GlaxoSmithKline is poised for a challenging 2018, with an interchangeable Advair generic expected to launch, but GSK believes growth from new products will make up some of the loss. US Advair sales could be slashed to £750m from £1.6bn in 2017.

Seven pharmacies have filed a lawsuit against the FDA claiming the agency exceeded its statutory authority in its final standard memorandum of understanding on interstate compounding and that the MOU will have an adverse impact on compounding pharmacies and patients.

Several experts spoke with Scrip about their take on how the biopharmaceutical industry's efforts to respond to COVID-19 might help industry's image problem.