Mike Hennessy Jr. is the President and CEO of MJH Life Sciences.
Rethinking Drug Pricing
The 340B program is under greater scrutiny with more transparency for drug access being demanded by industry.
Drug Prices on Debate
How the Republican and Democrat presidential candidates might appeal to voters on this topic is starting to be seen.
Responding to Mpox
A coordinated and international response is needed to help control the latest mpox outbreak in Africa.
Igniting Pharma’s Potential?
Will Sanofi’s plan to recruit the younger generation through its participation in the upcoming 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, being held in Paris, pay off?
Publisher's Note: Automating Processes
Improved efficiencies and reduced costs are clear advantages of automating drug manufacturing processes.
Tapping into the Potential of Biologics
Technological advances are helping advance biologics development and manufacturing and reduce bottlenecks.
May I Present the Neoantigen
Experts believe it is likely cancer cells are more common in the body than previously thought, but typically caught early and removed in the body’s cancer-immune cycle. When the system is in good working order (and protecting us), dead cancer cells release neoantigens.
First in Line on Catalent’s Line
While Catalent’s acquisition is definitely about making drugs, it’s also very much about making money.
J.P. Morgan Losing Weight
Given its positioning at each new year’s commencement, the J.P. Morgan Healthcare conference helps establish the tone with which the pharmaceutical industry is viewed.
Reimbursement Precipitating Shortages
GSI shortages result from how hospitals buy GSI drugs, and the underinvestment in manufacturing operations that follow.
The Dislocation of Progress
Pharmaceuticals are entering a transition into a far more complex era of patient therapies, and patient segmentation.
Capitalizing on Success
Industry investments indicate increasing trust in the newest modalities, including mRNA approaches.
Renewed Hope for Alzheimer’s
It has been a long wait, but for Alzheimer’s at least, this is the beginning of renewed hope.
Billions of Reasons to be Buoyant
Pharma's ability to continually reinvent itself will be critical in growing future business operations.
Supply Chain Securities
A proposed database includes key information about critical drugs, such as the country of origin and quantity, so supply chain weaknesses can be identified.
Drug Pricing’s Static Changes
The debate surrounding drug pricing changes rages on.
Governance of Future Pandemics
COVID-19 has raised the specter of pandemic planning and the question of what can be done now to prevent future disaster.
Young Pups and Leopards
The engine that drives pharmaceuticals forward, its workforce, is now very low on fuel.
Who’s Got Game?
Direct-to-consumer drug advertising has developed as a cottage industry which has been used to increase prescriptions immensely.
Subsurface Currents
That wave beginning to crash over PhRMA’s gunwales may well emanate from a startup mindset, rather than Big Pharma or government policy pundits.
Proportion, Balance, and Restraint
The restraint to not target solely the major disease groups has provided good proportion and balance for our industry.
Paradigm Shift
Cell and gene therapies is unequivocally viewed as the biggest opportunity in the bio/pharma space.
Of Mice and Men and Armadillos
Science news can be just so weird, or weirdly useful, that everything else recedes as we ponder whether it is true and what consequences it might bring.
Voice of Regulators
Next year's "FDA Voices" series will cover core topics FDA staff are prioritizing.
Optimizing Quality
The 1VQ papers advocate for the idea that certain post-approval changes should be streamlined and expedited.
What Does Cost Mean?
While the cost of certain medicines are alarmingly high, they can be considered a bargain measured against a lifetime of traditional costs.
The Stick and Carrot of Quality Management
How can we fix the quality manufacturing issues that come with product shortages?
How Can We Come Up Short So Often?
Systemic inefficiencies in the pharmaceutical industry undermine problem-solving efforts.
Is AI a Panacea for Pharma’s Productivity Gap?
AI could provide solutions to critical manufacturing inefficiencies.
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