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In today's Pharmaceutical Executive Daily, FDA quietly pauses its real-time public release of complete response letters, FDA approves Sanofi's Sarclisa Escena as the first anticancer treatment in the U.S. to be administered via an on-body injector, and AstraZeneca shares fall nearly 10 percent after its Phase III Cardio-TTRansform trial of Wainua in transthyretin-mediated amyloid cardiomyopathy fa...

In today's Pharmaceutical Executive Daily, FDA approves Ennumo, a pharma roundup covers Chemomab Therapeutics' merger with AI-enabled precision medicine company Scipher Medicine and Teva's global licensing agreement with Polpharma Biologics, and Alina Chesnokova of Cencora examines how the rise of cold chain-dependent specialty therapies is fundamentally changing how pharmaceutical manufacturers t...

In this episode of the Pharm Exec podcast, Emmanuel Frenehard, executive vice president and chief digital officer at Sanofi, shares how one of the world's largest pharma companies is moving artificial intelligence from proof-of-concept to enterprise scale by embedding AI throughout R&D, manufacturing, commercial operations, and the employee experience. Joining Mike Christel, group managing edi...

In today's Pharmaceutical Executive Daily, AlzeCure Pharma announces a collaboration with QuantumCell ApS worth more than $2.2 billion for global rights to its Neurostore platform including Alzheimer's candidate ACD856, the Medicare GLP-1 Bridge launches today, giving eligible Medicare Part D beneficiaries access to Wegovy, Foundayo, and Zepbound for a $50 monthly copay through the end of 2027, an...

In today's Pharmaceutical Executive Daily, FDA selects seven companies for its new PreCheck Pilot Program, Kirsten Whipple examines how the concept of healthspan is emerging from academic obscurity into a powerful consumer driver reshaping pharma's role in aging, and Pharmaceutical Executive speaks with Jeff Talbot of Roseman University of Health Sciences on how Las Vegas is positioning itself as...

In today's Pharmaceutical Executive Daily, a pharma M&A roundup covers Ipsen's up to $1.75 billion acquisition of Kartos Therapeutics and Zymeworks' $929 million acquisition of Theravance Biopharma, Krista Pinto of Eversana argues that fully staffed pharma field teams are still missing revenue targets because the traditional deployment model itself needs to evolve, and EMA's CHMP issues a positive...

In today's Pharmaceutical Executive Daily, Eli Lilly and Abbisko Therapeutics announce a new strategic research collaboration in which Abbisko will leverage its early-stage drug discovery platform to advance targets selected by Lilly, building on a prior partnership between the two companies, Pharmaceutical Executive speaks with Kyle Smith, president and COO of Aprecia Pharmaceuticals, on how the...

In today's Pharmaceutical Executive Daily, the FDA announces Operation TrialBlazer, a pilot program aimed at cutting early-stage clinical trial timelines by six to 12 months as the US looks to reclaim its footing in global clinical research, market access expert Manasi Salgaonkar explains why Class of Trade classification is becoming one of the hardest — and most consequential — problems in pharma...

In today's Pharmaceutical Executive Daily , AbbVie announces a $10.9 billion agreement to acquire Apogee Therapeutics, adding a suite of clinical-stage immunology assets to its portfolio, Insilico Medicine enters an AI-powered drug discovery collaboration with SK Biopharmaceuticals valued at up to $2.5 billion to advance neuroimmune treatments in the central nervous system, and Pharmaceutical Exec...

In today's Pharmaceutical Executive Daily, an FDA advisory committee votes unanimously in favor of the benefit-risk profile of Moderna's investigational mRNA-1010 seasonal influenza vaccine across both younger and older adult populations, a pharma funding roundup covers Kardigan's upsized $400 million IPO debut on Nasdaq and cAMPfield Therapeutics' $180 million Series A launch, and Pharmaceutical...

In today's Pharmaceutical Executive Daily, Biogen announces its second acquisition of 2026, a deal worth up to $1 billion for private immunology biotech RayThera, FDA approves Utebzi as the first and only oral carbapenem antibiotic for adults with complicated urinary tract infections, and FDA expands the indication for Merck's Capvaxive to include children and adolescents aged 2 through 17 with ch...

In today's Pharmaceutical Executive Daily, FDA staff release briefing documents flagging evidence gaps in Moderna's mRNA flu vaccine, a pharma roundup covers Merck's $510 million collaboration with Protillion Biosciences and Jazz Pharmaceuticals' multi-program antibody discovery deal with AbCellera, and Jack McFeely argues that behavioral and engagement insights are the missing ingredient in patie...

In today's Pharmaceutical Executive Daily, Elicio Therapeutics shares tumble after its Phase II Amplifgy-7P trial of KRAS-targeting immunotherapy ELI-002 7P misses its primary endpoint in adjuvant pancreatic cancer, FDA approves Skinvive by Juvéderm as the first and only hyaluronic acid injectable indicated to reduce neck lines, and Pharmaceutical Executive speaks with Dr. Edward Littler and Dave...

In today's Pharmaceutical Executive Daily, Boehringer Ingelheim's Brian Hilberdink argues that obesity innovation must evolve beyond the scale, a pharma regulatory roundup covers two significant FDA approvals, and Pharmaceutical Executive speaks with Raj Indupuri, CEO of eClinical Solutions, on making the ROI case for smarter clinical trials in an era of exploding trial data complexity.

In today's Pharmaceutical Executive Daily, Kardigan sets terms for a $350 million IPO that would value the cardiovascular biotech at approximately $1.3 billion, Pharmaceutical Executive speaks with Rick Winningham on building the next generation of leaders behind the pipeline, and Jazz Pharmaceuticals reports that the Phase III Lagoon trial of Zepzelca failed to meet its primary endpoint of overal...

In today's Pharmaceutical Executive Daily, Bruce Liu examines China's latest policy guidance establishing premium pricing and priority reimbursement access for truly innovative drugs, Parabilis Medicines surges more than 45 percent on its first day of trading on Nasdaq, and Pharmaceutical Executive speaks with Eli Lilly's Sarah O'Keeffe, Group Vice President of Product Research and Development, on...

In today's Pharmaceutical Executive Daily, Parabilis Medicines prices a record-breaking $670 million IPO, Swedish biotech AlzeCure Pharma enters a collaboration and out-licensing agreement with Eli Lilly for its Alzheimer's candidate, and FDA approves an every-eight-week maintenance dosing regimen for Eli Lilly's Ebglyss.

In this episode, Ron Lanton draws on insights from the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference to explain how healthcare investment is shifting from backing novel ideas to funding organizations that can scale, survive regulatory and reimbursement pressure, and embed technology into the operational infrastructure of care delivery.

In today's Pharmaceutical Executive Daily, a pharma funding roundup covers two RNA-focused biotechs that secured fresh capital, GSK announces a $10.6 billion agreement to acquire Nuvalent in its largest deal in over a decade, , and Pharmaceutical Executive speaks with David Coman, CEO of BGBx, on why the firm's rebranding from BGB reflects a broader shift in how biopharma commercialization now dem...

In today's Pharmaceutical Executive Daily, Roche and Nurix Therapeutics announce a global collaboration, a pharma M&A roundup covers three deals announced today, and Pharmaceutical Executive contributors examine how an emerging wave of biologics is signaling a new treatment era in alopecia areata beyond the established JAK inhibitor class.

In today's Pharmaceutical Executive Daily, the Supreme Court unanimously rules in favor of Hikma Pharmaceuticals in its patent dispute with Amarin over Vascepa, Pfizer licenses Chai Discovery's generative AI platform, and C.K. Wang argues that high-quality real-world data represents the most promising path forward for closing persistent gaps in ovarian cancer care.

In today's Pharmaceutical Executive Daily, Eli Lilly escalates its 340B enforcement standoff by notifying covered entities of a five-business-day window to submit required claims data or lose access to 340B pricing, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals and Inceptive Nucleics announce a three-year strategic AI collaboration worth up to $2 billion, and Anne Marie Robertson of Eversana speaks on the trends shapin...