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Eli Lilly HQ

Lilly streamlines and culls leadership roles

Merges Europe and emerging markets interests and expands diabetes and oncology

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Ipsen buys cancer business from stripped down Merrimack

Deal includes pancreatic cancer therapy Onivyde which it hopes will gain first-line approval

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Eisai takes control of weight loss drug Belviq from Arena

Buys global rights to obesity drug in $49m deal to expedite roll-out and boost sales

Sanofi reception

Sanofi launches insulin combo Soliqua in US

Diabetes drug available in pharmacies for $127 per 300 unit pen ahead of Novo Nordisk's Xultophy

Biogen Idec building

FDA approves Biogen’s Spinraza for spinal muscular atrophy

Analysts predict blockbuster sales as drug is priced at $750,000 for first year of treatment

Novartis day

Novartis buys two firms in pre-Christmas shopping spree

Acquires eye disease specialist Encore Vision and NASH drug firm Conatus Pharma

Sanofi reception

Lilly and Boehringer launch first Lantus clone Basaglar in US

Starts biosimilar at 15% discount to Sanofi’s basal insulin product

Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) building

BMS restructures US R&D operations

Unveils site closures and build plans as firm focuses pipeline around three US hubs

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After Senate vote, Cures Act is en route to Obama for signature

Set to accelerate access to new therapies through real-world data and surrogate efficiency measures

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Global drug spending will rise by a third to $1.5trn in 2021

However, rate of growth will not match previous years due to pricing and access pressures

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Pharma struggling to make multichannel data work

New survey finds firms are hampered by lack of access to real-time data

dengue fever mosquito

Takeda plans German plant to support dengue vaccine roll-out

Will invest more than €100m in the Singen manufacturing facility

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