After 34 years of seeing and shaping Johnson & Johnson’s future, executive chair Alex Gorsky has recently joined Apple’s board of directors. At a recent event, he shared lessons for future leaders while unraveling some of the thinking behind decisions taken as chair and CEO

India’s COVID-19 immunization focus has shifted to children as over 88% adults are fully vaccinated. However, Scrip’s examination of weekly data reveals the number of doses given to children are also dropping sharply off peaks. Meanwhile, Biological E is winning over others like Novavax in this segment while Zydus Lifesciences is yet to score

Aurobindo is aiming for a regulatory filing in FY24/25 of its first immunology biosimilar, potentially a version of Novartis/Roche’s Xolair. Meanwhile, a pneumococcal vaccine is expected to be filed in India in the second half of FY23.

Back as Strides managing director, founder Arun Kumar is confident of reversing a slide in profits via a recalibration strategy that saw the company exit Canada and a few European markets. Meanwhile, eyes are on the fallout of a CRO that serviced Strides apart from Sandoz, Teva and more getting caught in CHMP and FDA’s crosshairs.

Aurobindo is aiming for a regulatory filing in FY24/25 of its first immunology biosimilar. Scrip examines if it could it be a biosimilar to Novartis/Roche’s Xolair. Meanwhile, a pneumococcal vaccine is expected to be filed in India in the second half of FY23

Torrent is recalibrating strategy with the addition of chronic therapies from Dr Reddy’s while it folds up an unsustainable liquids business in US. The latter resulted in the company reporting a Q4 loss but a timely bonus share issue propped up investor sentiment.