Views & Analysis | Perspectives on pharma industry issues

Patients

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Approval is not access: Pilots’ real test is implementation

A medicine can be nationally recommended and still be difficult to access if local systems are not ready to identify, offer, deliver, and monitor it.

Digital

Sponsored

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.

Patients

Innovation can transform NHS care, but scaling is the missin...

Innovation is already improving care across the NHS, but we are not yet consistently delivering at scale for the benefit of patients

R&D

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Treating mechanisms, not symptoms: ALS R&D today

The ALS clinical trial landscape is characterised by a significant number of active trials and sponsors, including MediciNova's Ph3 with MN-166.

Views & Analysis

Measuring value to ensure access in divisive times

Globally, balancing rising healthcare costs with the drive for innovation is a political hot potato – is a greater focus on patient-reported data the centre of value-based gravity we’ve bee

Views & Analysis

The best-selling drugs of the next 5 years

Merck & Co’s immuno-oncology drug Keytruda (pembrolizumab) is projected to be the best-selling dru

Views & Analysis

Searching for new hope in Alzheimer’s

For the best part of two decades, it seemed as if pharma hit a brick wall as it tried to find new treatments for Alzheimer’s.

Sales & Marketing

Sponsored

Personalisation is the biggest lie brands keep telling

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

Sales & Marketing

M&A trends in diagnostics and life sciences tools

The diagnostics and life sciences tools sector is attracting continued investor interest across both private equity and large corporates.

Digital

Sponsored

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

Europe’s new HTA reality: The JCA, one year on

Here, we examine the early realities of JCA implementation, exploring whether the system is delivering greater alignment across European markets.

Market Access

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Why global pharmaceutical reforms are quietly redirecting ra...

Publication of the 2026 Pharma Package by the Council of the EU represents the most significant reform of EU pharmaceutical legislation in over 20 yrs