Two biopharmas, Alexion Pharmaceuticals and Karyopharm, are trialing possible treatments while Eli Lilly and Bristol Myers Squibb are offering to help the unemployed stay on their meds.
Meanwhile, President Donald Trump offered U.K. Prime MInister Boris Johnson, in the ICU with COVID-19, unproven treatments. And news emerged that Trump himself holds a small financial interest in Sanofi, which makes an off-patent brand of hydroxychloroquine.
India is reportedly retracting export bans on 13 active pharmaceutical ingredients and finished formulations, and hydroxychloroquine may be included.
As of Tuesday, the number of global confirmed cases had surpassed 1.36 million, according to Johns Hopkins University’s real-time dashboard, and nearly 76,000 people had died.
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By Eric Sagonowsky, Kyle Blankenship, Angus Liu, Conor Hale
Source: Fierce Pharma
Five years ago, GSK made headlines when it hired Emma Walmsley to become the first woman to run a major pharmaceutical company. Now the Big Pharma has brought in another woman to control the company’s finances. Julie Brown will be GSK’s next chief financial officer. Brown, currently the chief operating and financial officer at fashion and beauty brand Burberry Group, is set to replace Iain Mackay.
Moderna created a new role responsible for “building out the company’s organization to support its growing pipeline.” Starting first thing 2023, Juan Andres, Moderna’s manufacturing head, will step into this new role under the title president of strategic partnerships and enterprise expansion, the company said Thursday.
The latest takeover is anticipated to boost the presence of Torrent in the dermatology segment. Indian company Torrent Pharmaceuticals has signed a definitive agreement for the complete acquisition of Curatio Healthcare for $245.16m (Rs20bn).
