Sep 29, 2025 | Industry Trends
FDA Expedited Drug Development Programs The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) follows an established and lengthy approval process that ensures patients have access to therapeutic agents proven to be safe and effective. The process relies upon a structured framework...
Sep 25, 2025 | Chronic Disease, Diabetes, Disease Area Trends, Heart Disease
When it comes to improving the lives of patients with chronic illnesses like type-2 diabetes and heart disease, the pharmaceutical industry is playing an ever smaller role. New blockbuster drugs are the lifeblood of pharmaceutical companies. Traditionally, they...
Sep 25, 2025 | Business, Data Analytics, Diabetes, Disease Area Trends
Merck’s two blockbuster diabetes products, Janumet® and Januvia®, are DPP-4 inhibitors that generated nearly $3.3 billion in Sales in 2016.3 Januvia® is especially known for its great cardiovascular safety profile, which has helped differentiate itself in its class....
Sep 25, 2025 | Business, Industry Trends
M&A mania is here. Unprecedented deal values for mergers and acquisitions dominated in 2014. Worldwide M&A was up 47% since 2013 with 95 deals valued greater than $5 billion, as reported by Reuters. Most deals were transacted in the energy,...
Sep 25, 2025 | Business, Chronic Disease, Diabetes, Disease Area Trends
For years, Eli Lilly’s main contributions to the Diabetes market were their insulins: fast-acting analog Humalog® and human insulin Humalin and two premix offerings in analog Humalog® Mix 50/50 and human premix Humalin 75/25. Despite a legacy category, this portfolio...
