As Takeda pays down debt associated with the acquisition of Shire and advances R&D programs toward global filings, the company is selling its growth plan to investors – but are they buying?

Observational studies from the National Health Service show encouraging signs for the UK’s vaccination program.

Chris Boshoff, Pfizer Oncology chief development officer, said lessons from the rapid pace of the company’s COVID-19 vaccine program are being applied to elranatamab and other cancer therapies.

Depending on the therapeutic area, a fall in pharmaceutical sales was an obvious effect of the pandemic, although lower selling and marketing expenses and fewer non-COVID-19 infections were minor positives.

A round-up of the latest developments, including Celltrion’s new antibody cocktail and SK Biosience and Novavax expanding their collaboration.

With the first Revlimid generics launching in 2022, Bristol Myers Squibb’s late-stage assets are key, but earlier programs will help fill the void as Opdivo and Eliquis lose exclusivity later in the decade.

The two rival mRNA vaccines are proving attractive in the face of new variants, and could dominate once SARS-CoV2 enters the ‘endemic’ stage.

The Leeds, UK-based company is looking to the alternative route to the US stock market to fund its live biotherapeutics platform.

AstraZeneca is in pole position to open up the HIF-PH inhibitor market – but GSK has a rival in the wings.