The sun shines over a sector with multi-blockbuster products in their prime. But clouds are looming, and highly innovative products that cannot replace the sales shortfalls could lead to a re-rating of the sector’s growth prospects.

Teva and Alvotech have confirmed deductions that it is their recently-approved 100mg/ml adalimumab biosimilar that will be used by Cigna’s Evernorth as part of a recently announced private-label deal involving Evernorth’s Quallent Pharmaceuticals.

Ono’s just-announced purchase of Deciphera has put the tenosynovial giant cell tumor space under the spotlight and SynOx is making strides to stay at the head of the pack helped by significant financing.

In this week's podcast edition of Five Must-Know Things: 2023’s top selling drugs and the COVID cliff; falling sales force Roche to reassess priorities; Phase III immunology win for Sanofi; BMS’s strong pipeline: and which companies could be acquired next.