Joseph Constance

Articles

Impact Investing and R&D

Private equity investment and venture capital have long spurred R&D efforts for hard-to-treat conditions. Joining the mix of late has been impact investing and the opportunities for the socially-conscious to influence drug development-and reap potential benefits in health outcomes and financial return.

Pharm Exec's 2019 Pipeline Report

As CAR-T therapy eyes new territory-solid tumors-and expands into autoimmune disease, other frontiers in drug development are beginning to open up. They highlight the raw promise of science, with cannabis-based agents targeting CNS and rare genetic disorders, as well as the larger responsibility to public health, including advancing non-opioid alternatives, addressing antibiotic, and untangling the path to market for biosimilars.