Looking through my 2022 coverage areas, and in reading through my colleagues’ outlook articles, what was most compelling to me were not necessarily the specific issues raised, but how leadership approached those issues to create solutions.

The CEO Of Aristea talks about the company’s unusual move to do both a series B round, but not as a crossover, while also making a deal with another pharma company.

Although some of Jack Welch’s past leadership practices have come under fire in recent years, it’s safe to say that one of the most successful CEOs in recent history might have some useful ideas and strategy worth remembering.

Privately held Debiopharm is laser-focused on oncology and infectious diseases, with a business model that strategically avoids drug discovery on one end, and commercialization on the other.

From mixed topline results from a Phase 3 trial of lead candidate to the potential need to fund and conduct another trial prior to seeking regulatory approval, Cary Claiborne has been faced with multiple challenges since becoming CEO of Adial Pharma in August.

In working on this month’s cover story, which features Imagine Pharma, a preclinical stage biotech based in Pittsburgh, it was hard not to get swept up in the enthusiasm and promise of the company’s autologous cell therapy treatment for Type 1 diabetes (T1D).

From the looks of its modest open floor plan lab in Pittsburgh’s uptown, it might not be obvious to the casual observer that Imagine Pharma and its nine-person full-time workforce are developing multiple pharmaceutical products across three distinct platforms.

Karuna Therapeutics’ late-stage drug for schizophrenia, if approved, could fund the company’s pipeline of next generation psychiatric drugs discovered through a modular constellation of CRO partners.

Ninety-four percent of PhRMA’s member companies responding to a survey published in December 2020 reported the existence of “employee resource groups” within their organizations, defined as an “employer recognized group of employees who share the concerns of a common race, gender, national origin, or sexual orientation.”