Pharmaceutical Executive, March 2017 Issue (PDF)

Numerof's Michael Abrams on why directing employees to the most effective, economical clinicians is digital health's most valuable offering.

Life sciences spends billions on compliance — but WhatsApp, iMessage, and SMS conversations between field teams and HCPs remain invisible to oversight.

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.

New U.S. guidance exempts orphan drugs, nuclear medicines, cell and gene therapies, and other specialty products from the 100% pharmaceutical tariff when imported from 19 named countries.

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.

Novo licensed Hengrui's once-weekly oral GLP-1/GIP dual agonist HRS-1596 in a deal worth up to $2.6 billion, while AstraZeneca invested $2 billion in Summit Therapeutics to pair ivonescimab with its antibody-drug conjugate portfolio.

Numerof's Michael Abrams on why digital health's cost-savings claims often don't hold up to scrutiny — and why the evidence gap matters.

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