Views & Analysis | Perspectives on pharma industry issues

R&D

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When metrics measure more than they improve

The question to ask is not, "Are we measuring site performance?" but, "Are the metrics we collect providing actionable insights early enough?"

Market Access

What India can learn from Kinvard Bio

India needs its own version of pull, designed for an Indian payer mix, an Indian procurement structure, and an Indian distributor network.

Sales & Marketing

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Changing Faces: Agency, consultancy, and investor hires, Jun...

Agencies, consultancies, investment groups, and wider services firms saw significant talent movement across June and July.

Market Access

The new commercialisation playbook: What BIO 2026 taught eme...

BIO International focused on how emerging biotech companies should approach their first product launch outside the United States, typically in Europe.

Patients

Physical performance × nutrition — a multiplicative relation...

Physical performance and nutrition are not just complementary, but biologically multiplicative.

Market Access

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The biopharma outlook for 2025: Opportunities and challenges

With the Federal Reserve poised to implement interest rate cuts (albeit fewer than earlier forecasts assumed) and FTC leadership turnover anticipated, there may be broader shifts in how cap

Oncology

Access to cells for CGT is closer than you think

So far, advanced therapy developers have been focusing on partnerships with specific hospitals for collecting patient cellular materials, and there are long-term concerns over the ability f

Digital

The great ISO IDMP implementation challenge: Are companies f...

Even now, after a decade of run-up, pharma’s readiness to implement and harness ISO IDMP standards still varies wildly, as does companies’ relative maturity in supporting

Sales & Marketing

Changing Faces: Agency, consultancy, and investor hires, Jun...

Agencies, consultancies, investment groups, and wider services firms saw significant talent movement across June and July.

Sales & Marketing

Personalisation is the biggest lie brands keep telling

Pharma brands need to move beyond surface-level personalisation and focus on measurable impact.

Digital

Technology solutions for smarter clinical trials: Inventus

In an exclusive video interview, Steve Sanghera – CEO and co-founder of Inventus – sat down with pharmaphorum to discuss the company's journey & ethos

Digital

Changing Faces: Digital and supplier hires, June and July 20...

The pharma-adjacent tech and services sectors continued to attract experienced leadership talent during June and July.

Market Access

What India can learn from Kinvard Bio

India needs its own version of pull, designed for an Indian payer mix, an Indian procurement structure, and an Indian distributor network.

Market Access

The new commercialisation playbook: What BIO 2026 taught eme...

BIO International focused on how emerging biotech companies should approach their first product launch outside the United States, typically in Europe.