Views & Analysis | Perspectives on pharma industry issues

Patients

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Community pharmacy is ready to lead. Now it needs the system...

Community pharmacy is the infrastructure that makes NHS long-term plans and ambitions possible. But infrastructure without investment does not hold.

Sales & Marketing

Solution Spotlight: IQVIA CTFS Site Payments

IQVIA Clinical Trial Financial Suite (CTFS) is a next-generation platform designed to modernise clinical trial financial operations.

Oncology

ASCO 2026: Powerful evidence for the microbiome in oncology,...

Can the state of someone’s gut microbiome – the balance of good and bad bacteria in their digestive tract – affect their response to cancer immunother

Digital

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Callyope's AI-powered solution for mental health practitione...

The state of the public’s mental health in the UK and Europe is a serious unmet need.

Patients

Stem the bleeding: Rising to meet the growing demand for CGT...

Following World Blood Donor Day, a look at the continued need for more donors of blood, but also cord blood and perinatal tissue, too.

Views & Analysis

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Nine for 2019: how did we do on our predictions, and what do...

Year-ends prompt reflection, both on what’s happened in the last 12 months and on the year ahead.

Views & Analysis

Q&A: Avacta’s Amrik Basran on immunotherapy

Dr Amrik Basran from Avacta explains the current state of cancer immunotherapy and the challenges of moving into combinations of these innovative treatments.

Views & Analysis

Deep Dive: Patient Engagement

Patient engagement has moved from a lofty goal to a tangible part of most pharma companies’ businesses – but there are still many untapped areas where the industry can harness this transfor

Sales & Marketing

Solution Spotlight: IQVIA CTFS Site Payments

IQVIA Clinical Trial Financial Suite (CTFS) is a next-generation platform designed to modernise clinical trial financial operations.

Sales & Marketing

Scissors snipping off half of workforce concept

The hidden risks of biotech layoffs: Why cost-cutting trigge...

Reducing your team without a strategic risk plan actually spikes corporate vulnerability more than it lowers burn rates.

Digital

Callyope's AI-powered solution for mental health practitione...

The state of the public’s mental health in the UK and Europe is a serious unmet need.

Digital

The pulse of progress: AI, real-world data, and the ethics o...

What kind of data should train and power the next generation of healthcare AI?

Market Access

Industry exercises option for midpoint review of VPAG Invest...

Under the VPAG agreement, £400 million is available under the VPAG Investment Fund. But what benefits will stay once funding goes away in 2029?

Market Access

Approval designed from day one: Building global-ready regula...

The global pharmaceutical landscape is increasingly defined by the necessity for clinical acceleration without compromising data integrity.

Oncology

ASCO 2026: Powerful evidence for the microbiome in oncology,...

Can the state of someone’s gut microbiome – the balance of good and bad bacteria in their digestive tract – affect their response to cancer immunother

Oncology