At a high-profile panel closing out Medicines for Europe’s 30th annual conference in Dublin, six industry leaders set out their views on key topics including pricing, regulation, sustainability, and stakeholder communication.

Public Company Edition: Several special purpose acquisition corporations have emerged, including various health care- and life science-focused SPACs. Also, Alvotech entered into a $965m refinancing agreement and Avidity grossed $461m in a follow-on offering, among other updates.

With European biosimilar approvals already in hand for the immunology giants adalimumab and ustekinumab, Stada has allied with Bio-Thera Solutions to bring onboard the commercialization rights for the Chinese firm’s proposed golimumab biosimilar, which currently has a limited pool of chasers.

Asahi Kasei established a US presence and expertise in renal disease when it bought Veloxis in 2020 and will expand in both areas with Calliditas’s Tarpeyo for immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN).