Last year saw the number of applications accepted onto the European Medicines Agency’s priority medicines scheme inch up and the notoriously high rejection rate for applications drop.

Janssen and MeiraGTx say their investigational product is the only treatment for x-linked retinitis pigmentosa in development to win a place on the European Medicines Agency’s priority medicines scheme.

An expert panel at CES 2020 discussed Deloitte's vision for health care in 2040, with the empowered consumer managing their own health, enabled by a new ecosystem of secure, open access to data and "nudges" to change behaviors. Consulting firm Deloitte foresees outside disruptors dismantling the traditional health-care system, but panelists from Johnson & Johnson and Anthem flexed their muscles.

Public Company Edition: The prior day's after-hours bad news sent biotech stocks lower on 9 August, and IPOs are taking a breather with the NBI down 2.1% over the past month. However, already public companies are raising cash, including Allakos and Ironwood at $350m each.