Daily notebook from the virtual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference: Alzheimer's rivals Roche and Lilly address their attempts at a different launch for their anti-amyloid therapies than Biogen's Aduhelm. GSK is buoyed by sotrovimab's efficacy against Omicron, BioNTech looks to the future of mRNA and Sanofi, Amgen and AbbVie defend their growth strategies. 

Daily notebook from the virtual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference: Alzheimer's rivals Roche and Lilly address their attempts at a different launch for their anti-amyloid therapies than Biogen's Aduhelm. GSK is buoyed by sotrovimab's efficacy against Omicron, BioNTech looks to the future of mRNA and Sanofi, Amgen and AbbVie defend their growth strategies. 

The emergence and rapid spread of the Omicron variant has kept COVID-19 firmly in the headlines but the biopharma industry has had plenty on its plate on top of tackling the pandemic. Scrip has taken a look back at five of the biggest non-COVID-19 story themes of 2021 in no particular order.

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