Pharmaceutical Executive

Pharmaceutical Executive Daily: Pharm Exec Ranks Top 50 Companies of 2026

Pharmaceutical Executive releases its 2026 Top 50 company rankings, FDA grants Bristol Myers Squibb's Zenbexus accelerated approval for multiple myeloma, and PwC's Glenn Hunzinger talks the shifting economics of pharma dealmaking.

Pharmaceutical Executive Daily: 2026 Emerging Pharma Leaders Award Winners Announced

A funding roundup covers new IPO and Series A raises across Silence Therapeutics, AbCellera, Beyang Therapeutics, and Remepy, Tyler Seville of ADVI examines the policy concerns building around the 340B Drug Pricing Program, and Pharmaceutical Executive names its 2026 Emerging Pharma Leaders.

Pharmaceutical Executive Daily: Mereo BioPharma Enters Option and License Agreement with Sentynl Therapeutics

Mereo BioPharma licenses its lung disease treatment alvelestat to Sentynl Therapeutics, Krieger Scientific's Joseph Morwald examines what's driving a surge in FDA warning letters, and IQVIA's Christopher Wooden and Tom Woods make the case for persona-based HCP engagement.

Pharmaceutical Executive Daily: Executive Order Reduces Childhood Vaccine Recommendations

In today's Pharmaceutical Executive Daily, a new report finds U.S. rare disease biotech investment rebounding after FDA's Priority Review Voucher program renewal, President Trump signs an executive order narrowing the recommended childhood vaccine schedule, and BeOne Medicines and Revolution Medicines announce a multi-part oncology collaboration.

Pharmaceutical Executive Daily: Jazz Acquires Actio Bioscience

In today's Pharmaceutical Executive Daily, Jazz Pharmaceuticals agrees to acquire Actio Biosciences, Novo Nordisk, Innate Pharma, and Innovent Biologics strike a trio of new partnerships, and a Veeva executive discusses how agentic AI is surfacing HCP insights that traditional field reporting has historically missed.

Pharmaceutical Executive Daily: Amazon Pharmacy to Offer GLP-1 Delivery Service

In today's Pharmaceutical Executive Daily, Amazon Pharmacy launches a GLP-1 delivery service for eligible Medicare patients, Tarsus Pharmaceuticals agrees to acquire Alkeus Pharmaceuticals for $450 million to advance a Stargardt disease therapy, and FDA grants accelerated approval to Replimune's Tudriqev in combination with nivolumab for advanced melanoma.

Pharmaceutical Executive Daily: FDA Approves Orezeyful

In today's Pharmaceutical Executive Daily, an antitrust attorney weighs the legal risks of a hypothetical AstraZeneca-Bristol Myers Squibb merger, Eli Lilly beats Wall Street estimates on soaring Mounjaro and Zepbound sales and raises its full-year guidance, and the FDA approves Moderna's first mRNA-based flu vaccine for adults 50 and older.

Pharmaceutical Executive Daily: Source Denies AstraZeneca-Bristol Myers Squibb Merger Talks

In today's Pharmaceutical Executive Daily, a senior source denies reports of merger talks between AstraZeneca and Bristol Myers Squibb, CSPC Pharmaceutical and AstraZeneca form a joint venture for biologics manufacturing in China, and a feature examines how U.S. Patent and Trademark Office policy changes are slowing patent challenges for generic and biosimilar drugmakers.

Pharmaceutical Executive Daily: Pathos AI Enters Two lIcensing Deals

In today's Pharmaceutical Executive Daily, Pathos AI signs licensing deals with Alphamab Oncology and AstraZeneca while Curium agrees to acquire Lantheus for up to $8 billion, Sandoz agrees to a $450 million settlement with 43 U.S. states over generic drug antitrust claims, and a new analysis argues real-time data analytics are essential to managing the growing data burden in clinical trials.

Pharmaceutical Executive Daily: AstraZeneca and Bristol Myers Squibb Held Merger Talks

Pharmaceutical Executive Daily: FDA Votes 10 to 3 in Favor of Replimune's Rp1 Efficacy Data

In today's Pharmaceutical Executive Daily, FDA's advisory committee votes in favor of Replimune's RP1 efficacy data in advanced melanoma, three clinical-stage biopharmaceutical companies file for IPOs spanning cardiovascular, immune, and metabolic disease, and a new analysis examines why two-thirds of pharmaceutical product launches fail to meet expectations.

Pharmaceutical Executive Daily: Inizio Engage launches Connected Insights

In today's Pharmaceutical Executive Daily, Johnson & Johnson, Processa Pharmaceuticals, and Relation strike new deals spanning cell therapy, BTK inhibition, and AI-driven target discovery, Inizio Engage launches Connected Insights to turn medical information interactions into strategic intelligence, and a commentary argues pharma companies need to manage direct-to-patient sales as a core commercial channel rather than a side program.

Pharmaceutical Executive Daily: FDA Approves Viatris's Gwyn Lo

In today's Pharmaceutical Executive Daily, a commentary examines why fragmented software tooling causes scientific judgment to get lost across the biologics R&D pipeline, Replimune shares crash nearly 32 percent after FDA reviewers raise concerns about its melanoma therapy, and FDA approves Viatris's Gwyn Lo as a new once-weekly contraceptive patch.

The Ron Lanton Report: The Human Bottleneck

In this episode, Ron Lanton argues that healthcare's next constraint isn't capital or technology but rather people.

Pharmaceutical Executive Daily: BioMarin and n-Lorem Foundation Enter Collaboration

In today's Pharmaceutical Executive Daily, BioMarin and n-Lorem Foundation partner on the first disease-targeted therapy for the recently identified ReNU syndrome, a trio of biotech financings advance rare disease, sleep apnea, and oncology pipelines, and a Wharton professor offers career advice for MBA graduates navigating an AI-reshaped job market.

Pharmaceutical Executive Daily: FDA Approves Simtriyo

In today's Pharmaceutical Executive Daily, FDA approves Otsuka's Simtriyo as the first NDSRI treatment for ADHD, argenx agrees to acquire Forte Biosciences for approximately $2.2 billion, and an AbbVie neuroscience researcher discusses the shift from symptom management to disease modification in Parkinson's research.

Pharmaceutical Executive Daily: FDA Votes to Reduce Restrictions on Four Peptides

In today's Pharmaceutical Executive Daily, an FDA advisory panel narrowly votes to recommend easing restrictions on four unapproved peptides, a supply chain expert discusses how China's export controls are exposing vulnerabilities in the U.S. pharmaceutical supply chain, and a pharmacy benefits executive lays out a business case for more targeted employer-based GLP-1 coverage.

Pharmaceutical Executive Daily: Eli Lilly Reports Positive Results from Two Phase III Trials

In today's Pharmaceutical Executive Daily, Eli Lilly's Retatrutide delivers up to 22.6% weight loss in two new Phase III trials, a clinical trial expert discusses why the U.S. is losing trial volume to Australia and China, and a pharmacy benefits executive weighs in on why short-term cost thinking is complicating GLP-1 coverage decisions.

Pharmaceutical Executive Daily: Novo Nordisk Files Lawsuit Against Eli Lilly

In today's Pharmaceutical Executive Daily, Novo Nordisk sues Eli Lilly over GLP-1 advertising it calls misleading, President Trump announces a phased tariff plan for imported generic drugs, and a new commentary argues pharma's AI investment is missing the areas of drug discovery where it matters most.

Pharmaceutical Executive Daily: FDA Grants Emergency Use Authorization to Allplex Assay

In today's Pharmaceutical Executive Daily, FDA grants emergency use authorization for Seegene's multiplex PCR assay, a Pfizer medical lead makes the case for continued antiviral use among Covid-19 high-risk patients, and Nuvation Bio's CEO discusses the company's oncology pipeline and philosophy of developing better drugs rather than more of them.