Sanofi has received a go-ahead in India for dupilumab in atopic dermatitis with a trial waiver. An India-specific price, local real-world effectiveness and safety study and compelling data are expected to give it an edge over competition in the wings, including Pfizer’s Cibinq.

In this week's podcast edition of Five Must-Know Things: novel BMS drug shows promise in IPF; Novo’s oral semaglutide compares well with injectable in weight loss; Teva looks to innovative brands to return to growth; US setback for Intercept’s NASH drug; and India’s improving environment for clinical trials.

R&D heads of Takeda, Amgen, Lilly and Novartis discuss some of the tectonic forces shaping the biopharma sector and the unintended consequences of the IRA on small molecule innovation. Advances in the neurodegenerative diseases segment amid impressive data from donanemab was another key talking point.