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.

The notice of opportunity for hearing on the US FDA’s proposal not to approve an insomnia sNDA for Vanda’s Hetlioz opens another front in the company’s aggressive campaign against complete response letters and generic competition to the sleep disorder drug.

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.