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The 100% rate floated in Donald…

September 26th, 2025|Fierce Pharma|

The 100% rate floated in Donald Trump’s new communique on pharmaceutical tariffs may appear steep, but the reality of the situation is likely less severe than it seems, multiple analysts wrote Friday following the president’s

Celltrion is buying an Eli Lilly…

September 26th, 2025|Fierce Pharma|

Celltrion is buying an Eli Lilly plant in the U.S. for $330 million. The FDA has declined to approve Lundbeck and Otsuka's Rexulti in PTSD. Hengrui Pharma has out-licensed certain rights to its HER2 ADC

Serial entrepreneur Robert…

September 26th, 2025|Fierce Pharma|

Serial entrepreneur Robert Wessman, who has had a golden touch creating, acquiring and spinning off companies that primarily sell generic drugs, has brought together two of his fastest-growing enterprises as Lotus Pharmaceuticals has acquired a 100%

Eli Lilly has won the second FDA…

September 25th, 2025|Fierce Pharma|

Eli Lilly has won the second FDA approval for an oral selective estrogen receptor degrader (SERD), albeit in a confined breast cancer indication like Menarini's drug before it.

At Fierce Pharma Week in…

September 25th, 2025|Fierce Pharma|

At Fierce Pharma Week in Philadelphia, Veeva’s Anthony Billinger, Senior Director of Compass Strategy, emphasized the challenges drugmakers face in bringing new products to market, pointing to a persistent gap between forecasts and results. Studies

The FDA on Thursday signed off on…

September 25th, 2025|Fierce Pharma|

The FDA on Thursday signed off on Crinetics’ paltusotine—now christened Palsonify—as a first-line treatment for certain adults with acromegaly. Unlike other somatostatin drugs that make up the bulk of current acromegaly care options, Palsonify is

Patients don’t just want to be…

September 25th, 2025|Fierce Pharma|

Patients don’t just want to be reached. They want support that reduces barriers and makes progress easier. Here’s how pharma can deliver value that sustains engagement and adherence.

Hansa Biopharma has reported…

September 25th, 2025|Fierce Pharma|

Hansa Biopharma has reported positive top-line results from a U.S. phase 3 trial of its antibody-cleaving enzyme imlifidase, which boasts conditional nods in the EU and several other countries to ease the kidney transplant process

On the heels of the launch of an…

September 25th, 2025|Fierce Pharma|

On the heels of the launch of an online direct-to-patient program offering discounted Eliquis to certain U.S. patients, Bristol Myers Squibb is putting Sotyku at the center of its next DTP project.

With an appeal to the Supreme…

September 25th, 2025|Fierce Pharma|

With an appeal to the Supreme Court, AstraZeneca is throwing one last Hail Mary following a string of Big Pharma defeats challenging the legality of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) Medicare price negotiation program.

After being pushed by attorneys…

September 25th, 2025|Fierce Pharma|

After being pushed by attorneys general from 22 states, U.S. healthcare leaders are taking another look at the circumstances under which mifepristone can be prescribed.

Moderna has opened the doors to…

September 25th, 2025|Fierce Pharma|

Moderna has opened the doors to its long-anticipated Harwell vaccine production facility in the U.K. The facility debut comes as Moderna's competitors take shots at British life sciences policies and retreat from previously planned projects

Soleno Therapeutics is breathing…

September 24th, 2025|Fierce Pharma|

Soleno Therapeutics is breathing easier with a report from Acadia Pharmaceuticals that its candidate to treat hyperphagia in patients with Prader-Willi Syndrome has come up short in a phase 3 trial and has been scrapped

The vast majority of drugmakers…

September 24th, 2025|Fierce Pharma|

The vast majority of drugmakers are either considering or have already established direct-to-patient programs, cutting out middlemen to offer services like virtual care consultations, payment support, at-home diagnostics and digital pharmacies.