Mandy Jackson
Managing Editor, US Commercial News

Mandy reports on daily biopharma developments, writes feature stories and produces Scrip's Finance Watch column. She covers finance, start-ups, dealmaking, clinical trial results, quarterly earnings reports, commercial competition and corporate strategy.
Mandy regularly interviews everyone from big pharma CEOs to biotech start-up founders, enhancing her expertise on industry trends and market dynamics. She also is interested in drug pricing and novel reimbursement strategies, new treatments in areas of true unmet need, diversity in the biopharma industry and novel approaches to drug development. She has been a business reporter since 2000, covering biopharma, biotech law and commercial real estate.
Latest From Mandy Jackson
Finance Watch: Structure Launches Third And Largest US Biopharma IPO Of 2023
Public Company Edition: Structure Therapeutics’ upsized initial public offering raises $161.1m, surpassing proposed terms for up to $134.3m. Also, Pliant capitalizes on good data with a $287.5m follow-on offering, while Magenta seeks strategic alternatives and Instil reveals more job cuts.
Focus On Execution Pays Off, Sets BMS Up For Growth In 2023
Revenue declined in 2022 but the company expects it to increase 2% this year, offsetting an anticipated $3.5bn drop in Revlimid sales as new launches generate $4bn in 2023.
Finance Watch: Patient Square Capital Raises Mega-Fund, Topping Out At $3.9bn
Private Company Edition: Patient Square’s private equity fund, which surpassed its $3bn fundraising goal, may invest broadly across health care but the firm already has invested heavily in biopharma. Also, investor Dimension launches with a $350m specialized VC fund and Alto increased its series B to $60m.
All Eyes On Amjevita, Amgen’s Humira Biosimilar And Sole 2023 Product Launch
The company launched Amjevita on the same day it announced fourth quarter 2022 earnings and provided 2023 guidance, upping the high-profile nature of the first-to-market US Humira biosimilar.
Gilead Keeps Focus On HIV, Long-Acting Drugs And Growth Through Oncology
Even with top-seller Biktarvy and its preventive therapy, Descovy, protected beyond this decade from generics, Gilead is investing aggressively in long-acting HIV candidates and its oncology pipeline.
Strong Launches Will Help BMS Win The LOE Battle In 2023 And Beyond
Bristol Myers Squibb brought the last of nine new drugs to market last year – all needed to help it overcome three big losses of exclusivity this decade – so the focus this year is commercial execution.