Avantor and Rubicon to collaborate on novel gastro-retentive excipient

As the 2024 CPHI conference wrapped up in Milan, we caught up with L.E.K. Consulting – a global strategy consulting firm with deep expertise in pharma manufacturing – to discuss evolving market perspectives and business outlook.  

The controversial act, which has already impacted several foreign companies operating in the US, was passed by the House of Representatives on September 9, 2024. It is now headed for the US Senate before it can be signed into law by President Joe Biden...

The latest appointments, promotions, and structural changes across the pharmaceutical supply chain.

The Inflation Reduction Act brought into constitution by the Biden administation in 2022, which proposed a drug price negotiation between the government and pharmaceutical companies, has reached it's first agreement. 

With the US BIOSECURE Act on its way to passing into legislation, Chinese companies are facing declining revenues within the first half of 2024 as US pharmaceutical and healthcare companies pull their businesses from the country. 

Regeneron Pharmaceutical’s blockbuster ophthalmology drug Eylea is facing biosimilar competition as the US FDA approves Biocon’s Yesafili and Samsung Bioepis/Biogen’s Opuviz. 

ONO Pharmaceutical, out of Japan, is in the process of acquiring cancer-therapy maker Deciphera Pharmaceuticals for US$2.4 billion. 

Ten high-cost drugs from various pharma manufacturers are in pricing negotiations in a first-ever for the US Medicare program. President Biden’s administration stated they have responded to the first round of offers.