Driving growth in a family-owned pharma company requires a balance of progress and preservation, writes Merz Therapeutics CEO Stefan König.
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COMPANIES TO WATCH
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![Adam Mendelsohn_Vivani]( "Companies To Watch: Vivani Medical")
Companies To Watch: Vivani MedicalVivani Medical is developing GLP-1 subdermal implants that aim to provide a consistent therapeutic dose for six months, and possibly one full year. The company's lead program is an exenatide implant.
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![Stacy Lindborg_Imunon]( "Companies To Watch: Imunon")
Imunon aims to shake up the standard of care in the frontline treatment of advanced ovarian cancer.
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![Tim Lu_Senti Bio]( "Companies To Watch: Senti Bio")
Senti Bio aims to improve cancer therapeutics with customizable gene circuits, or multi-gene constructs capable of identifying cancer targets on both healthy and diseased cells.
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![Amy Burroughs_Terns Pharmaceuticals]( "Companies To Watch: Terns Pharmaceuticals")
Terns Pharmaceuticals aims to improve upon currently marketed therapies in CML and obesity, using internally discovered small molecules.
WHERE ARE THEY NOW
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![Bobak Azamian]( "Where Are They Now? Tarsus Pharmaceuticals")
Where Are They Now? Tarsus PharmaceuticalsTarsus Pharmaceuticals is making a splash with Xdemvy, an eye drop that kills the demodex mites that cause inflammation and irritation in the eyelid. A new consumer DTC campaign, potential global approvals, and a new indication in the clinic could turn Xdemvy into a blockbuster drug.
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![Teva Cover]( "Where Are They Now? Teva Pharmaceuticals")
Where Are They Now? Teva PharmaceuticalsTeva Pharmaceuticals "pivot to growth" strategy under CEO Richard Francis aims to use a combination of biosimilars, generics, and branded drugs to set the company back on track, or back to the future.
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![Ironwood Cover_2016]( "Where Are They Now? Ironwood Pharmaceuticals")
Where Are They Now? Ironwood PharmaceuticalsIronwood Pharmaceuticals is a smaller company than it was in 2016, when Life Science Leader wrote a feature article about its founder and mission. But Peter Hecht, Ironwood's former CEO, who now leads Tisento Therapeutics, has practiced what he preached.
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