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Shah Capital escalates its pressure campaign against Novavax leadership, requesting changes and strategic overhauls amid ongoing performance concerns.

Phenomix CEO Mark Bagnall explains how GLP-1 users often face significant costs to deal with the side effects of GLP-1 usage.

Companion diagnostics are reshaping precision oncology, but clinical adoption continues to lag behind scientific progress due to regulatory, operational and reimbursement barriers.

Disruptions from the U.S.and Iran conflict moves across key transit routes and threatens the flow of active ingredients, price spikes, and heightened risk of drug shortages worldwide.

In today's Pharmaceutical Executive Daily, Novo Nordisk launches Wegovy HD nationwide across the U.S., Gilead Sciences agrees to acquire German antibody-drug conjugate biotech Tubulis for up to $5 billion, and Pharmaceutical Executive marks World Health Day 2026 with a collection of voices from industry leaders on what it means to stand with science.

The agentic model is emerging as a strategic tool to compress analysis timelines, coordinate cross-functional teams and surface competitive intelligence in real time.

Novo Nordisk’s U.S. launch of a higher-dose Wegovy formulation highlights Novo's effort to extend efficacy, capture broader patient demand, and reinforce its dominance in the rapidly expanding obesity market.

Gilead Sciences’ acquisition of Tubulis underscores the intensifying industry focus on antibody-drug conjugates as a key frontier in oncology treatment.

Industry leaders highlight how evidence-based decision-making remains central as World Health Day 2026 emphasizes the theme of standing with science.

Where PBMs fit into the new market access landscape, how pharma companies can respond and the questions that remain.

In today's Pharmaceutical Executive Daily, Neurocrine Biosciences agrees to acquire Soleno Therapeutics for $2.9 billion to gain Vykat XR, the first approved treatment for hyperphagia in Prader-Willi syndrome, BioNTech announces it will close its Singapore vaccine manufacturing facility by February 2027 as declining Covid revenues drive a strategic pivot, and Pharmaceutical Executive examines two emerging frameworks that specialty drug manufacturers are using to protect patient access and benefit savings in a shifting payer environment.

Reliable, domain-specific AI models grounded in validated clinical evidence are emerging as essential to safely scaling generative AI across healthcare applications.

The importance of aligning cost control with clinical appropriateness and continuity of care.

BioNTech’s decision to close its Singapore manufacturing facility reflects mounting financial pressure, ongoing restructuring efforts, and uncertainty around the pace at which next-generation mRNA therapies will scale.

Neurocrine Biosciences’ planned $2.9 billion acquisition of Soleno Therapeutics includes the addition of Vykat XR, the first FDA-approved treatment for hyperphagia in Prader-Willi syndrome.

Imunon’s CEO discusses how FDA allowing the Bayesian method impacts innovation in the clinical trial space.

Phenomix CEO Mark Bagnall discusses the reasons for GLP-1 failure and why it’s common for patients to stop taking the medication.

In today's Pharmaceutical Executive Daily, President Trump signs an executive order imposing 100% tariffs on imported patented pharmaceuticals under Section 232, with significant carve-outs for companies that have struck MFN pricing deals or committed to domestic manufacturing, Pfizer and BioNTech halt a large post-marketing Covid-19 vaccine trial in healthy adults aged 50 to 64 after failing to hit enrollment targets, and a new analysis examines how the industry is adapting strategically to a fundamentally transformed U.S. pricing environment.

Analysis of U.S. drug pricing reform in 2026 highlights how the Inflation Reduction Act, Medicare drug price negotiation, and most-favored-nation pricing initiatives are reshaping pharmaceutical pricing, limiting patent-driven market exclusivity, accelerating generic and biosimilar competition, and driving strategic shifts in market access, pricing models, and innovation priorities across the biopharma industry.

Pfizer and BioNTech halted a large U.S. clinical trial targeting healthy adults aged 50 to 64 after enrollment shortfalls made it impossible to generate the post-marketing data the FDA required.

In Part 2 of our podcast video episode with ZS CEO Pratap Khedkar, he breaks down pharma's need to move beyond AI pilots to scalable impact—and how companies can "go from informing to solving" while navigating trust, regulation, and a rapidly shifting patient dynamic.

Members of PacBio and iHope discuss collaboration and the global state of genomic testing.

Boring AI operates quietly in the background, embedded deep within hospital EPR workflows, capturing structured, multimodal clinical data in real time at the point of care.

Pharmaceutical companies that made MFN deals with the Trump administration will be exempt from the tariffs, along with other exemptions.

In today’s Pharmaceutical Executive Daily, leadership turnover continues across key federal health agencies under the Trump administration, Shionogi enters a $2 billion agreement to acquire rights to Radicava, and the FTC examines antitrust concerns tied to CVS Health’s integrated healthcare model.

Shionogi completed its $2.5 billion acquisition of global rights to Radicava from Tanabe Pharma, adding one of the few approved treatments for ALS to its portfolio .

Regulators are shifting antitrust scrutiny in healthcare from market share and pricing toward how vertically integrated systems shape patient flow, access, and competitive dynamics, signaling deeper oversight of ecosystem design, strategic intent, and cumulative market influence.

Since the start of President Trump's second term, the FDA, CDC, CDER, and CBER have collectively cycled through more than a dozen leadership changes.