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.

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

Having licensed rights to Movantik from AstraZeneca in February, RedHill has now offloaded EU rights to Cosmo. Calliditas to obtain PBC candidate in bid to acquire Genkyotex.

Most of the large, diversified medtech companies have now reported their sales and earnings for the second quarter and first half of 2017. All of the companies in this category reported revenue growth and promised investment in new technologies across all their businesses, but a Baxter and Cardinal Health stand out as having especially successful quarters. Abbott is still trying to overcome major challenges, and J&J is turning around its medical device businesses under new leadership.