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Global Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR-T) therapy was first approved by the US FDA back in 2017 amid a great deal of fanfare and high expectations among patients about its potential as a revolutionary, perhaps even decisive, new pillar in the war on cancer. Five years later, however, many are still left…

Global In recent years, the much-discussed concept of “patient centricity” has been top-of-mind across all corners of the pharma industry. This is especially pertinent now that many innovative drug makers are seeking to become much more than just purveyors of pills and expand along the life science continuum, providing positive healthcare…

Global David H. Crean, Managing General Partner for Coast BioVentures, updates and highlights the latest trends in the cell and gene therapy market for deal activities and financings over the past two years since his original article on the topic was published on PharmaBoardroom in June 2019.   Cell and gene…

Saudi Arabia Amr Seif introduces the evolution in Astellas’ MEA strategy; the adoption of innovative access models to ensure that the companies’ therapies are available for all patients who need them; and the challenges and opportunities in the Saudi pharma market.   We are opening a new chapter in medicine. The early…

Global Marc Boutin, Novartis’ global head of patient engagement, outlines the company’s “bold vision” of patient engagement and the actions that need to be taken for CAR-T patients in the immediate, short- medium-, and long-term. This piece forms part of our special section, InFocus: Patient Engagaement in the Era of CAR-T.…

Europe Building on points developed in his 2020 PharmaBoardroom interview, Professor Nicolaus Kröger of the European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT) outlines the progress made by the multi-stakeholder GoCART Coalition towards greater harmonisation of cell and gene therapy research in Europe, the challenges of integrating patient-reported outcomes into its…

Germany Christian Conrad outlines his role as patient engagement lead for Novartis Oncology in Germany, how individual patient interactions differ from those with advocacy groups, and the current situation for cancer patients eligible to receive Novartis’ CAR-T therapy in Germany.   There has been a big change in the last few…

USA Melanie Croce-Galis, RN, MPH explains the specificities of her work as patient engagement lead for Novartis Oncology in the US market, where significant disparities in patient access to information and to care throw up several challenges. Croce-Galis also outlines the work being done around CAR-T therapies and why integrating and…

Global Karin Blumer, director of global patient engagement at Swiss giant Novartis, gives fascinating insights into the global patient advocacy landscape today and how Novartis interacts with it, the work being done on patient engagement and expectation management for the firm’s cutting-edge CAR-T therapies, and how a stronger patient voice can…

Asia-Pacific Asia has experienced a biotech boom in the past five years. In 2020, almost 50 percent of the region’s clinical trials were led by biotechs and by 2025, biotech-led clinical trials will far exceed those led by Big Pharma, according to IQVIA. However, the region’s biotechs face a myriad of…

USA Paediatric oncologist Navin Pinto, MD outlines the current use and potential of CAR-T therapies in his field, including the manufacturing challenges that still need to be addressed. Dr Pinto also explains how the work of his CAR-T team at the University of Washington School of Medicine could provide proof of…

Global PharmaBoardroom has spoken to leaders from several important global patient advocacy organisations in 2021 who shared their concerns on crucial global healthcare issues. These range from the greater levels of pharma industry investment needed in childhood cancers; the myriad of patient explanation and expectation management needed around CAR-T therapies; how…