News in Numbers

4.75 million

Prevention and screening for the five most common cancers averted 4.75 million deaths between 1975-2020, according to new research by the National Institutes of Health.

$3bn

Eli Lilly is investing $3bn to expand its newly acquired manufacturing facility in Wisconsin, US, extending the company’s global parenteral product manufacturing network.

83%

Kronos Bio has announced that it plans to reduce its workforce by 83% by the end of 2024 as part of an ongoing strategy to reduce costs while evaluating different options to enhance stockholder value.

£23m

Vifor Pharma has offered to pay the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) £23m to resolve a CMA investigation into a restriction of competition through misinformation case.

$668m

Samsung Biologics has announced securing a $668m contract with a Europe-based pharmaceutical company.