Christopher Viehbacher told his first earnings call as CEO that a review is under way to reverse Biogen’s fortunes, but noted Leqembi will not be a meaningful contributor while treatment and reimbursement bottlenecks remain.

When almost everything that could go wrong has gone wrong at a company, the proposition of it turning acquirer may meet with some resistance from its proposed targets and their investors.

The pharma, biotech and allied industries came back together in London on 2 December to celebrate a year of exceptional achievement at the 17th Annual Scrip Awards, hosted by the journalist and broadcaster Amol Rajan.

This week's roundup includes Almirall's appointment of a former Sanofi employee as CEO and various other high-level appointments by Axial, Therachon, Theranexus and Karolinska.