At J.P. Morgan, Ironwood, Shire and Biogen Idec Contemplate What’s Next
Executive Summary
A trio of companies offer insight into their latest strategies from interviews and presentations at the recent J.P. Morgan Healthcare conference: Ironwood’s development pipeline includes seven GI drugs; R&D consolidation and pipeline review at Shire; Biogen preps for hemophilia market and MS pricing pressures.
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