Pharmaceutical Executive: August 2026 Interactive Digital Edition

As Medicare negotiation, PBM reform, and cash-pay channels converge, winning on auditable net value matters more than cutting list prices.

Hims & Hers partners with Eli Lilly to sell Zepbound and Foundayo directly on its platform, Novo Nordisk terminates its research collaboration with Korro Bio, and the FDA grants accelerated approval to Johnson & Johnson’s Rybrevant Faspro in head and neck cancer.

The agreement provides access for prescribed patients to Lilly's obesity medicines self-pay pricing starting at $149 per month without leaving the platform.

The termination ends a cardiometabolic RNA-editing partnership that was paused for 12 months, closing out a deal under which Korro earned no milestone payments.

Accelerated approval of subcutaneous Rybrevant Faspro (amivantamab) based on a 42% response rate in 102 patients; a phase 3 confirmatory trial is under way.

When tumors shift, old treatments stop working. Dr. Brian Corgiat explains why real-time tumor profiling is critical to effective therapy.

ANI Pharmaceuticals makes an offer to acquire Egetis Therapeutics as Egetis separately sells its priority review voucher for $190 million, Novartis exits its BrainTransporter deal with BioArctic 14 months after signing, and Ignite Proteomics’ Dr. Brian Corgiat on improving how tumors are tested after recurrence.

ANI Pharmaceuticals makes an offer to acquire Egetis Therapeutics, as Egetis separately agrees to sell its priority review voucher for $190 million.