Curon thinks tenalisib can offer a differentiated and safe new therapy for hematologic cancers such as multiple forms of lymphoma. Axis and PharmaEssentia team up on TCR therapy R&D in Taiwan.

The entry of tech giants Amazon and Alphabet into healthcare has the potential to disrupt the industry, but can established pharma players partner with them in the move towards a customer and data-oriented future? Panelists from Gilead, Merck KGaA, Bristol-Myers Squibb and others deliberated the question at a recent summit.

Accounting for nearly a third of the global clinical pipeline, the oncology sector is set to grow to $250bn in sales by 2024 predicts a new report, identifying five research trends driving broad changes. COVID-19 has impacted trials, with 2% having been slowed down, suspended or discontinued.

The entry of tech giants Amazon and Alphabet into healthcare has the potential to disrupt the industry, but can established pharma players partner with them in the move towards a customer and data-oriented future? Panelists from Gilead, Merck KGaA, Bristol-Myers Squibb and others deliberated the question at a recent summit.

With digital marketing initiatives becoming key to communication with health providers, COVID-19 has presented the perfect storm to place customers at the heart of content generation strategy in an industry long driven by its field force, feel executives who discussed challenges around content generation and appeal at a recent summit.

India has rolled out draft guidelines for development of vaccines with special focus on COVID-19 vaccines, drawing from those of other regulatory bodies and the WHO. Experts suggest the primary efficacy endpoint of minimum 50% is acceptable given that vaccines against respiratory diseases are difficult to develop though not necessarily enough to snuff out a pandemic.