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Top news of 2025: Drugmakers invest in US capacities, agree to lower Medicaid prices; Pfizer buys obesity-focused biotech Metsera

The year 2025 was an eventful one, marked by increased trade tensions, tariff threats, accelerated

FDA approvals drop 24% in H1 2025; GSK’s UTI med, Vertex’s non-opioid painkiller lead pack of first-in-class meds

It has been a turbulent year for the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), marked by reduction

J&J’s Intra‑Cellular buyout, BMS’ oncology gambit, Sanofi’s Blueprint acquisition drive mega deals in H1 2025

The pharmaceutical industry has witnessed a wave of mergers, acquisitions, and strategic partnership

US drug shortages reduce 16% YoY in Q1 2025; CNS drugs, antimicrobials face highest scarcities

The pharmaceutical industry in the United States continued to grapple with drug shortages during th

Top Pharma Companies & Drugs in 2024: Merck’s Keytruda maintains top spot as Novo’s semaglutide nips at its heels

In 2024, Big Pharma players consolidated and maintained their dominance, even as innovation continu

Molecular glue degraders: Lilly, AbbVie sign billion-dollar deals; BMS leads with three late-stage drugs

This week, we delve into molecular glue degraders (MGDs), one of the most promising frontiers in dru

FDA’s first generic approvals slump 21% in 2024; Novartis’ top seller Entresto, cancer blockbuster Tasigna lead 2024 patent cliff

A watershed moment in the journey of a drug is when it transitions from being a patented, high‐

FDA okays 50 new drugs in 2024; BMS’ Cobenfy, Lilly’s Kisunla lead pack of breakthrough therapies

In 2024, the biopharma industry continued to advance on its robust trajectory of innovation. Though

BMS, J&J, Bayer lead 25,000+ pharma layoffs in 2024; Amylyx, FibroGen, Kronos Bio hit by trial failures, cash crunch

Since 2022, there has been a significant surge in layoffs by pharmaceutical and biotech companies. W

FDA’s landmark approvals of BMS’ schizo med, Madrigal’s MASH drug, US$ 16.5 bn Catalent buyout make it to top 10 news of 2024

The year 2024 was marked by some landmark drug approvals in the areas of schizophrenia, metabolic dy