The German biotech inks its fifth metabolic disease collaboration as it teams up with US major Eli Lilly to develop kidney disease and diabetes assets.

Medicines for Ireland has appointed Accord Healthcare Ireland managing director Padraic O’Brien as chairperson and Teva Ireland director of generic products Paul Neill as vice chairperson of the Irish industry association. The changes come just a few weeks after Ireland implemented its new framework agreement on off-patent pricing.

Clive Dix was awarded Scrip’s Lifetime Achievement honor jointly with his long-term colleague and friend Dame Kate Bingham in December 2021. With more than 30 years’ experience in pharma and biotech, Dix has seen the industry evolve and take on many challenges. He spoke to In Vivo about his career journey, the future of biotech and his expectations for 2022 – another year under the cloud of COVID-19.

The coronavirus pandemic may have dominated the news in 2021, but industry’s more bread and butter R&D activities continued. Here, Scrip takes a look at five of the more notable clinical trial misses of the year that got readers clicking.