Using its Indian back-office function to realize synergies from acquired sales and marketing assets in western Europe forms a key part of Advanz Pharma’s growth strategy.

Finding a consensus across European stakeholders on how best to recognize and reward the benefits of value added medicines is key to the sector’s success, says Arun Narayan – chairman of the value added medicines sector group at Medicines for Europe and also head of global portfolio strategy and head of European business operations at Mylan – in an exclusive interview with Generics Bulletin.

Rovi hopes by the end of this year to file a hybrid marketing authorization application in Europe for a once-a-month sustained-release injectable formulation of risperidone. A US filing is scheduled for the first half of next year.

Incentives for innovation around known molecules and new guidelines for value added medicines are needed, Medicines for Europe has insisted at the organization’s value added medicines conference in Brussels yesterday. The European off-patent industry association has called for a “pragmatic value framework” to recognize value added medicines, as well as welcoming the advent of digital health solutions.

In a bid to make better use of Amneal’s US portfolio and pipeline, the company is looking for international licensing partners, especially in Eastern Europe and China, as its new management team looks to restore growth and revive profit margins.

Accord Healthcare has secured commercial rights to Adienne’s novel lyophilized formulation of thiotepa in Europe, extending its portfolio of cancer treatments.