What Global Surveys of Medical Affairs Professionals Reveal Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the pharmaceutical industry, prompting many Medical Affairs professionals to ask whether some roles may eventually become obsolete. Headlines regularly...
GLP-1 Uptake by Country: Where Ozempic and Mounjaro are Booming in 2026
The global market for glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists has entered a new phase. What began as a breakthrough in type 2 diabetes management has become one of the defining pharmaceutical stories of the decade. In 2025, the GLP-1 receptor agonist market...
AI’s Next Leap in Biopharma: From Acceleration to Intelligence in Partnership
Artificial intelligence has already changed the rhythm of discovery in biopharma. Algorithms can screen millions of molecules, identify trial candidates, and forecast supply chains with extraordinary speed. Yet speed is not the same as progress. The next chapter of AI...
What GLP-1 Patients Don’t Know About Muscle Loss and Why It Matters
GLP-1 receptor agonists are transforming obesity treatment. But the clinical conversation about lean muscle preservation is lagging behind the prescribing rate, and that gap has real consequences for patients, says Omar el-Gohary. There is a version of the GLP-1...
Foundayo vs Rybelsus: The Oral GLP-1 Guide for 2026
The oral GLP-1 market has changed faster in the past six months than in the previous six years. Where once Rybelsus stood alone as the only GLP-1 pill available, patients and clinicians must now navigate three distinct oral products, each with a different molecule, a...
The GLP-1 Drug Pipeline: Every Candidate to Watch in 2026
The GLP-1 drug pipeline has become one of the most consequential and closely watched in modern pharmaceutical history. In 2026, the class of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists is no longer defined solely by Ozempic and Wegovy. A new generation of oral tablets,...
AstraZeneca’s $18.5 Billion China Obesity Drug Deal Explained
AstraZeneca China Obesity Drug Deal: A $18.5 Billion Bet on the Future of Weight Management AstraZeneca announced on 30 January 2026, what has quickly become known as the AstraZeneca CSPC obesity deal, a landmark licensing and collaboration agreement with China's CSPC...
Tumor Vasculature has Long Been a Target. Measuring it is the Next Step
Oncology drug development is more mechanistically advanced than ever. Scientists and researchers design therapies to block immune evasion, disrupt tumor metabolism, and rewire the microenvironment. Yet a costly problem remains: many patients who should respond to...
Women’s Health Strategy England: Ten Years of Planned Reform
England's Renewed Women's Health Strategy Puts Patient Voice at the Centre of Care The government published the renewed Women's Health Strategy for England on 15 April 2026, setting out a ten-year programme to address deep-rooted failures in how the NHS identifies,...
Yaqrit Phase 2a Data, Clinical Consensus Boost YAQ007 and YAQ006 in HE
• Strong global consensus on measurement and role of ammonia in Hepatic Encephalopathy (HE) • Phase 2a results of YAQ007 (oral OPA) show ammonia reduction • Utility of rifaximin in HE defined more narrowly LONDON, April 17, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Yaqrit, a...
The Rising Reach of Black-Market Prescription Drugs in the UK
Despite common perceptions, the black market is no longer confined to underground, organised crime networks or obscure corners of the internet. In reality, this trade in illegal prescription drugs can be found in a local corner shop, hair salon, or even people’s own...
From Flower to Pharmacy: The Science Behind Manuka Honey
Not all honey is created equal. That statement, once dismissed as marketing language, is now well-supported by peer-reviewed chemistry. Manuka honey is produced by bees foraging on Leptospermum scoparium, a flowering shrub native to New Zealand and south-eastern...
Breakthroughs in the Lab – Blind Spots in Reality
Obesity care is at a turning point. GLP-1s like Ozempic and Mounjaro have upended weight loss culture – and the research backs them up. For the first time, multiple randomized trials have found that anti-obesity medications can lead to an average 15-20% weight loss....
Why Pharma’s Commercial Model is Failing Precision Medicine
Pharma generates more insight than ever. Translating that insight into timely action is where the system falters, and the gap runs deeper than most commercial leaders are willing to admit. Over the past decade, omnichannel systems have matured considerably. CRM...
Life Science and Biopharma in 2026: Insights from L.E.K. Consulting
The biopharma industry is at an inflection point as it enters 2026. Discoveries from the past year will be applied and scaled, particularly across AI-enabled drug development, advanced modalities and cardiometabolic disease treatment. These advancements will occur...
Understanding GLP-1 Side Effects Through a Nutritional Lens
GLP-1 medications have changed the landscape of weight management. For many people, they have delivered clinically meaningful weight loss alongside improvements in glycaemic control, and their place in treatment pathways is now well established. What is becoming...
European Life Sciences: Rethinking the “Organic” US Expansion
Against a backdrop of rising development and launch costs, growing regulatory complexity, geopolitical uncertainty and intensifying competition for specialist talent, many European pharma and biotech companies are reassessing the long-held ambition of “cracking the...
J&J to Invest Over $1B in Pennsylvania Cell Therapy Manufacturing Facility
Johnson & Johnson has announced plans to invest more than $1 billion in a new cell therapy manufacturing facility in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. This project marks a significant expansion of its advanced therapies infrastructure and reinforces the company’s...







