Finance

Big Pharma and biotech continue to need each other. But biotech is feeling slightly more confident as the options for IPOs get better, writes Peter Young.

Innovative pharmaceutical procurement has struggled to get the necessary mandate and attention from top management. But things may now be turning around, writes Philipp Polterauer.

Shareholder value now depends on finding pockets of "good" growth, in segments with fewer players, and where expenses can be tightly controlled.

Bill Trombetta surveys the landscape of pharma financials over the past year, and shows which companies rode the wave to the top of the industry in delivering value to shareholders.

Professor Bill Trombetta takes a snapshot of the "Glamour 24" companies shaping the pharma industry this year and beyond

Bill Trombetta expands his annual guide to stellar performance with the "Heavenly 27."

The latest dealmaking trends: Early-stage is back in favor. There's more money to be made in being acquired than in going public. And license deals are putting more on the back end.

Lovenox still needs a defense strategy to hold share, but it requires less investment as a specialty product. Instead, Lovenox should throw cash over to Acomplia, the putative future star of the Sanofi-Aventis portfolio.