Torrent has reached a settlement with BMS’ Celgene over oncology blockbuster Revlimid, officials said during a Q2 call, but declined to disclose launch timelines for the generic. Meanwhile, the Indian company continues to evaluate an option to enter the injectables segment in the US as revenues slide.

The Swiss major's oncology business performed well in the third quarter with Kisqali sales catching the eye despite the specific problems that the pandemic has brought for breast cancer patients.

Boehringer Ingelheim’s Country Managing Director for India Vani Manja outlines how she expects to shape the German group’s growth trajectory in the country, while also dealing with the unexpected pre-expiry challenge to the Jardiance patent. The executive also discusses her personal career journey, learnings from her prior role in the US and gives advice to women executives seeking to move up to the higher echelons of the corporate world.

Lilly plans a head-to-head study of donanemab versus Biogen’s Aduhelm to see which clears amyloid plaque better and has begun a rolling BLA toward accelerated approval of the Alzheimer’s drug.

CEO Vas Narasimhan sees Novartis very much as an innovative company so the long-awaited strategic review of Sandoz suggests that the generics/biosimilars business could be spun off or sold fairly soon.

Biocon management signals the potential of its partnered entry with Serum Institute and Adagio Therapeutics into the communicable diseases segment. Continuing large supply opportunities for COVID-19 vaccines and prospects for boosters, alongside the promising profile of the neutralizing antibody being developed by its US-based partner, also bode well.

China has signaled that it will offer a more level playing field to foreign players as part of a bid to join a major regional trade pact but some see the gesture as offering little real relief and high hurdles remain.

The Belgian group is the latest to be hit by the FDA's difficulties in address the growing backlog of facility inspections, leaving bimekizumab in limbo in the US, despite having just been approved as Bimzelx in Europe.

The UK major is delighted with the German biotech's decision to throw in the regulatory towel with CVnCoV and concentrate on the firms' collaboration to development a second-generation COVID-19 vaccine. However, GSK is insisting that the partners look at both modified as well as unmodified mRNA approaches, a significant change of strategy for CureVac.

After being selected as an awardee of J&J’s Innovation QuickFire Challenge On Neuroscience in June, Korean bioventure BIORCHESTRA has been attracting attention from the global neuroscience community. CEO Branden Ryu talks to Scrip what makes its technology unique and how it aims to meet major unmet needs in RNA therapeutics and neurodegenerative disorders.

Q3 results show Austedo appears headed towards blockbuster status, and the company signed a collaboration with MODAG for two compounds for neurodegenerative diseases.

The Swiss major's oncology business performed well in the third quarter with Kisqali sales catching the eye despite the specific problems that the pandemic has brought for breast cancer patients.