The number of new drugs containing new active substances approved in the EU rose significantly in 2020, underpinned by a strong showing for orphan-designated products and a string of novel medicines for cancer and infectious diseases. Notable among the new clutch of approvals was the first ever COVID-19 vaccine, Pfizer/BioNTech's Comirnaty.

Daily round-up from the virtual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference: Viatris debuts; Chi-Med charts its own path; Novo takes another go at obesity; Sangamo moves forward with CAR-Treg; Intercept readies for resubmission; and ImmunoGen is relying on a safety advantage for its ADC. 

Daily round-up from the virtual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference: Viatris debuts; Chi-Med charts its own path; Novo takes another go at obesity; Sangamo moves forward with CAR-Treg; Intercept readies for resubmission; and ImmunoGen is relying on a safety advantage for its ADC. 

Money in the bank, biotech legacies onboard, a fresh partnership, an emerging internal cell therapy pipeline and a grand vision for the broad-scale application of its technology – has Mogrify got it all? The biotech’s chief business officer, Karin Schmitt, talks to In Vivo about the group’s near- and long-term goals.