The first half of 2018 appeared promising for the European biopharma sector, with multiple large investment funds promising cash to young, innovative companies in the region – a turnaround after years of life science firms suffering from a funding drought across Europe.

Investment in advanced in vitro diagnostics is increasing as the technologies themselves are becoming less esoteric and more easily "understood" by patients and providers alike. Are these technologies finally breaking through the glass ceiling to visibly assume their rightful place in health care delivery? 

The hotly contested US market is central to Bayer’s aspirations to become a global innovation player in pharmaceuticals, especially in key growth segments like oncology. A little more than one year in, Bayer Pharmaceuticals Americas President Dr. Carsten Brunn reflects on his unit’s progress.

During the annual BIO International conference in June, researchers from the UK – which has pushed antimicrobial resistance to front and center on the global stage – discussed ongoing efforts for incentivizing antibiotic discovery and development, and the challenges that remain when it comes to management and resolution of the world’s AMR crisis.

A plethora of clinical studies are showing that new types of data, often captured in the EHR, can help improve the correlation between treatments and outcomes and favorably affect patient care as well as enhance drug development.

The health products industry, methods of care delivery and even the public's expectations for improved tools to prevent, monitor and treat disease have transformed dramatically in the past five years. The changes anticipated over a similar period ahead are potentially even more marked, with business continuity impacts for medtech and pharma concerns, according to Deloitte LLP experts who were on the circuit at health care industry events in Germany and the UK this spring.

The hotly contested US market is central to Bayer’s aspirations to become a global innovation player in pharmaceuticals, especially in key growth segments like oncology. A little more than one year in, Bayer Pharmaceuticals Americas President Dr. Carsten Brunn reflects on his unit’s progress.

An interactive look at recent executive-level company changes and promotions in the biopharma, medical device and diagnostics industries.

After a promising research program failed to deliver, London-listed Circassia changed from being an R&D-based allergy company to one focused on commercial respiratory therapies. Rapid decision-making averted a crisis and earned the company a US deal and equity partnership with AstraZeneca. As an exercise in Plan B readiness, it's surely up there with the best.

With 15 new gene and cell-based therapies in late-stage testing, the time is now to consider a critical strategic question: is there a pricing model for these budget-busting treatments that works in both safeguarding returns to innovators and providing access to patients at a price society is willing to pay? An analysis by ZS Associates looks at the options for biopharma going forward.

Value is a concept that is increasingly embraced by providers and payers, as well as medtech manufacturers. Leading providers are organizing around value, changing their models and thereby inviting medtech manufacturers to adapt to the post fee-for-service era. Some, like Medtronic, are at the head of the game.

The leading medtechs are starting to develop models for providers that show how to implement successful digital strategies, a trend that is serving to put pressure on companies that are yet to make a commitment, says ZS Associates' Pete Masloski.

As of mid-year 2018, there were more than 950 regenerative medicine therapies in clinical trials, of which more than 90 are in Phase III. 

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