The pharma and biotech industries have reached significant R&D milestones in the past decade, including the broad adoption of immunotherapy and the advent of gene therapies. Despite these breakthroughs, the productivity of research and development efforts among large pharma/biotech remains low. As novel methods of development become more commonplace and the areas of focus shift from larger disease areas to more niche diseases, pharma companies will need to expand on existing capabilities across the product lifecycle. In this paper Emre Vural, Kishore Gangangari, and Joanna Lee look at how R&D has evolved from a focus on primary care to specialty medicine for rare disease as well as innovation in R&D sourcing models.
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Root causes to solutions: A policy proposal to address generic drug shortages
In the United States, drug shortages have become a persistent public health issue, negatively impacting patient care and outcomes. In the last decade, the...