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Metsera CEO Whit Bernard applies an unconventional leadership philosophy to develop next-generation obesity therapeutics, including monthly GLP-1 injections and oral peptides.
Almost halfway through 2025, and financing for European biotech could be described as challenging. Market volatility, geopolitical instability and trade barriers all loom large in biotech CEO minds when pitching for funding. In Vivo talked to biotechs and investors to gain a realistic view of the current market for company funding so far this year.
From billion-dollar COVID antibody to a strategic reset, Marianne De Backer is navigating Vir's comeback through pipeline focus and disciplined leadership.
Despite the ability to initiate clinical trials quickly and having strong manufacturing capacity, Chinese companies are facing multiple challenges in the obesity space.
The FDA plans to implement generative AI for drug reviews by 30 June 2025, enhancing efficiency and potentially accelerating approval processes. Discussions with OpenAI about AI integration are ongoing.
After revolutionizing the peptide therapeutic landscape, CEO Dinesh Patel reflects on the journey from surviving the 2008 financial crisis to developing a platform now poised to deliver back-to-back blockbuster approvals.
During Q1, biopharma M&A deal value reached $38.4bn and drew in $60.8bn in potential deal value from alliances. Device company M&A values reached $8.7bn.
Merck’s immuno-oncology blockbuster was the world’s best-selling drugs by revenues for the second year in a row, with an almost $12bn lead over its closest rival, Novo Nordisk’s GLP-1 drug Ozempic.
During Q1, biopharmas brought in an aggregate $13.1bn in financing and device company fundraising totaled $5bn; while in vitro diagnostic firms and research tools players raised $418m.
Capital remains available for good healthtech projects, but it is more concentrated and harder to find than of late. Founders and inventors must know how to unlock it. The BioWales 2025 investor panel told them where they could be going wrong.
S2 Xpeed is driving the rapid growth of medtech and hardware start-ups in Europe. Operating under a "sweat equity" model, the program helps early-stage companies move from prototype to manufacturing readiness in exchange for equity.
Lundbeck CEO Charl van Zyl spoke with In Vivo about the Danish company’s multipronged transformation, one that involves a rethink of company culture, pipeline strategy and a sharpened focus on innovation in rare neurological disorders.
The world’s biggest pharmaceutical companies mostly saw growth in 2024 but 2025 promises to be more of a mixed bag with headwinds including losses of exclusivity, Medicare Part D redesign and challenges in the Chinese market.
Laura Lane, European head of Lilly Ventures, talked to In Vivo at the recent Bio-Europe meeting in a fireside chat about how strategic investments are shaping the future of biotech, Lilly's approach to early-stage innovation, and the evolving European investment landscape.
TechBio stands at a critical inflection point, where computational innovation meets the reality of biopharma. Industry leaders have begun to cut through the hype and identify where sustainable value truly lies in this rapidly evolving landscape.
From a $7m discarded asset to a $336m commercial portfolio, In Vivo looks inside Mirum Pharma’s disciplined strategy for identifying, acquiring and revitalizing overlooked rare disease programs while building toward billion-dollar potential.
Three $1bn+ alliances were penned in February, and one exceeded $2bn.
A perspective on global healthcare trends and UK opportunities from Yogan Patel, head of life sciences at chartered accountancy MHA, a member firm of Baker Tilley International.