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R&D

Treating the chronic diseases GLP-1s miss, with Laurent Auda...

Prive Bio CEO Laurent Audaly spoke with pharmaphorum during the JP Morgan Healthcare conference, discussing GLP-1s in the cardiometabolic space.

R&D

Changing Faces: Pharma and biotech, January 2026

The new year brought a slew of new faces in the pharma and biotech world, especially in the top jobs, with a number of CEO changes at biotech firms.

Sales & Marketing

Four reasons pharma is sweeping the Super Bowl despite FDA f...

The FDA has signalled increased scrutiny of D2C pharma advertising. So why is pharma stepping up its advertising at Super Bowl LX?

R&D

The long-delayed promise of the microbiome, with Sam Possemi...

Sam Possemiers, CEO of MRM Health, believes that the microbiome space is finally coming into maturity.

Digital

From engagement metrics to meaningful experience: Why pharma...

Pharma digital success still focuses on clicks and downloads, but true performance is whether content actually meets real end-user needs

Digital

Revolutionising clinical trials: The promise of AI-driven su...

In the pharmaceutical research field, the journey from laboratory to pharmacy shelf is fraught with challenges, such as the high failure rates and increasing costs of clinical trials.

R&D

Interview Hakim Yadi and Luba Greenwood at LSX 2024

LSX 2024 - Luba Greenwood and Hakim Yadi

High-profile digital health investor Luba Greenwood recently announced that she’s joined as Chair of the Board at Closed Loop Medicine, a company applying machine learning to precision drug

Digital

Changing Faces – Digital and supplier hires for September 20...

September was a significant month for the companies that support the life sciences industry like CROs, CDMOs, and suppliers, as well as digital health companies.

Sales & Marketing

Four reasons pharma is sweeping the Super Bowl despite FDA f...

The FDA has signalled increased scrutiny of D2C pharma advertising. So why is pharma stepping up its advertising at Super Bowl LX?

Sales & Marketing

pharmaphorum podcast Episode 243, Lisa Sims, Novartis

On quality data for quality learnings, with Lisa Sims

Nicole Raleigh speaks with Lisa Sims, executive director of learning strategy & operations at Novartis, about personalising learning at scale.

Digital

From engagement metrics to meaningful experience: Why pharma...

Pharma digital success still focuses on clicks and downloads, but true performance is whether content actually meets real end-user needs

Digital

Activation of the G protein-coupled GABA B receptor by the agonist baclofen

How GenAI is cracking the toughest targets in drug discovery

Generative AI has the potential to solve for designing effective antibodies for G‑protein coupled receptors (GPCRs).

Market Access

Biotech leaders: ‘They're shoving this industry into the arm...

At the Biotech Showcase during JPM Week, biotech leaders expressed frustration at the US's lack of concern about Chinese biotech progress.

Market Access

European biopharma at a crossroads

If Europe can bridge its operational gaps while leveraging its scientific base, it can carve out a distinctive and sustainable leadership position.

Oncology

A cancer treatment modality that prioritises QoL, with Ben Z...

Immuneering's Ben Zeskind explains how, by focusing on quality of life as well as quantity, they've created a drug for pancreatic cancer.

Oncology

Improving breast cancer outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa

New funding from The Pfizer Foundation will support breast cancer efforts in Kenya by the Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH).

Oncology

Engineering “smarter” cells, with Tim Lu

Senti Bio's Tim Lu discusses “logic-gated” cells, which have multiple receptors allowing them to attack cancer cells while leaving healthy cells alone