USA Putting Generics and Biosimilars First: Sustaining the Cornerstone of Affordable Healthcare in the US
Falling prices are squeezing US generic and biosimilar manufacturers too hard, argues John Murphy III, President and CEO of the Association for Accessible Medicines (AAM). Generic prices have dropped an average of 7.7 percent a year over the past five years while medical inflation ran at 6.2 percent, and Murphy warns this could lead to…
This week’s China healthcare highlights from PharmaBoardroom content partner Selesta include Merck’s $2.13B deal with SciBrunch for KRAS G12D inhibitor SPR2015, Abogen’s $7.78B partnership with Novartis for an mRNA T-cell engager, and 3SBio’s ¥1.75B GLP-1 deal with MindRank. Other updates feature AstraZeneca’s $2B investment in Summit, Hengrui’s $2.6B GLP-1/GIP deal with Novo Nordisk, Nhwa’s $500M…
Ajay Mahipal of India-focused healthcare impact and venture capital investment platform HealthKois argues that India’s life-sciences ecosystem is approaching an inflection point. Having built its reputation on manufacturing scale, the country now has a narrow window to build the clinical-development capabilities needed to originate and test novel therapies itself. India still conducts only around four…
China Beyond the Speed Gap: What Differentiates Chinese Local Companies and MNCs in Drug Development?
Chinese biotechs are now outpacing multinationals at getting drugs into pivotal trials — but MNCs still win the race to final approval. In this piece from the September 2026 edition of DIA Global Forum, Li Wang of Lilly’s China Drug Development & Medical Affairs Center digs into fresh 2023–2025 timeline data to show where each…
