How much does it cost?
How much does it cost to develop a drug?We still don't know. The most recent analysis on this subject was published earlier this year. In an excellent analysis, Sertkaya et al. analyzed…
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A Post-COVID-19 World
What will our industry and economy look like in the post-COVID-19 era?First of all, we would never recommend paying too much attention to anyone who knows precisely what the answer…
Industry Concentration: Real or Myth?
Somewhere in the deep recesses of our collective memory, the Concentration Ratio resides. It's a quick measure of how competitive an industry is. You can read all about it here. …
Can CrossFit Change The Practice of Medicine?
Back during our early days as an Analyst with a venture capital fund, one of the Managing Partners always asked a simple question when assessing opportunities: "Will this change the…
2018 Pipeline Review
The good folks at Pharmaprojects just published their Pharma R&D Annual Review. A summary of the report, plus a link to the full report, is available here. The report…
Opioids – Nobody Wins
Two months ago, it was reported that six US states filed lawsuits against Connecticut-based Purdue Pharma, accusing the company of “...fueling a national opioid epidemic by deceptively marketing its prescription painkillers...”…
The Russian Pharmaceutical Market: Lessons Learned
We are in the early days of a short, but intense consulting project involving the Russian pharmaceutical market. It's a very interesting market, with some notable differences when compared…
NSAIDs: More Bad News
NSAIDs are an $11-12+ billion market, yet the problems with these drugs continue to make headlines. The most recent study examined data from nearly 450,000 patients, and concluded (our…
Drug Overdose Deaths: What Can Pharma Do?
Last week, the US Centers for Disease Control published a rather alarming report on drug overdose deaths in the US. Here are a few items which we found…
Can We ESKAPE This Problem?
Can we ESKAPE the problem which may kill thousands of human beings over the next decades? First, what is ESKAPE? Initially coined by Dr. Louis Rice, ESKAPE is a handy acronym for…
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