Mandy Jackson
Managing Editor, US Commercial News
Mandy reports on daily biopharma developments, writes feature stories and produces Scrip's Finance Watch column. She covers finance, start-ups, dealmaking, clinical trial results, quarterly earnings reports, commercial competition and corporate strategy.
Mandy regularly interviews everyone from big pharma CEOs to biotech start-up founders, enhancing her expertise on industry trends and market dynamics. She also is interested in drug pricing and novel reimbursement strategies, new treatments in areas of true unmet need, diversity in the biopharma industry and novel approaches to drug development. She has been a business reporter since 2000, covering biopharma, biotech law and commercial real estate.
Latest From Mandy Jackson
Lilly Adds To Radiopharma Arsenal With Option To Buy Radionetics
Lilly paid $140m up front for an option to acquire Radionetics for $1bn within an undisclosed timeframe. The private firm is developing small molecule GPCR-targeted radiopharmaceuticals.
Finance Watch: Alumis Launches IPO In Market Less Receptive Than Expected
Public Company Edition: Alumis grosses $250m after it planned to raise up to $317.7m in its IPO. Also, Zealand adds $1bn in a post-data offering, Tectonic and Eliem close $130.7m and $120m private placements to support recent mergers, and Ginkgo cuts 35% of its workforce.
Amgen’s Ian Thompson On Payer Shifts, Obesity Opportunity And The Future Of Blockbusters
Scrip spoke with Amgen’s senior VP of US business operations about the impact of drug pricing and reimbursement pressures coming from government policy changes and commercial payers.
Ensho Joins Race To Develop An Oral Integrin Inhibitor For IBD
Ensho Therapeutics is raising series A cash to develop Phase II-ready NSHO-101 (EA1080), a third oral ɑ4β7 integrin inhibitor attempting to take on Takeda’s blockbuster injectable Entyvio.
Arrowhead’s Focus On Plozasiran Intensifies Competition With Ionis
Arrowhead’s in-house, late-stage cardiovascular disease programs will center on triglyceride-lowering plozasiran while it seeks a partner to fund Phase III for cholesterol-reducing zodasiran.
Finance Watch: More Than $2.5bn In New VC Funding, Capital For Pharma Manufacturing In Africa
Private Company Edition: J.P. Morgan raised more than $500m in its first venture fund and the Africa Health Security Investment Plan gained $2bn. Also, Marea launched with $190m, Iambic’s series B expanded to $150m, InduPro raised an $85m series A and Elion closed an $81m series B.