Pharma Phriday (May 1, 2026): A week of bold dealmaking and standout clinical milestones, including a landmark gene-editing readout. AI momentum continued with another high-value partnership. Regulators delivered unusually wide-ranging decisions, including a serious alleged trial-fraud case. Major acquisitions reshaped rare disease, oncology and neuroscience, alongside UK reform and early sales data for a new obesity drug.

In this week’s Pharma Phriday (April 17, 2026): In the clinic, some of the hardest-to-treat cancers are finally yielding ground, with survival data that would have been difficult to imagine a few years ago. Rare and underserved oncology and dermatology indications are also seeing regulatory progress. On the deals side, ADCs continue to attract serious investment, AI partnerships are expanding well beyond drug discovery into core business operations, and radiopharma is drawing

This week we've had Eyes On Commercial Development and the FDA. Several companies have announced partnerships / acquisitions to further boost their pipelines and strengthen their competitive advantage.

We've been keeping Eyes On the updates coming out along with the 2Q25 Results. Lots of news on strategic Plans, M&A, Clinical Data, and more.

For ten titans of industry in 2025, the U.S. patent runway is coming to a close.

This month we've been watching how different companies are managing their pipelines, and keeping Eyes On other hot news topics.

According to an annual PwC study released in December, the amount of M&A activity in the pharmaceutical and life sciences sectors in 2024...

We've highlighted a few firms: Lilly, AbbVie, Pfizer, Novo Nordisk, BMS, Roche, Novartis, Merck, AstraZeneca, GSK, Viatris, Teva, and Amgen.

This week, we had eyes on data readouts, launch metrics, M&A, and more. Catch up with the news from Roche, AstraZeneca, Lundbeck, and AbbVie

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