A lot of commenters have been expecting that challenge to turn into more money spent by
pharma companies on biotech; but the Abbott - Piramal transaction emphasized that there's more than one way... [more]
Stewart Perry, Alison Dennis and Jonathan Brooks are mentioned in «Fieldfisher advises administrators of listed
pharma company on ground - breaking IP disposal»
Not exact matches
On average, the 30 large and small pharmaceutical and biotech
companies IDEA
Pharma examined got just 11 % of their 2017 revenue from drugs developed within the past five years, says Mike Rea, the firm's CEO and one of the most insightful people I've met — no exaggeration — when it comes to pinpointing innovation choke points in the drug industry.
-- Ahmed Albaiti, founder and CEO of Medullan, a digital health innovation
company that works with payers, providers, and
pharma on patient engagement.
Big biotech and
pharma companies are absolutely dependent
on being able to successfully innovate by partnering with and acquiring disruptive startups because of the nature of the patent cliff in pharmaceuticals.
The
company runs clinical studies
on behalf of its multinational
pharma clients in oncology, respiratory / infectious disease and central nervous system disorders.
Martin Shkreli, unaffectionately known as the «
pharma bro» — and infamous for his decision to hike the list price of Daraprim, a drug used by HIV / AIDS and cancer patients to combat infections, by more than 5,000 % in 2015 under his former
company Turing Pharmaceuticals — was convicted
on three criminal securities fraud and conspiracy charges by a Brooklyn jury
on Friday.
«
On Nasdaq, the main investors for biotech stocks are mainly U.S. funds, but, in Hong Kong, we can better tap Chinese and Asian investors as we are closer to them,» said Yang Dajun, chairman of Ascentage
Pharma, a Chinese biotech
company.
But it appears that CEO and founder Jean - Paul Clozel just isn't too keen
on selling the
company he's built, leading the U.S.
pharma giant to walk away from the negotiating table and its $ 20 billion offer.
Valeant CEO Mike Pearson said in a conference call that Medicis will strengthen the
company's place in medical dermatology and bring it to critical mass in aesthetics, a $ 12 - billion market that doesn't depend
on government health - plan reimbursement and previously did not have a significant «big
pharma» presence.
That's leaving entire areas open for the taking and Valeant — a specialty
pharma company that focuses
on dermatology, ophthalmology and over-the-counter medications — which already has a strong foothold in emerging markets is poised to fill that void.
Fortune spoke with 25 - year pharmaceutical vet Ramona Sequeira, president of Takeda's U.S. business unit since 2015,
on the challenges of adapting an international
pharma company to the U.S. healthcare and reimbursement system and the firm's America - centric business plans.
Pharma is generally proud of its diversity: A few days before the Trump enacted the ban, J&J published
on its website the story of employee Abdullah Al Hommada, who fled his native Syria for the Netherlands and now works at the
company's Janssen division.
With few competitors
on the market, the
pharma company reportedly planned
on even steeper hikes to the price, figuring that a combination of customers» insurance coverage and discounts the
company provides to patients would offset the increases.
This can set you up also for more long term reputation rehabilitation by forcing a focus
on Turing as a research and development
company — not a
pharma hedge fund hybrid.»
Today, at 2 p.m. Eastern, the President will sign the 21st Century Cures Act — approved by the Senate
on Dec. 7 by a vote of 94 - to - 5, overwhelmingly passed by the House the week before, and seemingly supported by every
pharma company, medical institution, healthcare advocate and their mothers.
And the tactic isn't all that surprising: big
pharma's return
on R&D investments has been plummeting over the last decade, and price increases are an easy way to bolster
companies» bottom lines.
The latest
pharma innovation report from Deloitte holds some pretty grim news for
pharma: returns
on R&D investments by large cap
companies slid to a mere 3.7 % in 2016, down from the 10.1 % returns seen in 2010 (although the cost of bringing a drug to market is beginning to stabilize).
By printing multiple lung airways — or any other afflicted organ — from a human patient and testing drugs
on them,
pharma companies can bypass the ethically challenged practice of testing
on animals and proceed to human clinical trials with greater confidence the drugs will actually work, according to Wadsworth.
Biotech giant Gilead Sciences is beefing up its cancer drug portfolio with a $ 11.9 billion deal to buy Kite
Pharma, a
company focused
on a groundbreaking new class of treatments that turns the body's own immune cells into targeted blood cancer killers.
Insurers have been striking deals with
pharma companies that will land them discounts
on pricey drugs if those treatments don't demonstrably improve patients» health outcomes; hospitals are penalized if they have high rates of patient readmissions.
Jazz said in a filing that it did so in response to the overall takeover environment for
pharma companies and in light of a patent litigation settlement that allows Hikma Pharmaceuticals to sell a generic version of Xyrem with Jazz receiving royalty payments
on those sales.
In its first year of business, Sun
Pharma generated more than $ 100,000 in sales, and in 1994 the
company went public
on the Bombay Stock Exchange.
The race to become the first
company with a chimeric antigen receptor T - cell (CAR - T) cancer therapy
on the market has entered its final leg, and Kite
Pharma now appears to have a big advantage.
The spirited
pharma - tech entrepreneur, known for her liberal use of the color pink and for the $ 1B sale of her female sexual health
company, is laser - focused
on helping female entrepreneurs flourish.
Pharma veteran created a
company that delivers prescription medications to you for free,
on the same day.
During an event in Manchester, New Hampshire,
on Monday, President Donald Trump asked a top executive from Adapt
Pharma Inc. to join him
on stage and handed him the microphone to talk about the
company's programs that provide free and discounted samples of its Narcan spray to schools and first responders.
The hemp bill Mitch McConnell just introduced is likely to pass and is going to give huge
pharma companies the opportunity to come in and «steal» CBD from existing producers through hemp laws categorizing the plant based
on THC levels instead of what matters: growing methods and harvested materials.
On Monday, United Therapeutics reached a deal to acquire Israel - based SteadyMed Therapeutics Inc. in a deal potentially valued at US$ 216mln, a move that eliminates a serious competitive threat to the Maryland biotech by literally pulling the speciality
pharma company into its own corner.
Large
companies (Big
Pharma) spend considerable amounts
on advertising and distribution, and often have large sales forces that promote their drugs to physicians to convince them to prescribe the drug.
Drug
companies became a favorite villain during the presidential campaign when Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders beat
on «
Pharma Bro» Martin Shkreli for raising a drug price 5,000 %.
The HHS secretary went
on to say that his agency wanted to find ways for Medicaid and Medicare to bring drug prices down by creating more resources to negotiate with
pharma companies.
While Williams built his reputation
on deals such as the merger of fertiliser giants Incitec and Pivot and more recently by advising Bega Cheese in the takeover battle of Warrnambool Cheese & Butter, he has dabbled in small
pharma companies for years.
«As a global
company on the forefront of healthcare change, Astellas is proud to once again be a part of bringing international rugby back to Chicago, a great sporting city and the headquarters for Astellas in the Americas,» said James Robinson, president, Astellas
Pharma US.
Common Cause says the Moreland Commission should open a probe to see if there's a link between around $ 5 million spent by major pharmaceutical
companies on lobbying and campaign donations to New York state politicians, and the failure to pass major consumer - friendly bills regulating Big
Pharma.
The technology is allowing basic scientists and small
companies to generate impressive libraries of molecules,
on a scale once reserved for big
pharma, and select from them the most useful compounds.
Backed by an extensive offering of premium laboratory instruments, consumables and services, the LPS division concentrates
on serving the needs of laboratories performing research and quality assurance at
pharma and biopharma
companies and
on those in academic research institutes.
The intention of the
pharma industry postdoc, he advises, should be to get the industry experience and then move
on to another
company.
Or how much a possible acquisition target is worth (just read up
on all the mergers that have been going
on lately in
pharma, and you'll understand why
companies need financial analysts «in house»).
On the plus side, Mark Citron, vice president of clinical and regulatory affairs at TyRx
Pharma in Monmouth Junction, New Jersey, a combination cardiac device manufacturer, says it's much easier for entry - level scientists to find jobs at MD&D
companies.
Focused
on the prospect of jobs at biotech and
pharma companies, many life scientists overlook MD&D — a field that, though perhaps currently less lucrative than those better known industries, is also easier to enter for early - career life scientists.
Not only are biotech
companies loosening
pharma's stronghold
on small molecules, but
pharma is, increasingly, forging biotech research alliances.
For example, if you and your fellow postdocs would like to learn about career opportunities in industry and biotech, you'll need to invite a variety of
companies focusing
on areas ranging from clinical trials to biotech start - ups to big
pharma.
Another area that big
pharma has traditionally been reluctant to get involved with is research into orphan diseases — ones that affect so few people that working
on them is not usually considered commercially viable by large
companies.
(Stern also sits
on a health and safety committee of the NFL Players Association and is a consultant to
pharma companies.
The new tests were led by Santaris
Pharma, a biotech
company in Horsholm, Denmark, focused
on developing microRNA - based therapies.
From 1997 - 2008, Joern was President and CEO of Evotec AG, where he designed many alliances with leading
pharma and biotech
companies, listed the
Company on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and NASDAQ, and managed the acquisition of LSE - listed Oxford Asymmetry and NASDAQ - listed Renovis Inc..
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He is the President and Founder of Noventia
Pharma Specialty
Pharma, a European - based
company he founded in 2009 that is focused
on the research of rare and neglected diseases.
Massimo holds a Ph.D. from the University of Milan, where he graduated with honors, and currently serves
on the boards of various
companies such as Bioakos
Pharma, Arriani International and Ariad Pharmaceuticals.