The companies hope the combination of islatravir and lenacapavir will result in best-in-class oral and injectable long-term HIV products. A PrEP combo is a longer-term goal.
Gilead Sciences, Inc. and Merck & Co., Inc. unveiled a collaboration on 15 March in which they will combine a pair of late-stage, first-in-class drug candidates with a goal of creating oral and injectable long-acting regimens to both treat HIV and to prevent the virus in at-risk people.
The companies will be chasing ViiV Healthcare, however, which recently introduced the first long-acting therapeutic option for HIV.
The Swiss pharma company is rebalancing the portfolio, emphasizing best-in-class drugs and moving into new areas like cardiovascular and metabolic disease.
Merck’s immuno-oncology blockbuster was the world’s best-selling drugs by revenues for the second year in a row, with an almost $12bn lead over its closest rival, Novo Nordisk’s GLP-1 drug Ozempic.
Francesco Hofmann, head of R&D at the mid-sized French group, tells Scrip that its strategy of not playing in the spaces that are dominated by big pharma is paying off.
Companies stand a better chance of securing public reimbursement in Mexico for innovative medicines if they understand changing approaches to healthcare. The shift means the emergence of managed entry agreements and a focus on economic impact, explains AMIIF, Mexico's research-based pharmaceutical industry association.
Novartis’s APMA chief outlines the company’s tailored approach to deliver long-term outcomes, novel access solutions via innovative financing options and shape the CVD disease ecosystem in the extraordinarily diverse region. Partnering to build AI infrastructure is another key prong.
A court order encompassing funding, drug pricing, clinical trials and overall policy implementation aspects is expected to bring about a paradigm shift in the treatment of rare diseases in India. Sarepta, Roche and Sanofi are among the key players that have been part of pricing discussions.
