Leadership

A passing FDA inspection tells pharma senior leadership very little about whether the next significant revenue vulnerability is already taking shape. But continuous, AI-enabled quality management maturity (QMM) has the potential to do so months before the issue reaches the realm of P&L.

Dr. Jeremy Levin joins Ken Banta to share why he believes biotech's future demands a new level of leadership and stakeholder education — and why "mission without method" is a wasted effort.

New U.S. guidance carves out tariff exemptions for specialty pharmaceuticals, Pharming's Fabrice Chouraqui steps down as CEO amid a board rift, and a dealmaking roundup covers Hengrui Pharma's licensing agreement with Novo Nordisk and AstraZeneca's investment in Summit Therapeutics.

Pharming CEO Fabrice Chouraqui has stepped down amid strategic disagreements with the board, with chief commercial officer Leverne Marsh and chief financial officer Kenneth Lynard now serving as interim co-CEOs.

While the FDA weighs a narrow, regulated path for compounded peptides, its enforcement arm is already taking action.

EVERSANA's Jen Norton talks about how AI is reshaping market access strategy, a new analysis from MIT and Harvard Business School names clinical data harmonization as the real barrier to enterprise AI adoption in life sciences, and Novo Nordisk's CEO says he's open to a direct NYSE listing.

Novo Nordisk CEO Mike Doustdar says he's open to a direct NYSE listing that would replace the company's ADR structure.

Chairs of Europe's largest drugmakers urge the EU to boost health spending, speed up clinical trials, and strengthen IP protections before falling further behind the US and China.

Inizio's Elaine Ferguson on why connecting talent across 10,500 employees and four business units is fundamental to delivering client value.

Bristol Myers Squibb’s Wendy Short Bartie on recasting corporate affairs as an enterprise value engine that connects trust, access and the patient voice.

Cellectis is pivoting from allogeneic CAR-T development to become an in vivo gene editing company, discontinuing its lasme-cel and eti-cel programs.

Novo Nordisk rebrands as "Novo" under it's "Lasting health starts now" tagline, pairing both with a new cultural framework called "The Novo Way."

A new benchmarking survey of 33 biotech and medtech leaders reveals a leadership community operating in crisis mode — and what that means for how the industry needs to rethink peer support, advisory and the isolation built intothe CEO role itself.

Novartis shareholders share deepened trust issues around the company's dealmaking strategy.

As leaders, we must evaluate solutions to fragmentation by asking the right questions.

Ten life sciences board directors on AI's three hardest questions: developing the next generation of talent, accountability for speed, and board fluency.

Artisan Partners' David Samra is publicly calling for Novartis to overhaul its board and compensation structure following back-to-back trial failures.

Moonwalk Biosciences has closed a $70 million Series B to advance its adipose-targeted RNAi platform toward first-in-human studies.

The Trump administration adds nine midsize pharmaceutical companies, including Teva, UCB, Astellas, and BeOne Medicines to its Most-Favored-Nation drug pricing program.

This year's Pharm Exec Emerging Pharma Leaders represent a new and growing breed of leader: Those capable of navigating an industry where scientific advances, technology and business models are evolving simultaneously.

President Trump has reportedly selected White House Domestic Policy Council deputy director Heidi Overton as his nominee for FDA commissioner.

From guiding pursuits in artificial intelligence and R&D to scientific marketing and company building, meet Pharm Exec’s new slate of select rising leaders who are helping to shape the next generation of biopharma innovation.

Christopher Savage, managing director, Propensity4, and chief of staff, Inizio Engage, on creating lasting impact over chasing the next opportunity.

Abid Rahman, head of AI Agency and innovation at EVERSANA, explains how the pharmaceutical industry is moving from generative to agentic AI.

Sarah Ghosh, U.S. scientific marketing lead in oncology at Regeneron, discusses developing and adapting the narrative for a medication for every global market.