In this one-off podcast, hear in the inside story of how the Pharmaprojects’ Pharma R&D Annual Review 2021 is put together, its history and the trends it has revealed in R&D over the years.

In this week's podcast version of Five Must-Know Things, hear about IP waivers for coronavirus vaccines; launch records for Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine; new potential delivery routes for booster vaccines; newcomers in the BCMA-targeting field; and a snapshot of the current state of play in global pharma R&D.

In this week's podcast version of Five Must-Know Things, hear about possible new life for Tecfidera, activist investors and GSK, a new mRNA vaccine in Europe, diversity in clinical trials, and a look at last year’s drug launches.

In this week's podcast version of Five Must-Know Things, hear about adenovirus vaccines and blood clots, Lilly’s new moves in genetic diseases, the efficacy debate over Chinese COVID-19 vaccines, putting a price tag on innovation, and Sanofi’s bullishness on IL-2.

In this week's podcast version of Five Must-Know Things, hear about whether safety concerns may affect JAK inhibitors, Takeda’s strategic R&D plans, Cigna’s psoriasis insurance program, Phase III readouts to look for, and an overview of the global pharma R&D pipeline.

In this week's podcast version of Five Must-Know Things, hear about a research setback in Huntington’s, big R&D investment at Boehringer, a Pfizer divestment in China, Lilly’s biomedicines plans, and the pandemic’s impact on launches and promotion.

In this week's podcast version of Five Must-Know Things, hear about new results for Lilly in Alzheimer’s, a US delay for AbbVie, progress for Zolgensma in the UK, challenges for AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine, and a Scrip roundtable on industry lessons from the pandemic.

In this week's podcast version of Five Must-Know Things, hear about Roche's deal-making in a pandemic, coronavirus vaccine disinformation, Amgen’s Five Prime acquisition, a Novartis clinical trial failure, and new data for a Merck antiviral for the coronavirus.