Pharmaceutical Executive, October 2021 Issue (PDF)

Novartis has agreed to pay BoomRay up to $900 million for exclusive global rights to an undisclosed preclinical radioligand therapy asset.

Inovalon's Jen Lamppa on why FDA's acceptance of RWD downstream is a call to action for sponsors to start using it upstream in trial design.

AbbVie partners with Iambic on AI-driven drug discovery as Telix Pharmaceuticals moves to acquire ITM Isotope Technologies in a multibillion-dollar radiopharmaceutical merger, Novo Nordisk's CagriSema outperforms Eli Lilly's tirzepatide in a head-to-head diabetes trial, and Jen Lamppa of Inovalon discusses how real-time clinical data is reshaping trial recruitment.

AbbVie partners with Iambic to deploy its AI molecular superintelligence platform, while Telix Pharmaceuticals agrees to acquire radioisotope leader ITM.

Novo Nordisk reports that CagriSema delivered 12.4% average weight loss in a late-stage diabetes trial, outperforming tirzepatide's 9.1% at comparable doses.

Inovalon's Jen Lamppa on how real-time clinical data feeds validate patient eligibility at enrollment — reducing burden while improving accuracy.

FDA approves Ultragenyx's Fayuvi as the first treatment for Sanfilippo syndrome type A, Lisata Therapeutics acquires Marea Therapeutics as mAbxience partners with Sandoz on a hemophilia A biosimilar, and Joe Cunningham argues that executive drug-pricing deals alone won't fix costs.

Lisata Therapeutics acquires Marea Therapeutics and secures $225 million in concurrent financing, while mAbxience and Sandoz partner to develop and globally commercialize an emicizumab biosimilar.