A turbulent 2021: we are now in our eighth year of reviewing R&D productivity and corporate growth of the top 30 biopharma companies. While 2021 was dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic, biopharma as a whole had a good but not great year.

AstraZeneca licenses bispecific cancer antibody candidate from Harbour Biomed. Regeneron seeks new approach to gene therapy delivery in deal with ViGeneron.

Japan cautiously lifts decades-old bans on somatropin’s use in diabetic patients and interferon beta 1a/1b in pregnant patients, judging benefits can outweigh risks and following requests from doctors and pharma firms to consider patients.