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Pharma is in acquisition mode but small biotechs hurting for money

World of DTC Marketing

It seems that pharma is only interested in drugs that have the potential to sell hundreds of millions as opposed to small products that may only sell to a limited audience. A study in 2020 estimated that the median cost of getting a new drug into the market was $985 million, and the average price was $1.3 5 drugs) ranged from $765.9

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The current pharma business model is unsustainable

World of DTC Marketing

In pharma, growth depends on new products with hefty price tags when over 80% of voters want lower costs for their prescription drugs. They relied so much on a new drug that they tried to market a product with bad science behind it. The pharma industry is a giant behemoth that needs new drugs to survive and grow.

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Securing every dose with an edible security technology for safe medicines

European Pharmaceutical Review

The prevalence of fake drugs is a continually growing problem worldwide. Fake drugs can be categorised as substandard, falsified, counterfeit and diverted drugs, and the World Health Organization (WHO) broadly defines a counterfeit medicine as “one which is deliberately and fraudulently mislabelled with respect to identity and/or source.”

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New quality requirements for tobacco products

European Pharmaceutical Review

1 In the EU, the Tobacco Products Directive (2014/40/EU) governs “the manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco and related products”. References Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use among Young People in England, 2021. The harmful effects of smoking are well known, causing more avoidable deaths than any other single cause.

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MSD secures full approval for Keytruda’s use in MSI-high solid tumours

Pharmaceutical Technology

Broadening uses and secured full approvals Since its first approval in September 2014, Keytruda has achieved blockbuster status on the market. The drug is approved in several indications, including advanced melanoma, metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), and relapsed classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL). billion in 2028.

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Moving towards oral delivery of biologics

European Pharmaceutical Review

Of the 175 new drugs approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) between 2016 and 2019, most were biologics. When the balloon reaches a sufficient pressure, this pushes the dissolvable needle into the intestinal wall, delivering the drug payload.”

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Catalyst Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for its Convertible Stemmed Total Shoulder Arthroplasty System

Legacy MEDSearch

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its fully convertible stemmed total shoulder arthroplasty system with an ellipsoid anatomic head. Catalyst OrthoScience was founded in 2014 by orthopedic surgeon Steven Goldberg, M.D., Catalyst OrthoScience Inc. About Catalyst OrthoScience Inc.

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