In this week's podcast edition of Five Must-Know Things: novel BMS drug shows promise in IPF; Novo’s oral semaglutide compares well with injectable in weight loss; Teva looks to innovative brands to return to growth; US setback for Intercept’s NASH drug; and India’s improving environment for clinical trials.

Scrip overviews biopharma deal-making in 2022 and discusses the Pfizer/Seagen merger and its ramifications for the remainder of 2023, with EF Hutton analyst Mike King and Mintz attorney Matt Gardella.

In this week's podcast edition of Five Must-Know Things: US FTC takes action on Amgen’s Horizon deal; Hassan and Jimenez share their CEO experiences; Novartis lays out Cosentyx plans; generally strong fiscal year for Japan’s pharma firms; and new Tagrisso data lift AstraZeneca.

The latest China biopharma trends, including recent multimillion dollar deals by biotech firms, companies preparing for the worst as the 'capital winter' lingers, and GLP-1 agents for obesity are discussed by Brian Yang in Beijing and Dexter Yan in Shanghai in this latest Chinese-language podcast.

In this week's podcast edition of Five Must-Know Things: J&J’s Duarto on the importance of diversity; Teva’s views on its new risperidone launch; Almirall’s hopes for lebrikizumab; Biogen’s Viehbacher questions the need for spending on weight loss drugs; and Citeline’s annual R&D review looks at the current state of the global biopharma pipeline.

In this week's podcast edition of Five Must-Know Things: strong growth in blockbuster ranks in 2022; Lilly’s donanemab slow cognitive decline; FDA approves first RSV vaccine; Pfizer anticipates revenue bolus from vaccines; and Astellas buys into ophthalmology.

In this week's podcast edition of Five Must-Know Things: BMS names new CEO; Novartis culls pipeline; AstraZeneca taps Chinese innovation; Q2 approvals to look out for; and a look at deal-making trends in 2022.

COVID-19 has highlighted the need for potent, safe and effective antiviral therapies for infectious diseases and now one well-known Chinese researcher is tackling hepatitis B and D though a homegrown drug discovery approach. He talks to Scrip in this wide-ranging audio interview.