Isis Pharma $ISIS held its annual research and development pipeline update for analysts and investors on January 5, 2012. Unfortunately there was no question and answer session, but I’ll review some of the highlights from the two hours of prepared remarks below. An overview of 2012 goals and milestones for the entire antisense pipeline was […]
PFE & BMY – The anticoagulant market & the Apixaban Catalyst
Background: The market for anti-thrombosis agents is set for dramatic changes. A thrombus is an aggregation of platelets which plays a key part in several life-threatening diseases, such as myocardial infarction, stroke, deep-vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, stent thrombosis, as well as other medical conditions. The market for therapies against thrombosis can be broken down simply […]
Sanofi Ditches New R&D Model For Newer Model
When Eias Zerhouni, head of Sanofi’s R&D arrived at the company, he set about changing the company’s large pharma research model to a more “biotech” like one in an attempt to be more creative and nimble. However, Eias has just realized that discovering drugs is more difficult than he had originally thought. No worries- there […]
