As India seeks to build on early gains in CAR-T cell therapy, experts call for ecosystem reform and also the need to demonstrate value to payer models of large economies to potentially back international reimbursements.

With an ustekinumab biosimilar launch in Europe just around the corner, Alvotech and Stada have reconsidered the previously dropped denosumab partnership, while commercial rights to the aflibercept biosimilar go back to Alvotech.

Two top-50 Indian firms are speculated to be on the block with valuations expected to be richer than past multiples paid by buyers. A small, less known life sciences solutions provider is also keen to rope in a CDMO partner. Scrip speaks to a cross-section of experts on the action in deal street.

Biopharma experts including Nobel Laureate Professor Jack Szostak share their views on emerging innovation ecosystems and how India can get it right as it seeks to shift gears in R&D. Panelists noted that VC investments can be a mixed bag, called for regulatory vision that ensures safety alongside accelerated pathways like the LPAD in the US and also ‘open” AI platforms.