Sun’s CEO (North America) Abhay Gandhi tells Scrip how not many gave the firm a chance in the US with Ilumya, now with global sales of over half a billion dollars, and outlines prospects of deuruxolitinib for alopecia areata. India’s top-ranked drug maker also has an eye on China R&D assets.

Plus deals involving GSK/Elsie, Lilly/QurAlis, Gilead/Cartography as well as tech transfer announcements and deals in brief.

Ebglyss sales, all from Germany, were €3.6m in the first quarter and while that may appear a little underwhelming at first glance, the Spanish drugmaker is impressed with the launch and its impact on dermatologists and patients.

Ichnos Glenmark Innovation’s president and CEO talks to Scrip about the promising activity profile of the alliance’s early stage trispecific antibody versus Janssen’s teclistamab and also maintains that the setback for Gilead’s magrolimab hasn’t eclipsed prospects for its bispecific antibody.