There is momentum for Glenmark’s Ryaltris across new launch markets internationally, with FY2023 and FY2024 seen as important years for revenue scale-up. A partnered nitric oxide nasal spray for COVID-19 faces trial recruitment challenges in India but the firm hopes to be able to debut the product this year.

From the latest COVID-19 advances to the emergence of a game changer for heart failure, Scrip’s editor in chief Eleanor Malone reviews the big stories of the past three months. Safety issues around JAK inhibitors and AAV vector-based gene therapy were also to the fore, while biopharma financing continued apace.

ENA Respiratory expects its "preventive" nasal spray, which primes innate immunity against respiratory viruses including SARS-CoV-2, to play a meaningful role in protecting at-risk populations and lowering community transmission of COVID-19. It plans to explore the potential of the broad-spectrum antiviral immunomodulator in other areas, including COPD, and wider partnering opportunities.

Strong run on Indian market for Glenmark in fiscal Q1, with the company optimistic of prospects for new introductions including generic Brovana in the US, where it expects close to double-digit growth in Q2. All eyes are also on the launch timelines of a partnered nitric oxide nasal spray for COVID-19.