C-suite remuneration at leading listed foreign and domestic drug firms in India rose in double digits for the most part in 2022-23, data compiled by Scrip show. While MDs/CEOs at domestic firms continue to take home sizeably higher earnings, the arrival of women leaders at the helm in some foreign firms puts the spotlight on gender pay parity.

The UK firm has got the green light in the US to conduct two Phase IIb/III trials of its cancer cachexia candidate S-pindolol but a lot more money needs to be raised to complete them.

Scrip takes a look at what a listing of Mankind Pharma, which has thrice the revenues of Pfizer’s India unit and the fourth largest domestic pharma sales, would mean. A GPCR-based candidate against type-2 diabetes and obesity is in Phase I trials and a search on India’s trial registry reveals a study for an ayurvedic preparation against diabetes

Scrip looks at the contours of MPP’s recent sub-licensing deal for ViiV Healthcare’s cabotegravir with Cipla, Aurobindo and Mylan, along with pricing dynamics and precedents to evaluate a few barriers to access