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Three short films created through…

June 10th, 2026|Fierce Pharma|

Three short films created through an Eli Lilly-sponsored initiative are premiering at the Tribeca Festival, furthering the drugmaker’s efforts to improve on-screen representations of people with diseases.

ASCO 2026 highlighted a new…

June 10th, 2026|Fierce Pharma|

ASCO 2026 highlighted a new reality: precision oncology’s future depends not only on discovery, but on translating innovation into patient care.

Novo Nordisk CEO Mike Doustdar…

June 10th, 2026|Fierce Pharma|

Novo Nordisk CEO Mike Doustdar told Fierce in an interview that he always believed the Big Pharma “did actually need to become more competitive.”

May saw a drug ad spending slump…

June 9th, 2026|Fierce Pharma|

May saw a drug ad spending slump across the majority of the top ten drug ad spenders with AbbVie's Skyrizi and RInvoq, Johnson & Johnson's Tremfya and more all decreasing their monthly TV ad spend.

Inclusion on the Pentagon’s…

June 9th, 2026|Fierce Pharma|

Inclusion on the Pentagon’s 1260H list automatically makes WuXi AppTec one of the “biotechnology companies of concern” under the Biosecure Act. WuXi AppTec maintains that its place on the list was "clearly a mistake," a

A combination of Merck’s…

June 9th, 2026|Fierce Pharma|

A combination of Merck’s islatravir and Gilead’s lenacapavir has succeeded in two phase 3 trials and is in line to become the first long-acting oral HIV treatment that can be taken weekly.

Merck & Co. and Gilead are…

June 9th, 2026|Fierce Pharma|

Merck & Co. and Gilead are pulling the plug on the phase 3 Evoke-03 trial evaluating Trodelvy, combined with Keytruda, as a first-line treatment in patients with PD-L1-high non-small cell lung cancer.

Almost two-thirds of Americans who…

June 9th, 2026|Fierce Pharma|

Almost two-thirds of Americans who have asked artificial intelligence tools for medical advice acted on the guidance without consulting a doctor, an eHealth survey of more than 1,000 people found.

The LinkedIn activities of…

June 9th, 2026|Fierce Pharma|

The LinkedIn activities of AstraZeneca employees have yet again landed the drugmaker in hot water, with the U.K. marketing watchdog identifying eight breaches of its rules in the latest of a series of cases.

With an obesity green light…

June 8th, 2026|Fierce Pharma|

With an obesity green light already in hand, Eli Lilly is pushing for its newly launched Foundayo (orforglipron) to break into Type 2 diabetes.

Eli Lilly emerged as the “clear…

June 8th, 2026|Fierce Pharma|

Eli Lilly emerged as the “clear winner from ADA,” according to RBC Capital Markets analyst Trung Hyunh, who added that “the field is getting more crowded—but Lilly is widening its lead.”

Actress Mariska Hargitay looks…

June 8th, 2026|Fierce Pharma|

Actress Mariska Hargitay looks back on her late father's multiple myeloma journey in BMS' "Investigate Myeloma" campaign, highlighting its emerging CELMoD research.

For Novo Nordisk, the launch of…

June 8th, 2026|Fierce Pharma|

For Novo Nordisk, the launch of the company’s highly anticipated Wegovy pill at the start of the year—representing the first oral GLP-1 for obesity—marked an opportunity to recapture some of the chronic weight management market

The FDA has expanded the label for…

June 8th, 2026|Fierce Pharma|

The FDA has expanded the label for Pfizer’s Hympavzi, now including patients age 6 and older who have hemophilia A or B. The new expansion covers all patients 6 and older, regardless of their inhibitor

Hikma Pharmaceuticals plans to…

June 8th, 2026|Fierce Pharma|

Hikma Pharmaceuticals plans to spend $267 million to expand a pair of manufacturing facilities in Ohio as part of the $1 billion the U.K. drugmaker committed a year ago to build out its U.S. operations.