JP Morgan

Although there were some deals announced at the ongoing J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, biotech stocks appeared to slide slightly at the overall lack of business transactions, at least during the first day or two.

Eagle Pharmaceuticals Inc. and the University of Pennsylvania agreed on terms of a new exclusive worldwide license agreement for the development of dantrolene sodium for the potential treatment of people living with Alzheimer’s disease.

Here is a look at some of the top presentations expected at the 38th annual JP Morgan Healthcare Conference taking place January 13-16, 2020, in San Francisco.

Syneos Health showcased Syneos Health Deployment Solutions at the Future Pharma Conference in Boston. Advancing the traditional outsourced field sales model, Deployment Solutions delivers a customized, integrated mix of promotional and educational channels purposefully designed to ensure successful commercialization.

Eli Lilly and Co.’s LOXO-292, an experimental cancer drug the company acquired in January 2019 as part of an $8 billion takeover of Loxo Oncology, shrank tumors in nearly 70 percent of advanced lung cancer patients whose tumors carried specific abnormalities in the RET gene.

An experimental Amgen Inc. drug that targets a specific genetic mutation reduced tumor size in around half of advanced lung cancer patients given the highest dose in a small, early-stage trial.

Healthline Media partners with wellness advocate Nitika Chopra to create Chronicon, bringing together hundreds of influencers to first daylong event devoted to people struggling with chronic health issues.

Norm Phillips, EVP and Chief Marketing Officer with BioPharm Communications, explains the challenges and opportunities for pharma and describes advantages they have compared to those in the consumer marketing world, such as identifiable influencers, customer-level data and access/reimbursement insights.

Boehringer Ingelheim’s SENSCIS Phase III clinical trial met the primary endpoint for nintedanib in patients with SSc-ILD.

Robert Miller, CEO of Honeycomb Health, was tapped to be a keynote speaker at the ProcureCon Pharma Conference on October 22nd-23rd, 2018.