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Merck’s Q2 Earnings: Oncology Dominance Masks Looming Patent Cliff Anxiety
Pharma

Merck’s Q2 Earnings: Oncology Dominance Masks Looming Patent Cliff Anxiety

Jane AubreyAugust 6, 2026August 6, 2026

Merck & Co. (MRK) reported its second-quarter 2026 financial results, delivering a performance that simultaneously showcased the unmatched commercial power of…

Pfizer’s Q2 Earnings: Non-COVID Growth Drives Guidance Raise Amid Operational Efficiency Push
Pharma

Pfizer’s Q2 Earnings: Non-COVID Growth Drives Guidance Raise Amid Operational Efficiency Push

Jane AubreyAugust 5, 2026August 5, 2026

Pfizer Inc. (PFE) reported its second-quarter 2026 financial results, delivering a performance that underscored the company’s successful pivot away from its…

Pharmacy Software Is Starting to Look Like Healthcare Infrastructure
Pharma

Pharmacy Software Is Starting to Look Like Healthcare Infrastructure

Jane AubreyJuly 27, 2026July 27, 2026

One of the most overlooked healthcare developments of the last forty-eight hours came not from a drug trial, a reimbursement…

Pharmacy Automation Is Becoming a Healthcare Infrastructure Play
Pharma

Pharmacy Automation Is Becoming a Healthcare Infrastructure Play

Jane AubreyJuly 24, 2026July 24, 2026

The most interesting healthcare-operations development of the last forty-eight hours was LataMed AI and FARMASER entering a memorandum of understanding…

Radiopharma Is Becoming a Registration-Geography Business
Pharma

Radiopharma Is Becoming a Registration-Geography Business

Jane AubreyJuly 17, 2026July 17, 2026

The most interesting biotech development of the last forty-eight hours is not a drug approval or a late-stage efficacy surprise.…

Convenience Is Becoming Part of the Clinical Value Proposition
Pharma

Convenience Is Becoming Part of the Clinical Value Proposition

Jane AubreyJuly 13, 2026July 13, 2026

The most important biotech development of the last forty-eight hours is not another deal, a manufacturing expansion, or a platform…

The FDA Is Moving Upstream Into Factory Formation
Pharma

The FDA Is Moving Upstream Into Factory Formation

Jane AubreyJuly 2, 2026July 2, 2026

For decades, the drug industry treated regulation and manufacturing as sequential problems. Companies developed an asset, built or secured production…

Clinical-Trial Outsourcing Is Becoming a Biosecurity Diligence Problem
Pharma

Clinical-Trial Outsourcing Is Becoming a Biosecurity Diligence Problem

Marcus ChenJuly 1, 2026July 1, 2026

For years, the biopharma industry treated global clinical-trial geography as an execution question. Companies went where patient recruitment was faster,…

Biopharma Is Paying for Assets That Rewire the Standard of Care
Pharma

Biopharma Is Paying for Assets That Rewire the Standard of Care

Jane AubreyJune 29, 2026June 29, 2026

The most interesting biotech deal of the day is not important because of its size alone. It is important because…

Drug Pricing Is Becoming Trade Policy
Pharma

Drug Pricing Is Becoming Trade Policy

Jane AubreyJune 22, 2026June 22, 2026

Biotech investors are used to thinking about drug pricing as a domestic argument. The traditional battle lines are familiar: governments…

Pharma’s $106 Billion Summer: The Bolt-On Strategy to Beat the Patent Cliff
Pharma

Pharma’s $106 Billion Summer: The Bolt-On Strategy to Beat the Patent Cliff

Marcus ChenJune 16, 2026June 16, 2026

How a surge in targeted mid-sized acquisitions is reshaping oncology and metabolic pipelines as major drugmakers brace for a revenue…

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