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Mar 31, 2023

SPECIAL REPORT—Top 10 pharma R&D budgets in 2022


Sanofi, Regeneron's Dupixent could hit $20B in peak sales with COPD expansion: analyst


Bayer, with new leadership stepping in, deprioritizes women's health R&D


GSK plays defense after California judge approves plaintiff's expert testimony in high-stakes Zantac trial


Novartis to ride with Bicycle in radiopharmaceuticals deal that could cruise to $1.7B


FDA floats oncology authorization shake-up, pitching 'one-trial' model for accelerated and full approval


Lilly wants people with Type 2 diabetes to treat their diabetes differently with new Mounjaro campaign


J&J adds medtech head Ashley McEvoy to list of highest-paid execs with $7.4M payout in 2022


In new PD-1 showdown, GSK's Jemperli loses initial edge on Merck's Keytruda


Bluebird bio lays gene therapy launch groundwork as sickle cell application nears


Functional thymus organoids successfully grown from human stem cells

 

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Top 10 pharma R&D budgets in 2022

The latest R&D budget rankings looks a lot like the 2021 list, but Sanofi cracked the list this year and shifts in positions occurred, like Merck reaching the podium after jumping Pfizer for third place.
 

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Sanofi, Regeneron's Dupixent could hit $20B in peak sales with COPD expansion: analyst

Analysts at Evercore ISI believe a label expansion for Sanofi and Regeneron’s Dupixent in COPD would add $3.5 billion in sales, expanding the drug’s peak sales potential to more than $20 billion.

Bayer, with new leadership stepping in, deprioritizes women's health R&D

Bayer has elected to move away from early R&D work focused on women's health. The pharmaceutical company behind the birth control brand Yasmin says it will continue to work on clinical-stage assets in the field.

GSK plays defense after California judge approves plaintiff's expert testimony in high-stakes Zantac trial

After a California judge said a plaintiff's expert witnesses can testify in an upcoming trial over cancer risks on heartburn med Zantac, GSK has hit back. The British drugmaker stressed that litigation is still at an “early stage."

Novartis to ride with Bicycle in radiopharmaceuticals deal that could cruise to $1.7B

Novartis has hopped on Bicycle Therapeutics’ radio-conjugates ride with a $50 million upfront payment and a further $1.7 billion possible down the road.

FDA floats oncology authorization shake-up, pitching 'one-trial' model for accelerated and full approval

The FDA is planning to shake up its approach to the accelerated approval of oncology drugs—and wants to know what you think of its proposals. In draft guidance, the agency outlined plans to move away from single-arm studies and instead favor randomized controlled trials that can potentially serve as the basis for both accelerated and full approval.

Lilly wants people with Type 2 diabetes to treat their diabetes differently with new Mounjaro campaign

Eli Lilly has officially launched its consumer campaign for Type 2 diabetes drug Mounjaro. The first TV spot “'Diabetes Differently’ premiered on February 12 on Fox.

J&J adds medtech head Ashley McEvoy to list of highest-paid execs with $7.4M payout in 2022

For the first time in at least a decade, the head of Johnson & Johnson’s medtech division is among the company’s highest-paid executives.

In new PD-1 showdown, GSK's Jemperli loses initial edge on Merck's Keytruda

GSK and Merck provided a new opportunity to compare their PD-1 drugs side by side. After a head-to-head win last year, GSK's Jemperli this time appears to have lost its competitive edge against Merck's Keytruda.

Bluebird bio lays gene therapy launch groundwork as sickle cell application nears

While commercial revenue has yet to materialize in bluebird bio's earnings report, the company is flying high on the U.S. launches of its two new gene therapies Zynteglo and Skysona.

Functional thymus organoids successfully grown from human stem cells

Though the work is only in the proof-of-concept stage, the “mini organs” could help develop patient-specific therapies for treating thymic dysfunction.
 
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