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Biosimilar uptake will take more than competitive pricing
This article explores what pharmaceutical companies could be doing to promote injectable biosimilar approval and consumer uptake.
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How to start up an ATMP clinical trial
Advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMPs) are medicines based on genes, tissues or cells. They offer revolutionary opportunities for the treatment of disease and injury; however, developers face a complex regulatory and developmental landscape to bring ATMPs to market. Here Magdalena Czarnecka offers guidance and advice on effectively initiating an ATMP…
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Gilead prices remdesivir at $2,340 per patient for developed countries
Gilead has announced that the potential COVID-19 drug remdesivir will cost $390 per vial for developed countries, with treatment courses costing $2,340 per patient.
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Kymab wins UK court case against Regeneron’s patent claims
The UK Supreme Court has ruled that Regeneron's patent claim regarding genetically modified mice against Kymab are invalid.
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Moderna and Catalent to collaborate on COVID-19 vaccine manufacture
Catalent's biologics facility will conduct large-scale, commercial fill-finish manufacturing of Moderna’s mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine candidate.
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Focusing on the user – improving patient adherence through packaging design
In an industry faced with numerous regulatory hurdles, the end-user experience can often be neglected. Nikki Withers spoke to two packaging design experts who discuss their approach to pharmaceutical packaging and why they always have the end user at the forefront of their minds.
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Life sciences M&A activity during the global pandemic
COVID-19 has severely disrupted the lives of many people around the world. In this article, corporate partner Theo Godfrey and competition partner Russell Hoare from the life sciences team at law firm CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP consider some issues related to COVID-19 that have impacted life sciences merger…
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Collaborating in the fight against COVID-19
The founder of Apple Steve Jobs once said, “Great things in business are never done by one person; they’re done by a team of people.” This is true now more than ever as medical device manufacturers and companies from a range of industries work together in the fight against COVID-19.…
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Epidyolex (cannabidiol) reclassified as Schedule 5 in UK, relaxing control over drug
GW Pharmaceuticals's Epidyolex (cannabidiol) has been changed from a Schedule 2 drug to a Schedule 5 drug, making it exempt from virtually all controlled drug requirements.
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bioBoaVista manufactures customised media for COVID nasal diagnostic tests using the Flexicon PF7
bioBoaVista showcases its viral transport medium, that can stabilise samples, for efficient nasal tests for the diagnosis of COVID-19.
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GSK recalls three lots of children’s cough medicine in US
GlaxoSmithKline has voluntarily recalled two lots of Children's Robitussin® Honey Cough and Chest Congestion DM and one lot of Children's Dimetapp® Cold and Cough in the US.
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Dexamethasone to be available on NHS as COVID-19 treatment
The UK government has approved dexamethasone to be available on the NHS, following clinical trials proving its efficacy at reducing the risk of death for COVID-19 patients.
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UK launches scheme to encourage development of novel antibiotics
The NHS is offering two contracts to pay pharma companies at the start of their research into antibiotics, to promote the development of new antimicrobials.
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Nine in 10 Americans concerned big pharma will use COVID-19 to raise drug prices
A survey of US adults has revealed that the majority are very or somewhat worried that big pharma will take advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic to increase the price of drugs.
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Radical innovation occurs when pharma looks outside its own world
Pharma executives are committed to bringing drugs to market to improve the lives of patients but is the industry too introspective to be truly innovative?