Nicholas Jacobus

Brian Hilberdink, president of U.S. Human Pharma, Boehringer Ingelheim, notes how the real obstacle in obesity care isn't how a drug is delivered, it's whether patients stay on treatment long enough to achieve lasting metabolic health.

In today's Pharmaceutical Executive Daily, Elicio Therapeutics shares tumble after its Phase II Amplifgy-7P trial of KRAS-targeting immunotherapy ELI-002 7P misses its primary endpoint in adjuvant pancreatic cancer, FDA approves Skinvive by Juvéderm as the first and only hyaluronic acid injectable indicated to reduce neck lines, and Pharmaceutical Executive speaks with Dr. Edward Littler and Dave Watson, the newly paired executive chairman and CEO of Persica Pharmaceuticals, on how they are driving the company's non-opioid pain program PP353 toward Phase III.

FDA has approved Skinvive by Juvéderm as the first hyaluronic acid injectable specifically indicated for neck wrinkles, expanding the Allergan Aesthetics franchise into a new anatomical area.

Elicio Therapeutics' KRAS-targeting immunotherapy ELI-002 7P missed its primary endpoint in a Phase II adjuvant pancreatic cancer trial, sending shares down 47%.

Brian Hilberdink, president of U.S. Human Pharma, Boehringer Ingelheim, notes how scale is a starting point, not a finish line, and until clinicians measure what's happening inside the body, obesity treatment will keep falling short of its promise.

In today's Pharmaceutical Executive Daily, Boehringer Ingelheim's Brian Hilberdink argues that obesity innovation must evolve beyond the scale, a pharma regulatory roundup covers two significant FDA approvals, and Pharmaceutical Executive speaks with Raj Indupuri, CEO of eClinical Solutions, on making the ROI case for smarter clinical trials in an era of exploding trial data complexity.

FDA approved two targeted combination regimens this week, clearing AstraZeneca's Truqap as the first biomarker-directed therapy for PTEN-deficient prostate cancer and Merck's Keytruda and Keytruday Qlex plus Welireg.

Brian Hilberdink, president of U.S. Human Pharma, Boehringer Ingelheim, argues the field must evolve beyond the scale, measuring success not just in pounds lost, but in visceral fat reduction, liver health, and preserved muscle mass.

With clinical trial data exploding to nearly 6 million datapoints, eClinical Solutions' CEO and Co-founder, Raj Indupuri makes the case for price transparency and a measurable ROI in clinical data technology.

In today's Pharmaceutical Executive Daily, Kardigan sets terms for a $350 million IPO that would value the cardiovascular biotech at approximately $1.3 billion, Pharmaceutical Executive speaks with Rick Winningham on building the next generation of leaders behind the pipeline, and Jazz Pharmaceuticals reports that the Phase III Lagoon trial of Zepzelca failed to meet its primary endpoint of overall survival in second-line small cell lung cancer.

Jazz Pharmaceuticals' Zepzelca failed to improve overall survival in the Phase III Lagoon confirmatory trial for second-line small cell lung cancer, putting its accelerated approval in that setting at risk.

Fresh off the HBA's Honorable Mentor award, Rick Winningham, CEO of Theravance Biopharma, reflects on a career defined by cultivating the cultures driving the science.

Kardigan has filed to raise approximately $350 million in an IPO that would value the cardiovascular biotech at roughly $1.3 billion, expecting that its three late-stage programs can attract investors in a market still riding a biotech IPO wave.

In today's Pharmaceutical Executive Daily, Bruce Liu examines China's latest policy guidance establishing premium pricing and priority reimbursement access for truly innovative drugs, Parabilis Medicines surges more than 45 percent on its first day of trading on Nasdaq, and Pharmaceutical Executive speaks with Eli Lilly's Sarah O'Keeffe, Group Vice President of Product Research and Development, on how the company's $4.5 billion Medicine Foundry is designed to transform the discovery-to-production handoff and accelerate speed to patient.

Parabilis Medicines surged 58% on its first trading day, pushing its market cap to roughly $3.7 billion and cementing its $670 million raise as the largest biotech IPO on record.

In today's Pharmaceutical Executive Daily, Parabilis Medicines prices a record-breaking $670 million IPO, Swedish biotech AlzeCure Pharma enters a collaboration and out-licensing agreement with Eli Lilly for its Alzheimer's candidate, and FDA approves an every-eight-week maintenance dosing regimen for Eli Lilly's Ebglyss.

AlzeCure Pharma has licensed Alzheimer's candidate ACD680 to Eli Lilly in a deal worth potentially more than $1 billion, adding an oral gamma-secretase modulator that targets amyloid production upstream to Lilly's Alzheimer's portfolio.

Parabilis Medicines raises $670 million in an above-range IPO, plus $75 million in a concurrent Regeneron private placement, to advance its Helicon peptide platform targeting proteins.

In this episode, Ron Lanton draws on insights from the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference to explain how healthcare investment is shifting from backing novel ideas to funding organizations that can scale, survive regulatory and reimbursement pressure, and embed technology into the operational infrastructure of care delivery.

In today's Pharmaceutical Executive Daily, a pharma funding roundup covers two RNA-focused biotechs that secured fresh capital, GSK announces a $10.6 billion agreement to acquire Nuvalent in its largest deal in over a decade, , and Pharmaceutical Executive speaks with David Coman, CEO of BGBx, on why the firm's rebranding from BGB reflects a broader shift in how biopharma commercialization now demands integrated consulting, communications, and scientific frameworks.

City Therapeutics closed a $99.5 million Series B to push two RNAi programs into the clinic this year while Eloxx Pharmaceuticals raised $66 million alongside a Nasdaq uplisting to advance its nonsense mutation readthrough platform.

GSK has agreed to acquire Nuvalent in a deal that secures two next-generation NSCLC inhibitors under active FDA review with potential year-end launches.

With more than $43 billion committed in five months, the pharma industry isn't just licensing from China, it's restructuring where global drug discovery begins.

David Coman, CEO, BGBx, explains how the firm's rebranding reflects a broader shift in biopharma commercialization, where integrating consulting, communications, and a three-dimensional science framework is increasingly necessary for companies.

In today's Pharmaceutical Executive Daily, Roche and Nurix Therapeutics announce a global collaboration, a pharma M&A roundup covers three deals announced today, and Pharmaceutical Executive contributors examine how an emerging wave of biologics is signaling a new treatment era in alopecia areata beyond the established JAK inhibitor class.

Incyte, Galmed Pharmaceuticals, and Johnson & Johnson each announced acquisitions this week, with deals spanning a $2 billion bet on a Phase III bleeding disorder antibody, a GI medtech pivot, and a $1 billion move into KRAS-targeting degrader conjugates as dealmaking across therapeutic categories continues.

Roche has struck an exclusive collaboration with Nurix Therapeutics to co-develop BTK degrader bexobrutideg, paying over $700 million upfront in a deal that could top $3 billion in total.

In today's Pharmaceutical Executive Daily, the Supreme Court unanimously rules in favor of Hikma Pharmaceuticals in its patent dispute with Amarin over Vascepa, Pfizer licenses Chai Discovery's generative AI platform, and C.K. Wang argues that high-quality real-world data represents the most promising path forward for closing persistent gaps in ovarian cancer care.

The Supreme Court ruled unanimously in favor of Hikma Pharmaceuticals, finding its generic Vascepa did not infringe Amarin's patents under the skinny-label pathway, a decision that strengthens legal protections for generic manufacturers.

Chai Discovery has licensed its generative AI drug discovery platform to Pfizer, giving the company early access to its next-generation Chai-3 model and a custom model trained on Pfizer's own data.