The founder and MD of investment bank Candle Partners reflects on key pharma M&A trends over the years and the shape of things to come including private equity action and how family-owned firms are weighing monetization and diversification options.

The damage at one of Pfizer’s largest injectables facilities could lead to gains for a few Indian companies, analysts feel. However, regulatory risks, litigation pay-outs and other challenges will slow growth for domestic firms and Indian units of multinationals like Abbott and Pfizer in FY24, says rating agency ICRA as Q1 results begin coming in

Global CEOs of J&J, Pfizer, AbbVie and Takeda were among the top pharma executives attending the China Development Forum in its first in-person meeting in three years, and highlighted a number of pharma-related policy changes they would like to see in China. Meanwhile, a Japanese employee of Astellas has been detained in the country for alleged espionage.

Industry trade groups applaud CMS’s proposal to increase transparency for prior authorization approvals but are asking for expedited timeframes to provide care.