Industry Trends

In adjusting to the long-term aftershocks from the coronavirus pandemic, pharma companies will need to focus on change in three core areas.

Patrick Soon-Shiong, the billionaire biotech entrepreneur and owner of NantWorks, a network of health startups, discusses his companies’ COVID-19 vaccine candidate and its “fighting chance” to outsmart the virus’s hidden tricks through merging supercomputing and modernized DNA delivery.

While exposing gaps in the way pharma acquires and uses data, the pandemic has also fostered a new spirit of information sharing that bodes well for future collaborations.

Several months into the COVID-19 pandemic, this article takes a look back at how the launches of new oncology therapies have been impacted.

Andrew Hood and Cliodhna McDonough look at the key issues necessary to support business and the community in developing a long-term and sustainable response to the challenges highlighted by COVID-19.

Jim and Cindy DiBiasi, co-founders of 3D Communications, talk about how to prepare for virtual high-level meetings, such as important regulatory presentations and keynote addresses, in the wake of COVID-19.

Our 20th annual listing highlights brand surges, new ranking battles, and M&A-sparked upswings, but in the shadow of COVID-19, a peek behind the numbers also tells another story.

Pharma is boosting outreach and its image, as the industry faces a defining period in its quest to sway the tide of public perception.

Considerations for biopharma to transform itself beyond the COVID-19 crisis, by Arda Ural.

Every major pharma company undertakes some form of diversity and inclusion work. However, that doesn’t mean it’s reaching the decision-makers, writes Stephen Frost.

Melonie Warfel discusses the challenges organizations are facing when it comes to revenue management and looks at the key areas to optimize.

In 2020 and beyond, succeeding in the new ecosystem means focusing on delivering value backed by data, tailored engagements with a diverse range of distinctly defined stakeholders, and monitoring the rapidly evolving healthcare space for new trends that will impact success.

The research community is moving quickly to launch clinical trials of potential countermeasures, while regulatory authorities aim to support product development through regulatory flexibility.

Pharm Exec’s annual forecast of the key issues facing biopharma leaders in the year ahead taps experts from several areas to uncover the seven new-decade trends to watch.

Hari Pujar, chief technology officer of Spark Therapeutics, discusses the unique manufacturing and scale-up challenges involved with cell and gene therapy production.

Pharrm Exec's 2020 Pipeline Report

As the microbiome "moves into the mainstream," Pharm Exec looks at how industry activity in the space is heating up.

Healthy companies with coherent integration strategies will benefit from applying six lessons to ensure successful integration, writes Mark Bouch.

As payers increasingly stifle new drug launches, investors in biopharmaceutical companies pursue better sources of insights.