Coaching and mentoring are important tools for the leaders of today to be able to foster the next generation of talent in the biopharma sector. While the routes into industry have not changed dramatically – most leaders hold a master’s degree and/or PhD – the expectations of rising leaders have altered and the industry itself has become more collaborative. 

Reimbursement issues continued to dominate the policy sphere in Japan during the last decade, while new forms of therapy benefited from positive regulatory reforms. Meanwhile, consolidation and specialization were major threads running through the corporate sector.

Corporate consolidation and specialization were major threads running through the 2010s in Japan. Reimbursement pricing issues continued to dominate the policy sphere while new forms of therapy benefited from positive regulatory reforms.

Skyhawk continues its recent spate of deal-making, using its SkyStar platform in a deal with Genentech, which also is looking into neurology with Convelo. AbbVie buys STING specialist Mavupharma, while Recordati pays Novartis $390m for Cushing’s products.