The Heart Of A Pipeline: Can Novartis Keep The Cardio Portfolio Beating?
This article was originally published in Pharmaceutical Approvals Monthly
Executive Summary
The challenge of a generation shift in cardiovascular drugs is not new for Novartis, but the upcoming phase-out of Diovan through 2012 looks more difficult. As the firm prepares to lose Diovan exclusivity, its pipeline reflects an attempt to reprise the time-honored big pharma strategy that carried it through the loss of Lotrel in 2007: mix major efforts to develop novel, first-in-class agents with a push to accelerate its already marketed brands