Pharmaceutical Market Europe • October 2024 • 5

CONTENTS

October 2024

NEWS & COLUMNS


6-7 NEWS
Eli Lilly and HAYA in $1bn deal; Novartis’ Fabhalta recommended by NICE

8-9 NEWS
Sanofi’s BTK inhibitor shows promise in MS; UK government invests £400m into clinical research

10-11 DERMATOLOGY NEWS
FDA approves Galderma’s Nemluvio; Merck's ten-year results for melanoma

12 DARWIN'S MEDICINE
Medicine can be beyond reach – unless...

13 DELIVERING INCLUSIVE EVENTS
We also need to consider those disabilities that are not visible

14 INNOVATIVE IMPACT BLOG
The secrets of the pharmaceutical launch A-team

15 THE FUTURE OF HEALTHCARE COMMUNICATIONS
The future is full of potential – if we’re brave enough to experiment

FEATURES


16-17 WOMEN IN PHARMA
Iona Everson from PMGroup spoke to Ulrike Graefe-Mody, global head of retinal health at Boehringer Ingelheim, about her career path and how female representation in the industry has changed over the past two decades

20-22 ESMO 2024 – HOW PHARMA IS BREATHING LIFE INTO CANCER COMMS 
The most interesting trend from a marketing perspective was the clear change of emphasis in the language of cancer, with companies across the space reframing the narrative to focus on ‘living’ rather than just ‘surviving’

24-25 SERVING UP CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE EXCELLENCE
This latest report on the state of customer experience in the global pharmaceutical industry involved 6,100 HCPs across 13 countries and eight therapy areas

COMMUNIQUE
MARKETING & COMMS


28-30 PRECISION, PLANNING AND CREATIVITY FOR LAUNCH EXCELLENCE IN A VOLATILE SECTOR
Sticking to routines and mechanisms that served well over previous generations of launch will not insulate against the fierce failure rate of the current, volatile climate

32-34 COUNTDOWN TO A OPTIMISED DRUG LAUNCH: FIVE DETERMINANTS OF SUCCESS
The launch of a new pharmaceutical product depends on a host of determinants and it just takes one factor to send the launch awry

35 HEALTHCARE COMMS
Executive Insight opens New York office to better serve US biopharma clients; Wilmington Healthcare relaunches as HSJ Information

CAREERS & RECRUITMENT


36-38 APPOINTMENTS
Changes at BioMarin, UCB and Tiziana

39 PHARMA MARKETING JOBS
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