Week of
May 21st
,
2024

What to watch

A baby born deaf can hear again due to a groundbreaking gene therapy trial when she was eleven months old.

Gene editing companies in China are restarting clinical trials in blood, liver, and eye diseases.

61% of HCPs have a favourable view of pharma companies but they have very mixed feelings about corporate campaigns and messaging.

Week of
May 21st
,
2024

Week in review

Boehringer Ingelheim and OSE Immunotherapeutics are expanding their partnership to include two clinical-stage oncology programs in cardio-renal metabolic disease and a third preclinical cancer project.

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Novo Nordisk is now looking beyond weight loss and diabetes to expand into new illnesses like liver disease, chronic kidney disease, and Alzheimer's.

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AstraZeneca says it will continue to be a conduit for sharing Chinese innovations with the rest of the world and will establish a dedicated supply chain.

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Merck KaGA's North America Life Sciences division, MilliporeSigma, helped expose a multimillion dollar scheme to divert biochemical products to China.

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AstraZeneca has set an ambitious $80 billion revenue goal for 2030 and they announce they will be focusing on "difficult to copy" therapies.

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AI/R&D

Scientists have harnessed cells to create new types of materials that can grow and repair themselves, applications could one day include biomanufacturing and pharma.

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Other

CalmStrips are portable fidget strips for individuals who require sensory stimulation to calm things like anxiety, ADHD, and more.

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Ipsen uses TikTok trends and influencers to raise awareness of rare disease fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP).

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Celltrion has partnered with British reality star Mollie Pearce on new Crohn's and Colitus campaign.

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