Mar 10, 2025 | Market Scan
Introduction to GLP-1 Agonists GLP-1 agonists have been pivotal in the pharmaceutical market for nearly two decades, beginning with the FDA approval of AstraZeneca’s Byetta in 2005. Since then, the landscape has seen numerous entries and exits, leaving Novo Nordisk...
Feb 20, 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...
Feb 17, 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....
Feb 17, 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,...
Feb 17, 2025 | Chronic Disease, Diabetes, Disease Area Trends
Novo Nordisk remains a top player in the Diabetes market with blockbuster insulins NovoLog® and Levemir® which brought in a combined almost $3.5 billion in 20166, Victoza® a GLP-1 that brought in $2.1 billion in 20166, and recently launched Basal insulin/GLP-1...
