Pharmaceutical Executive: September 2026 Interactive Digital Edition

A new ICER and West Health report finds median drug launch prices climbed to $257,000, the FDA approves GSK’s Hibsago as the first functional-cure therapy for chronic hepatitis B, and CSL names Deborah Waterhouse as CEO and managing director.

Median net launch prices for new drugs climbed between 2022 and 2025 to $257,000, according to a new ICER and West Health report that also found persistent coverage and access barriers for patients.

The FDA approved GSK's bepirovirsen for adults with chronic hepatitis B on nucleoside therapy, based on phase 3 trials showing 19% functional cure.

Deborah Waterhouse is leaving ViiV Healthcare to become CEO and managing director of CSL.

Incubate’s John Stanford on why MFN’s first casualty is the moonshot — and why cancer, Alzheimer’s, and rare disease bear the cost.

METiS TechBio and Eli Lilly collaborate on next-generation LNP delivery technology, Incubate’s John Stanford on how MFN deals may shape future pharma decisions, and the FDA grants accelerated approval to GSK’s Jemperli for MSI-H/dMMR locally advanced rectal cancer.

METiS TechBio enters a collaboration with Eli Lilly to develop next-generation, tissue-specific lipid nanoparticle delivery technologies using METiS’s AI-driven lipid discovery platform.

Incubate’s John Stanford on why MFN reduces pharma’s appetite for biotech acquisitions — and why that cedes ground to China.