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India Is Running Out of Two of the World’s Most Essential Cancer Drugs
Cisplatin was first approved in 1978. Carboplatin followed in 1989. Nearly fifty years later, these drugs remain standard of care across virtually every solid tumor
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Cisplatin was first approved in 1978. Carboplatin followed in 1989. Nearly fifty years later, these drugs remain standard of care across virtually every solid tumor
Novartis is making the largest single-modality bet in pharmaceutical history on molecular glues. The company signed its second collaboration with Orionis Biosciences for up to
When Lilly acquired Ajax Therapeutics for up to $2.3 billion in April, the deal was a bet on a Phase 1 asset with no clinical
The outsourced pharmaceutical manufacturing sector is booming in aggregate, but the benefits are not evenly distributed. The Pharma Letter published an analysis showing that scale
This is the data Lilly has been building toward since Foundayo launched on April 1. The obesity approval came first. The cardiovascular safety data (ACHIEVE-4,
GSK under Luke Miels is a different company. The new CEO told us in February that oncology may offer “the most tempting targets” and that
The ADC modality is on its strongest run in history. Enhertu in early breast cancer. Datroway in first-line TNBC. sac-TMT plus Keytruda cutting progression risk
The biotech IPO wave keeps rolling. Parabilis Medicines set terms for an IPO of up to $475 million, which would rank as the year’s second-largest
CNBC put the number on it: $106 billion. That is total biotech M&A in 2026 through early June across 201 deals, putting the year on
Lilly’s 12th deal adds yet another modality to the most diversified pipeline build in pharmaceutical history. The company signed a collaboration worth up to $1.9