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FDA head Califf on tighter accelerated approvals and lower drug prices at JP Morgan

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FDA director Robert Califf gave his prognosis for the pharma industry at this year’s JP Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco over January 9–12. That leaves three years for pharma companies to prepare. It definitely changes the conditions on which calculations of long-term return on investment is based.” It’s a hot area.”

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How the patient voice is becoming vital for drug approval

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Rebecca Sanders from Lipodystrophy UK tells us how the patient voice helped convince NICE to approve a much-needed drug for this rare disease, and explores how regulators and pharma companies can help make patient involvement in HTA more impactful. This article appears in our free digital magazine Deep Dive: Market Access 2021.

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Orphan drugs’ financial success raises questions

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In 1983, the US Congress passed the Orphan Drug Act to encourage more pharmaceutical companies to engage in R&D to develop treatments for rare diseases through the offering of financial incentives. As covered in a previous article , the importance of R&D to develop treatments for rare diseases is high. Raising questions.

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Arecor heads for London Stock Exchange with drug reformulation strategy

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Based in Cambridge, Arecor has proprietary formulation technology and plans to enter development partnerships and licence out drugs to big pharma companies, looking for milestone payments and royalties as they progress through the development process and on commercialisation.

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A history of the pharmaceutical industry

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Whilst the scientific revolution of the 17th century had spread ideas of rationalism and experimentation, and the industrial revolution had transformed the production of goods in the late 18th century, the marrying of the two concepts for the benefit of human health was a comparatively late development.

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Top 7 Pharma Industry Leaders in 2020 By the Numbers

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Pharmaceutical companies play a vital part in our lives and in helping us to live healthier lives. The pharmaceutical industry finds, develops, manufactures, and promotes medicines or pharmaceutical drugs for usage as medications that are administered (or self-administered) to patients in order to cure, vaccinate, or relieve symptoms.

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Pricing, Profits and Progress: Pharma’s Post-COVID Priorities

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Nowhere has this need for healthy companies been more apparent than during the current global coronavirus pandemic, with multiple manufacturers making COVID-19 vaccines rapidly available to the public. What’s Next: How Should Pharma Companies Respond?