With the impending US approval of their oral blood thinner, this could be a big year for Bristol-Myers Squibb. But the other two warfarin replacements will continue to play important roles. Noah Pines sets the scene
With some of the biggest patent expiries due to pass in 2013, the next two years will be important in terms of pharma’s return to growth, says Sanford Bernstein’s Dr. Tim Anderson in a discussion with Noah Pines
BMS, Abbott HCV pill data suggest competition for Gilead
Abbott and BMS peeled back the curtain on some impressive clinical trial results, suggesting that Gilead may have some competition in the sprint for an all-oral anti-HCV treatment.
The deadly meningitis outbreak highlights the threat not only to public health, but also to the pharma industry, posed by the largely unregulated practice of pharmacy compounding.
Boehringer Ingelheim prepares to launch oncology franchise
Boehringer Ingelheim has long been associated with treatments for stroke prevention, COPD and HIV/AIDS, but not cancer. That’s about to change, if a cornucopia of 13 abstracts presented at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) is any evidence.
A Bernstein Research report shows that, essentially, “Pipeline success rates across all phases of development have been slowly worsening or at best staying flat, depending on the phase (preclinical through registration).”
With all the new and novel medicines launched the last couple of years, one would think pharma pipelines are gradually improving. Not so fast, says a new analyst report.