Pharma Phriday (June 12, 2026). Oral drug delivery continued to reshape the obesity and HIV treatment landscapes. AI platform deals deepened beyond pilots into multi-year operational commitments. BD&L activity was substantial, spanning late-stage acquisitions, platform licensing, and preclinical bets. Regulatory milestones touched rare disease, oncology, and haematology. Several long-standing therapeutic hypotheses were either validated or refuted by Phase III data.

Gene editing delivers first clinical proof of viral reservoir elimination, raising genuine prospects of cure for chronic hepatitis B. Obesity and metabolic liver disease pipelines continue to mature, with durable data supporting next-generation agents. Enterprise AI deployment accelerates across pharma. Vaccine development resurges as a strategic priority. Regulatory divergence between the FDA and EMA remains a recurring feature of the week.

In this week’s Pharma Phriday (May 15, 2026): A landmark week. The first tau-directed therapy to show cognitive benefit in Alzheimer's disease. A pivotal gene therapy milestone in DMD. The largest China-originated licensing deal ever announced. A new BCL2 inhibitor class approved a decade after the last. And AI attracting record funding and embedding itself at every layer of drug discovery.

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.

From oral biologics to next-generation RNA therapies, companies are investing heavily in platforms that redefine how medicines are delivered and where they act.

This week’s Pharma Phriday (April 24, 2026) covers major AI platform launches and enterprise partnerships, showing AI is expanding beyond drug discovery into wider roles. Clinical trials in respiratory, haematology, and neurology had mixed results, while regulators approved products in vaccines, immunology, oncology, and infectious disease. The industry saw notable consolidation with several multi-billion dollar acquisitions in gene therapy, regenerative medicine, and biosimi

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

Pharma Phriday (April 3, 2026): Clinical advances span sleep disorders, respiratory disease, dermatology, cardiovascular risk, and autoimmune conditions. Regulatory highlights cover diabetes, haematological malignancies, and biosimilars. Commercially, M&A activity dominated, alongside AI-driven R&D partnerships.

Pharma Phriday (March 27, 2026): Advances in obesity, diabetes, and rare neuromuscular disease; new approvals in lymphoma, paediatrics, ophthalmology, and obesity; major acquisitions in haematology and autoimmune; and licensing deals for T-cell engagers, oncology, subQ delivery, and AI.

In Part 4 of our Series on how the pharma landscape is being reshaped - from the inside out, we have Eyes On what late-stage setbacks and tolerability trade-offs reveal about portfolio planning and platform expansion.

The newest pharmaceutical behemoths to reach MFN pricing agreements with the White House are Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk, who have agreed to sell their weight-loss medications to Americans at reduced costs.

We're keeping Eyes On Diabesity. With new approvals, data on the horizon, and M&A to bolster pipelines, it seems like there's something new everyday. Here we cover new MACE indications and the Metsera bidding war. What were you watching?

We've had Eyes on the MASH activities, and the latest M&A between Novo Nordisk and Akero Therapeutics caught our eye. In IPF, Boehringer's newly approved Jascayde...

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.

This week we've had Eyes On BioPharma updates and US Regulatory moves on EU Tariffs. Check out Lilly 's data and expectations for Verzenio, GSK's deal with Hengrui, Novo Nordisk & Replicate Therapeutics agreement on sRNA, and the latest on US-EU Pharma tariffs.

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.

We've had Eyes on several firms that are actively executing on their strategic plans to ensure competitiveness in their markets. Take a look at how BioNTech, Novo Nordisk, and Merck are adapting to changing markets and technologies.

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.

We've had Eyes On some of the recent deals, results, and investor actions. Check out the happenings at Sanofi/Opella, Pfizer, Regeneron, and