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Jan 13, 2023

JPM23: Pfizer entering the 'most important' 18-month stretch in company history, CEO says


JPM23: Lilly has a full plate, as CMO jokes, 'we need to leave J.P. Morgan and get back to work'


JPM23: Is GSK’s 15-day accelerated approval withdrawal the new normal? Hear FDA commissioner Califf’s response


JPM23: Dexcom CEO on 'the chaos of success' and the G7 sensor's simultaneous global rollout


JPM23: Takeda taps contract manufacturer for dengue vaccine launch as it works to grow capacity


Pfizer pivots from early-stage rare disease R&D, shifting to external innovation and putting assets up for sale


Novo Nordisk, AstraZeneca and Lilly will top pharma's revenue growth in 2023: report


Baxter bids adieu to $5B kidney care division with spinout plan


With Leqembi approval in Alzheimer's disease, Eisai and Biogen plot 'meticulous' launch


BioNTech signs UK government pact to deliver cancer therapies to 10K patients by 2023


Three-drug combo leads to 'unprecedented' response in pancreatic cancer models


Pfizer CEO talks up experimental oral GLP-1 diabetes/obesity hopeful as $90B Lilly, Novo battle looms

 

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JPM23: Pfizer entering the 'most important' 18-month stretch in company history, CEO says

Pfizer was among the drugmakers most elevated by the COVID-19 pandemic, and, going forward, the pharma giant has no plans to give up on its current momentum. 
 

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JPM23: Lilly has a full plate, as CMO jokes, 'we need to leave J.P. Morgan and get back to work'

Eli Lilly’s plate is full this year, CMO says from the sidelines of the J.P. Morgan Healthcare conference, with five potential launches cooking and 10 top priorities.

JPM23: Is GSK's 15-day accelerated approval withdrawal the new normal? Hear FDA Commissioner Robert Califf's response

After GSK quickly pulled its accelerated approval for Blenrep after a confirmatory trial failure, FDA commissioner Robert Califf has weighed in on the state of the regulatory pathway.

JPM23: Dexcom CEO on 'the chaos of success' and the G7 sensor's simultaneous global rollout

SAN FRANCISCO—"There’s nothing more fun than the chaos of success." Dexcom CEO Kevin Sayer discussed the worldwide launch of the newly FDA-cleared G7 glucose monitor with Fierce Medtech at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference on Tuesday.

JPM23: Takeda taps contract manufacturer for dengue vaccine launch as it works to grow capacity

As Takeda prepares to launch its dengue vaccine after a decade in development, there are many more uncertainties than with the launch of a traditional commercial product. Nevertheless, the Japanese drugmaker is expanding its manufacturing capacity for Qdenga in anticipation of strong demand, CEO Christophe Weber said on Monday afternoon at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference.

Pfizer pivots from early-stage rare disease R&D, shifting to external innovation and putting assets up for sale

Pfizer is stepping back from early-stage rare disease R&D. After reviewing its portfolio, the Big Pharma has begun “exploring externalization opportunities for a number of highly innovative, niche programs” as part of a rethink of its approach to orphan indications.

Novo Nordisk, AstraZeneca and Lilly will top pharma's revenue growth in 2023: report

While Novo Nordisk, AstraZeneca and Eli Lilly are set to lead their pharma peers with the most top-line growth this year, Merck & Co. and Sanofi are notably absent from the projection despite major expected contributions from their star meds, a new Evaluate report shows.

Baxter bids adieu to $5B kidney care division with spinout plan

The move follows a string of major medtechs in the past year pushing their internal business units to take flight as separate companies.

With Leqembi approval in Alzheimer's disease, Eisai and Biogen plot 'meticulous' launch

Friday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration signed off on the accelerated approval of the Eisai and Biogen's antibody lecanemab in Alzheimer's disease, where it will now carry the commercial moniker Leqembi. Meanwhile, the partners are taking a cautious, "phased approach" to the launch, Eisai's U.S. CEO Ivan Cheung said in an interview.

BioNTech signs UK government pact to deliver cancer therapies to 10K patients by 2023

In a sign of BioNTech’s growing confidence and ambitions, the mRNA leader announced a deal struck directly with the U.K. government to recruit patients for trials of the German biotech’s cancer immunotherapies.

3-drug combo leads to 'unprecedented' response in pancreatic cancer models

Systematically profiling the way pancreatic cancer cells suppress the immune system led scientists to a treatment that showed long-term, disease-free survival of up to 90% in mouse models.

Pfizer CEO talks up experimental oral GLP-1 diabetes/obesity hopeful as $90B Lilly, Novo battle looms

The questions came thick and fast at this year’s J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco for Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla. Many at first focused on the pharma’s COVID-19 drug and vaccine business, but attention turned, inevitably, to what’s coming next.
 
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