Takeda dips into the ex-Shire portfolio to debut Adynovate in India, where a large number of hemophilia patients remain undiagnosed. The extended half-life recombinant Factor VIII treatment, though, will need to take on competitors like Roche’s blockbuster, Hemlibra, which has seen rapid adoption in reimbursement ecosystems where it is included in the formulary

Anthos Therapeutics’ CEO and ex-head of global commercial operations at Novartis Pharma, John Glasspool, says there’s no "automatic premise" that the large promotional launch model is broken. He also outlines how teleconsultation is taking medicine back to its roots and "where it can be" as well, with patients less likely to get white coat syndrome. 

Anthos Therapeutics’ CEO and ex-head of global commercial operations at Novartis Pharma, John Glasspool, tells Scrip there’s no "automatic premise" that the large promotional launch model is broken. He also outlines how teleconsultation is taking medicine back to its roots and "where it can be" as well, with patients less likely to get white coat syndrome. 

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