Leaving commercial hires to just a few months before drug approval is a mistake, Argenx CEO Tim Van Hauwermeiren told In Vivo sister publication Scrip, noting that the impressive launch achieved for Vyvgart for generalized myasthenia gravis in the US and Japan will be a steadier affair in Europe.
Any ambitious biotech that wishes to go it alone on the market needs to get its key commercial team in place before planning late-stage studies, according to Tim Van Hauwermeiren, CEO of argenx N.V..
Van Hauwermeiren's views come with considerable weight given the stellar launch Argenx has enjoyed with Vyvgart (efgartigimod) which was approved...
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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 Commercial success remains mixed and some products have been withdrawn from the market.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.
