CEO Vas Narasimhan committed to delivering compound annual growth of 4% from 2020-2026, driven by newer brands plus some pipeline assets.

Adagio Therapeutics and Gritstone bio are two companies who could add to the armamentarium against Omicron.

The firm’s sole nephrological asset has demonstrated proof of concept, helping advance the novel gene-targeted therapy into pivotal development early next year.

AviadoBio believes it can overcome barriers to making gene therapy work in neurodegenerative diseases, and its new CEO knows what it takes to make a commercial success in the field.

Phil Dormitzer has been headhunted to help GSK get up to speed in RNA and other vaccine platforms.

Total of $571m raised in China from 10 venture capital and private equity funding deals betting heavily on mRNA and targeted oncology, as well as gene and cell therapies.

Deal Snapshot: Seeking to bring a disease-modifying Parkinson’s drug to market, Novartis will team with UCB on developing and commercializing UCB0599, a Phase II oral alpha-synuclein inhibitor.

After returning to the neuroscience space in the summer through a big-money deal with Alector, GlaxoSmithKline is setting up an institute with the University of Oxford that will target neurological diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, multiple sclerosis, frontal temporal dementia, ALS and pain.

A US FDA review panel has given a lukewarm reception to molnupiravir, while Inovio is assessing its vaccine candidates against the new omicron variant, J&J nears a South African vaccine deal with Aspen, and South Korea brings in new COVID-19 measures. Meanwhile, Serum exports Novavax vaccine, Bharat looks at Covaxin in Omicron and Ocugen's Covaxin trial put on hold. 

Lengo’s preclinical LNG-451, along with Blueprint’s BLU-945 and BLU-701, could create a portfolio of therapies covering 97% of non-small cell lung cancer cases involving EGFR exon mutations.

Athenex expands its portfolio of T-cell receptor therapy technology under NCI license agreement; PDS Biotechnology accesses institute’s TARP tumor antigen technology.

Regeneron is investing heavily to advance five vaccine programs with Nykode Therapeutics, the Norwegian company formerly known as Vaccibody.

The response rate, with five complete responses, exceeds known responses to standard-of-care chemotherapy in heavily pre-treated folate receptor alpha-high patients. A US FDA filing is on track for early 2022.

The VMIC has neither confirmed or denied to Scrip a report from the Financial Times that the project, which has received many millions of taxpayer money, is about to be sold off privately, with Oxford BioMedica mentioned as a potential bidder. 

The London-based biotech is hoping to turn the dream of liver organ transplant without the need for lifelong immunosuppression into reality.

Industry leaders including Sanofi's ex-CEO and the chiefs of Sun, Lupin, Glenmark, Dr Reddy’s and Cipla discuss how India could leapfrog its pharma R&D efforts. Could the South Korea model or a hybrid approach including bringing back top talent bolster the country’s efforts to emerge as a global innovation hot spot?

Two recent licensing deals involving Chinese firms underscore the record level of agreements being inked between innovative domestic biotechs and generic drug makers, at a time when corporate valuations and geopolitical tensions have made cross-border transactions harder to grab.

From BTK inhibitors in multiple sclerosis to candidates aiding cancer cell death, Merck KGaA is focusing on its first-in-class pipeline which it expects to make a significant impact from 2025.

In this week's podcast edition of Five Must-Know Things: the prospects and plans for J&J’s pharma and oncology business; China looks more inward under new policies; an important US approval for Takeda; and Moderna’s co-founder shares tips on innovation.

The value-based procurement scheme in China is about to be implemented on insulin products and while most of Novo Nordisk's therapies were included in the tender, price cuts are going to impact global sales growth by 3% next year.

The world’s second-largest economy is fast moving away from reforms and open to a "dual circulation" model, focusing on domestic market consumption while reducing export-driven production. Executives and investors shared views at a conference on whether multinational pharma firms are still welcome in China and what opportunities may lie in the drastic policy shift.

Herceptin, Avastin and Rituxan biosimilars have achieved notable market penetration, outpacing other biosimilar launches and contributing to lower drug spending, according to a report from Amgen.

Regeneron's Eylea and Roche's Lucentis currently dominate the treatment market for wet-AMD and diabetic eye disease, but biosimilar ranibizumab and new brand launches are on the horizon.

Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly have gained a US approval for their SGLT2 inhibitor empagliflozin in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, which could be extended further in coming months to other types of heart failure, adding to the products competing in this previously neglected therapeutic area.