Bristol Myers Squibb’s head of major markets, Monica Shaw, wants to improve access to lifesaving therapies. Payers and politicians must be persuaded to loosen their purse strings – and open their minds.

BMS partners with Repertoire and Scenic, plus deals involving: G1/Pepper, Harmony/Epygenix, Biodexa/Emtora, Regeneron/Mammoth, Vertex/Treefrog and Immedica/KKR/Impilo.

The US FDA approved Day One’s pediatric brain cancer drug Ojemda, ImmunityBio’s bladder cancer immunotherapy Anktiva, an uncomplicated UTI claim for Utility Therapeutics’ Pivya, which has a long history in Europe, and Pfizer’s hemophilia B gene therapy Beqvez.

Machines are now generating molecules that “no human would have imagined,” heard delegates at the BioAsia 2024 summit in Hyderabad, as big pharma and tech leaders discussed the many ways in which AI is causing fundamental shift in R&D approaches.