Kevin Grogan
Managing Editor
Kevin Grogan has been writing about pharmaceuticals for over twenty years in roles that have included online editor for PharmaTimes. After four years freelancing, which involved writing for all the principal titles in the sector, as well as consultancy work with major pharmaceutical companies, he joined Scrip as Managing Editor, Europe, Commercial in the summer of 2017.
Covering all aspects of the pharma industry, Kevin has interviewed pretty much all the leading figures in the sector, both in the UK and globally. A regular attendee at financial and medical conferences worldwide (and moderating at some), he has also appeared on BBC television and radio, ITV and Channel 4 to discuss events in the pharmaceutical industry.
Fluent in Spanish, he previously worked as a journalist on rock/pop music publications, was chief sub editor at the Catholic weekly newspaper The Universe and also contributed articles to the likes of The Independent and the Manchester Evening News on football.
Latest From Kevin Grogan
Sanofi Scores Clinical Win In Sixth Disease For Dupixent
The French major and partner Regeneron expect to file Dupixent for the rare skin disease next year after a Phase III trial of the blockbuster hit its primary and secondary endpoints.
Menarini And Radius Skip Into SERD Lead With Elacestrant Success
Elacestrant has become the first oral SERD to generate positive topline results in a pivotal study as a monotherapy versus standard of care for ER+/HER2- advanced or metastatic breast cancer.
Finance Watch: 2021 Biopharma VC Funding Tops Full-Year 2020 Total
Private Company Edition: The industry raised $28bn in venture capital through the third quarter, breaking the record $27.4bn raised last year. Also, big pharmas backed a start-up lab in Israel, plus mega-rounds for CinCor Pharma ($143m) and Rectify Pharmaceuticals ($100m), while Cerecin raises $40m.
BI Bets On Gene Therapy To Treat All Cystic Fibrosis Patients
Boehringer Ingelheim, the UK Cystic Fibrosis Gene Therapy Consortium and Oxford BioMedica aim to get their CFTR gene therapy into the clinic soon, confident it could offer a long-lasting option for patients with cystic fibrosis.
UCB Frustrated By FDA Failure To Inspect Facility For Psoriasis Drug
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.
AstraZeneca's Imfinzi/Tremelimumab Combo Conquers HIMALAYA
After the combination's success in the non-small cell lung cancer POSEIDON study, AstraZeneca's Imfinzi and tremelimumab could now be on the way to approval as a first-line treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma.