s Kisunla, this time could be different.
By Michael Gibney • July 9, 2024 -
The FDA pushes concrete plans to further diversity in clinical trials
The long-awaited guidance offers a more detailed road map for pharma.
By Kelly Bilodeau • July 8, 2024 -
Ahead of its upcoming decision date, a competitor takes aim at KarXT
The FDA isn’t slated to render a decision about BMS and Karuna’s potential breakthrough schizophrenia med until September — but a biotech is already hoping to be hot on its heels.
By Kelly Bilodeau • June 25, 2024 -
Q&A
Can Moderna’s COVID-flu combo shot improve flagging vaccination rates?
A COVID and flu duo could ease manufacturing and administration, potentially driving higher vaccination rates, said Moderna’s VP of North American medical affairs.
By Michael Gibney • June 25, 2024 -
3 windows of opportunity in women’s health
Despite a recent surge of interest, the femtech and women’s health markets are far from reaching their full potential.
By Alexandra Pecci • June 21, 2024 -
NIH-funded trials fall flat on diversity goals
Many clinical trials aren’t meeting enrollment inclusion checkpoints — and some aren’t even setting targets, according to a recent OIG report.
By Amy Baxter • June 20, 2024 -
Pharma’s R&D gamble: picking pipeline winners in a risky field
How leaders from biotech, Big Pharma and the investment world know when they've found the right candidate or company to back.
By Meagan Parrish • June 7, 2024 -
A ‘widening gap’ in access to new cancer meds drives efforts from City of Hope and Bristol Myers
Cancer care is improving so quickly that receiving newer medications can be difficult — City of Hope’s wide oncology network and a 10-year commitment from Bristol Myers Squibb offer some solutions.
By Michael Gibney • June 6, 2024 -
Drug shortages, cost concerns and iffy access — how DTC and telehealth could even the playing field
Companies like UpScriptHealth led the charge with online prescriptions decades ago, and now the industry is catching on to solve some of healthcare’s most pressing issues.
By Michael Gibney • May 22, 2024 -
Opinion
The judicial microscope on abortion meds puts FDA and industry in a precarious spot
The recent SCOTUS case involving mifepristone exposes the risk of drug safety determinations by judicial fiat.
By Meg Alexander • May 9, 2024 -
Q&A
AZ oncology chief says AI can help solve cancer’s ‘ZIP code lottery’ as health disparities persist
Partnerships have been key to building the company’s AI capabilities and patient-focused R&D, said AstraZeneca’s head of U.S. oncology.
By Michael Gibney • May 8, 2024 -
Inside J&J’s strategy to de-gender clinical trials
Mark Wildgust, vice president of global medical affairs for J&J's oncology division, shares strategies for making clinical trials gender- and trans-inclusive.
By Alexandra Pecci • April 23, 2024 -
Behind the ‘encouraging’ new results for Amylyx’s beleaguered drug
Where Amylyx ultimately failed in ALS, it could prevail in a rare disease. The doctor leading this research explains why.
By Meagan Parrish • April 19, 2024 -
Deep Dive
Ukraine was pharma’s ‘darling’ of clinical trials. As war drags on, will the industry come back?
New clinical trial starts are picking back up, but are still far below their bustling pre-war level.
By Meagan Parrish • April 16, 2024 -
Where the GLP-1 weight loss market goes will depend on data
As GLP-1s expand into new disease categories, their impact could be enough to overtake leading cardiovascular drugs.
By Amy Baxter • April 15, 2024 -
3 big recent trial flops
How these clinical setbacks impacted the companies, industry and patients.
By Meagan Parrish • April 12, 2024 -
Deep Dive
Psychiatry drugs finally have pharma’s attention. Can they keep it?
Recent biotech company acquisitions have put emerging schizophrenia treatments in focus. But many development hurdles still stand in the way of new medicines for the brain.
By Jacob Bell • April 10, 2024 -
Viral return: 3 U.S. cases concerning experts
Infectious diseases that were “off the playing field” are now making a comeback.
By Meagan Parrish • April 5, 2024 -
Alnylam turns to genealogy to find rare disease patients through family trees
A vastly underdiagnosed rare disease presents a challenge to Alnylam’s commercial team, but a family health road trip has patients talking about their hereditary risk.
By Michael Gibney • March 26, 2024 -
Profile
The pharma ‘fixer’ now helping Gates MRI’s tuberculosis battle
After getting her start as a nurse, Debra Weiss worked her way up the corporate ladder and is now COO of Gates MRI, which just launched its first phase 3 trial for tuberculosis.
By Alexandra Pecci • March 22, 2024 -
Orchard sets out to sell world’s priciest gene therapy
Orchard is counting on the long-term data it’s accrued to convince insurers to cover Lenmeldy’s $4.25 million list price, the highest of any genetic medicine to come to market.
By Kristin Jensen • March 20, 2024