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Pharma pivots to specialized treatments amid patent cliff concerns

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The pharmaceutical industry is shifting its focus from blockbuster drugs to specialized, personalized treatments due to impending patent cliffs. This strategic pivot aims to identify new revenue streams, with a target of $2.4 billion in global sales per drug, increasingly coming from biologics and rare disease therapies. However, concerns remain about whether these advanced treatments will improve overall health outcomes or simply increase healthcare costs, given their high price and complex manufacturing. AI

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  1. Axios Technology TIER_1 English(EN) · Adriel Bettelheim ·

    Pharma's next cash cows could be specialized treatments

    <p>Pharmaceutical companies facing a steep patent cliff are concluding the key to future profits may be customized treatments tailored to patients' genes and lifestyles — not blockbusters aimed at large patient populations.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> The pivot could i…

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