Pharmaceutical Supply Chain

Sanofi Inks $1.9B Pharma Acquisition Deal with Kadmon Holdings

by Samantha McGrail

Sanofi recently entered into a $1.9 billion pharma acquisition deal with Kadmon Holdings to strengthen the growth of its transplant business. Under the terms of the agreement, Sanofi will continue to...

3 Use Cases for Real World Evidence in Pharma Drug Development

by Samantha McGrail

Real world evidence (RWE) in pharmaceutical drug development analyzes real world data, such as electronic health records and data from wearable devices, to complement clinical trials data. RWE...

Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Needs Reform for Transparency, Access

by Samantha McGrail

The US pharmaceutical supply chain must be remodeled to address long-standing conflicts and achieve a delivery model marked by transparency, affordability, and access to care, according to an expert...

Biden Pushes Policy Changes to Protect Pharmaceutical Supply Chain

by Samantha McGrail

The White House, the HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR), and FDA recently released policy recommendations to protect US pharmaceutical supply chains.  The...

Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Cybersecurity Risk Tops $31M Annually

by Samantha McGrail

Ransomware susceptibility for pharmaceutical manufacture supply chain tops $31 million annually, according to new research from Black Kite. Black Kite’s 2021 Ransomware Risk Pulse:...

FDA Approves G1’s Cosela to Prevent Damage from Chemotherapy

by Samantha McGrail

FDA recently approved G1 Therapeutics’ Cosela a therapy intended to reduce the frequency of chemotherapy-induced bone marrow suppression in adults for extensive-stage small-cell lung...

AbbVie, Caribou Biosciences to Develop CAR-T Cell Therapies

by Samantha McGrail

AbbVie and Caribou Biosciences recently entered into a collaboration and license agreement to research and develop chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cell therapeutics. The companies will leverage...

Pfizer Boosts Access to Cancer Treatments in Developing Countries

by Samantha McGrail

Pfizer and the IDA Foundation recently partnered to provide equitable access to quality cancer treatments in nearly 70 developing countries. Under the partnership agreement, millions of more patients...

Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Increases Outpatient Drug Costs

by Samantha McGrail

A recent PhRMA report found that the cost of provider-administered medicines is significantly inflated by various aspects in the pharmaceutical supply chain, including coinsurance, HOPDs, and hospital...

Bristol Myers Squibb Gives $53M to Support Cancer Immunotherapies

by Samantha McGrail

Bristol Myers Squibb recently announced it donated $53 million to Kyoto University to support its cancer immunotherapy research. The funds will be used to finance the construction of the main building...

FDA Approves Eli Lilly’s Combination COVID-19 Antibody Treatment

by Samantha McGrail

FDA recently issued an emergency use authorization to Eli Lilly & Company for its combination COVID-19 antibody treatment.  The authorization states that providers can administer the...

US Prescription Drug Prices 256% Higher Than Other Countries

by Samantha McGrail

A recent RAND Corporation report found that prescription drug prices in the US are significantly higher than in other nations, averaging 256 percent of those seen in 32 other countries. Notably, the...

COVAX Purchases 40M Doses of Pfizer, BioNTech’s COVID-19 Vaccine

by Samantha McGrail

Pfizer and BioNTech recently announced an advanced purchase agreement with COVAX for up to 40 million doses of its mRNA COVID-19 vaccine, BNT162b2. The first doses of the vaccine are expected to be...

Gilead, Vir Biotechnology to Evaluate Novel Therapies for HBV

by Samantha McGrail

Gilead Sciences and Vir Biotechnology recently announced that they entered into a clinical collaboration to evaluate novel therapies for chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV). Under the collaboration, the...

COVID-19, Vaccine Development Trends at JPM21

by Samantha McGrail

Every January the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference is a major event for the pharmaceutical industry, as it brings together experts from across the sector and covers important announcements from top...

First Patient Treated in Study of Biogen’s Rare Disease Drug

by Samantha McGrail

Biogen recently announced that the first patient has been treated in the global clinical study of its rare disease drug, Spinraza (nusinersen), in infants who did not respond to its gene therapy,...

Fujifilm to Invest $40M in Viral Vector Manufacturing Facility

by Samantha McGrail

Fujifilm Corporation will invest $40 million to establish a new processing facility to advance viral vector manufacturing and perform cutting-edge research in the field of advanced therapies in the...

Thermo Fisher Breaks Ground on Plasmid DNA Manufacturing Facility

by Samantha McGrail

Thermo Fisher Scientific recently announced the construction of a new cGMP plasmid DNA manufacturing facility in California to expand the company’s efforts in gene and cell therapy development,...

US Buys Extra 100M Doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine

by Samantha McGrail

The Trump Administration, through HHS and the Department of Defense (DoD), will purchase an additional 100 million doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate, mRNA-1273.  mRNA-1273 would...