Jessica Merrill

Jessica Merrill

Senior Editor

Brooklyn, NY

Jessica is a senior editor, contributing most frequently to daily pharmaceutical coverage in Scrip and Pink Sheet. With a lengthy career covering the pharmaceutical sector, she specializes primarily in business and commercial news, launch strategy, M&A and market access issues.

Latest from Jessica Merrill

Test Roche Head Of Pharma Strategy Karsten Jung On Rebuilding The Portfolio - Clone

The Swiss pharma company is rebalancing the portfolio, emphasizing best-in-class drugs and moving into new areas like cardiovascular and metabolic disease.

Test Roche Head Of Pharma Strategy Karsten Jung On Rebuilding The Portfolio

The Swiss pharma company is rebalancing the portfolio, emphasizing best-in-class drugs and moving into new areas like cardiovascular and metabolic disease.

Ordspono Will Be Regeneron’s First Independent European Launch

Ordspono, a bispecific antibody newly approved in the EU to treat follicular lymphoma and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, joins Libtayo in Regeneron’s growing oncology portfolio.

Galderma Gets First Biologic To Market With Nemluvio Approval

Nemluvio is a first-in-class IL-31 inhibitor that the US FDA approved for prurigo nodularis. 

Sanofi/Regeneron’s Dupixent: A First For COPD, But Not The Last

The IL-4/13 inhibitor was approved in the US for COPD, a blockbuster-sized indication, but the commercial ramp could take time and several competitors are on its heels.

J&J’s Spravato On Track To Be A Blockbuster, Five Years In

 Johnson & Johnson’s drug for treatment-resistant depression got off to a slow start when it launched in 2019, but strong sales growth has put it on a blockbuster trajectory this year.