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Navigating Economic Uncertainty in Biopharma

The biopharmaceutical industry clearly isn’t going anywhere, but we’ve been in a downward business cycle. We've learned a lot from the pandemic and have adopted novel approaches to development and this current economic challenge will also inform us. In the meantime, adopting these strategies can de-risk your development programs.

The economics of high-cost specialty drugs, illustrated

Specialty drugs – the costly medications used to treat complex disease like cancer and Hepatitis C – have become a hot-button topic given the fact that healthcare spending is perpetually on the rise. After a five-year contraction in healthcare spending growth, medical costs are projected to climb another 6.8 percent in 2015, according to the Health […]