Citeline Podcasts

Aragen Life Sciences’s CEO Manni Kantipudi - also former CIO of Intel Asia - speaks with Citeline’s senior editor Vibha Ravi about the changing global supply chain dynamics as the industry watches a ticking time bomb of US tariffs on pharmaceuticals. Impacts on Indian CRDMOs of the US-China trade war, budget cuts at US NIH and lower funding for biotechs are discussed.

Audio roundup of selected biopharma industry content from Scrip over the business week ended 25 April 2025. In this episode: 2024’s top-selling drugs; two CEOs call for higher Europe drug prices; diabetes trial win for Lilly’s orforglipron; BMS trial failure in schizophrenia; and an analysis of alliance deal-making last year.

https://insights.citeline.com/scrip/podcasts/scrips-five-must-know-things/quick-listen-scrips-five-must-know-things-6L5MDUXZ5BGHJHLZFILGLH6ZT4/

This episode was produced with the help of AI text-to-voice and voice emulation tools.

Playlist: soundcloud.com/citelinesounds/sets/scrips-five-must-know-things

Pink Sheet Executive Editor Derrick Gingery, Senior Writer Sarah Karlin-Smith and Senior Editor Sue Sutter discuss the impact of the departures of several senior leaders in the US Food and Drug Administration’s facility inspection group, Office of Generic Drugs and Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (:26). They also consider Commissioner Martin Makary’s intent to combine the agency’s many adverse event databases (14:52), his idea for a new approval pathway based on a “plausible mechanism” (26:25) and the seemingly increasing influence of politics at the agency despite his declarations that the FDA is apolitical (36:16).

More On These Topics From The Pink Sheet

US FDA Retirements Continue Unabated With Drug Inspectorate Leaders, Former Chief Counsel: https://insights.citeline.com/pink-sheet/compliance/manufacturing/us-fda-retirements-continue-unabated-with-drug-inspectorate-leaders-former-chief-counsel-JRKHCHZHMBC4RLRJRBDTSIP7E4/

FDA Leadership Shuffle Continues: Lowell Zeta Returns As OPDP, OGD Leaders Depart: https://insights.citeline.com/pink-sheet/agency-leadership/us-fda/fda-leadership-shuffle-continues-lowell-zeta-returns-as-opdp-ogd-leaders-depart-FONMRWR37VGAFL2JJ5S27QIU2E/

US FDA’s Makary Floats Vague ‘Plausible Mechanism’ Approval Pathway For Rare Diseases: https://insights.citeline.com/pink-sheet/pathways-and-standards/approval-standards/us-fdas-makary-floats-vague-plausible-mechanism-approval-pathway-for-rare-diseases-RJJJCPDUDFHINMPDE5VK4OFDVQ/

US FDA Commissioner Makary Wants To Combine Adverse Event Reporting Systems: https://insights.citeline.com/pink-sheet/agency-leadership/us-fda/us-fda-commissioner-makary-wants-to-combine-adverse-event-reporting-systems-UJ4QUEM72ZC25J7JHAC3LAKKKA/

Political Influence And The US FDA: A New Era?: https://insights.citeline.com/pink-sheet/agency-leadership/us-fda/political-influence-and-the-us-fda-a-new-era-SL6ZBNKHNVFEXCLQLCYTDJIETQ/

Ochre Bio co-founder and CSO Quin Wills spoke with In Vivo about the UK-based company's novel approach to finding and validating RNA therapies for chronic liver diseases.

Audio roundup of selected biopharma industry content from Scrip over the business week ended 18 April 2025. In this episode: Trump’s drug pricing executive order; J&J says taxes, not tariffs, influence US manufacturing; Pfizer discontinuation sparks M&A speculation; US tariffs and manufacturing concentration; and tariffs’ pressures on pharma’s complex supply chain.

https://insights.citeline.com/scrip/podcasts/scrips-five-must-know-things/quick-listen-scrips-five-must-know-things-ROAXNELATJBXDMNSHISARWARPY/

This episode was produced with the help of AI text-to-voice and voice emulation tools.

Playlist: soundcloud.com/citelinesounds/sets/scrips-five-must-know-things

Summary:

At the heart of any successful self-care business is a portfolio of recognizable and trusted consumer health brands. These brands could play a key role in unlocking the potential of digital self-care in the UK, suggests Michelle Riddalls, in this second part of her Over the Counter interview. As PAGB CEO, Michelle has seen first had how the UK consumer health industry has been transformed, for example also by Brexit. Has the UK’s exit from the EU realised the promises of innovation unleashed from bureaucracy? Not so far, Michelle reflects, but it might be too soon to tell. What she can predict is that with its new five-year strategy, PAGB will remain dedicated to supporting UK firms in navigating a continuously evolving industry landscape.

Timestamps

2:00 – Digital consumer health in the UK

7:00 – The power of brands

12:00 – Brexit, promise realised?

20:00 – What’s next for the UK OTC industry?

Guest Bio

Michelle Riddalls OBE is Chief Executive Officer of PAGB, the consumer healthcare association, which represents the manufacturers of branded over-the-counter (OTC) medicines, self-care medical devices and food supplements in the UK.

Prior to joining PAGB, Michelle was Director of Regulatory Affairs for the Northern European Cluster at Pfizer Consumer Healthcare, where she was integral in the highly successful POM to GSL reclassification of Nexium Control and the Viagra Connect POM to P switch.

Michelle has been recognised across a number of industry awards, including the Women in Trade Powerlist in 2024, and was awarded an OBE for outstanding services to consumer health in the King’s 2025 New Year Honours.

Audio roundup of selected biopharma industry content from Scrip over the business week ended 11 April 2025. In this episode: Trump’s tariff rollercoaster; regulatory, economic uncertainties hang over Q1 earnings; IPOs rise in Q1 but may slow; Chinese deal-making matures; and AstraZeneca talks about Chinese innovation.

https://insights.citeline.com/scrip/podcasts/scrips-five-must-know-things/quick-listen-scrips-five-must-know-things-X3YNW3ZLVZABLNFILQHNH6FPAE/

This episode was produced with the help of AI text-to-voice and voice emulation tools.

Playlist: soundcloud.com/citelinesounds/sets/scrips-five-must-know-things

미국이 수입 의약품에 관세를 부과할 가능성은 여전하지만, 트럼프의 최근 발표로 인해 이를 시행하는 데 시간이 더 걸릴 수 있다는 Pink Sheet (Citeline Regulatory) 기사를 요약한 내용입니다.

https://insights.citeline.com/pink-sheet/compliance/distribution-supply-chain/pharma-still-nervous-while-riding-trumps-tariff-rollercoaster-DFQMWLGXSZBS3K34UY2OE6TUVA/

Playlist: soundcloud.com/citelinesounds/sets/korean-language-biopharma-mini

Exerting maximum influence on stakeholders, helping companies navigate regulatory complexity and promoting industry best practice are three big jobs that the UK consumer healthcare industry association, PAGB, has set itself for the next five years.

In the last five years, PAGB has made significant headway with UK government, reports PAGB CEO Michelle Riddalls, establishing the economic and social value of self-care and ensuring that self-care is part of the UK’s national healthcare strategy.

Rx-to-OTC switch has been a major area of success, Michelle notes in this episode of the Over the Counter podcast. The Department of Health and Social Care recently published a list of switches it would like to see applications for, and PAGB is now facilitating members to take advantage of this opportunity.

But there’s always more work to be done. Switch involves significant risk, which PAGB is trying to reduce through further work with policy makers, and with a new government, the association must ensure that self-care remains high up on the agenda for politicians.

Given the breadth of PAGB’s work discussed by Michelle, we have split this episode into two, so watch out for the second part in two weeks’ time on your favourite podcast provider and on Citeline’s HBW Insight.

Timestamps

2:10 – Introductions

2:40 – PAGB’s new five-year strategy

5:40 – Evolution not revolution

8:00 – Self-care and UK government policy

10:30 – Quantifying the value of self-care

12:30 – Lobbying around AMR and OTCs

16:00 – Rx-to-OTC switch in the UK

24:00 – The power of brands

Guest Bio

Michelle Riddalls OBE is Chief Executive Officer of PAGB, the consumer healthcare association, which represents the manufacturers of branded over-the-counter (OTC) medicines, self-care medical devices and food supplements in the UK.

Prior to joining PAGB, Michelle was Director of Regulatory Affairs for the Northern European Cluster at Pfizer Consumer Healthcare, where she was integral in the highly successful POM to GSL reclassification of Nexium Control and the Viagra Connect POM to P switch.

Michelle has been recognised across a number of industry awards, including the Women in Trade Powerlist in 2024, and was awarded an OBE for outstanding services to consumer health in the King’s 2025 New Year Honours.

Audio roundup of selected biopharma industry content from Scrip over the business week ended 4 April 2025. In this episode: pharma dodges tariffs for now; Marks’s departure from FDA rattles industry; Phase 2b win for AstraZeneca’s oral PCSK9; Hengrui renews global Phase 3 push; and Novo’s new cardio results for semaglutide.

https://insights.citeline.com/scrip/podcasts/scrips-five-must-know-things/quick-listen-scrips-five-must-know-things-MPJF4YP4NFAQ5JEDFBEIW62LBE/

This episode was produced with the help of AI text-to-voice and voice emulation tools.

Playlist: soundcloud.com/citelinesounds/sets/scrips-five-must-know-things