Just over a year ago, AstraZeneca at last returned to growth and set about a reorganization that placed oncology at the heart of its plans for continued success. In Vivo talked to the executive vice-president of its Oncology Business Unit David Fredrickson about how the company hopes to become a major cancer player.
AstraZeneca PLC has been on a roll of late. Better than expected third quarter financial results and strong showings at recent medical meetings came during a second half of briskly paced positive Phase III data read-outs and approvals.
Much of the positive news flow has come from its oncology portfolio (see Exhibit 1), one of the firm’s three...
Launching In Vivo’s oncology therapeutic review series, this first instalment provides a data-led primer on the global cancer landscape. Future instalments will explore market dynamics, pipeline evolution and the innovations set to define oncology therapeutics through 2032.
After 10 years of promised investment following its Nobel Prize for iPS cell research, Japan is cautiously narrowing regulations around the conditional approval of cell therapies and cutting some reimbursement prices. Commercial success remains mixed and some products have been withdrawn from the market.
Mary Jane Hinrichs, Ipsen’s head of early development, talks to In Vivo about getting ahead of the competition by securing deals for candidates before they enter Phase I trials.
Launching In Vivo’s oncology therapeutic review series, this first instalment provides a data-led primer on the global cancer landscape. Future instalments will explore market dynamics, pipeline evolution and the innovations set to define oncology therapeutics through 2032.
The seventh annual edition of In Vivo’s Rising Leaders features entrepreneurs, academics, lawyers, regulators and innovators from around the globe, representing the forefront of creativity in health care.
