Kevin Grogan

Kevin Grogan

Managing Editor

London, UK

Covering all aspects of the pharma industry and across all therapeutic areas, Kevin has interviewed pretty much all the leading figures in the sector. A regular attendee at financial and medical conferences (and moderating at some), he has also appeared on BBC television and radio, ITV and Channel 4 to discuss the industry. Fluent in Spanish, he previously worked as a journalist on rock/pop music publications, was chief sub editor at Catholic newspaper The Universe and contributed articles to the likes of The Independent and the Manchester Evening News on football.

Latest from Kevin Grogan

Under-Pressure Moderna Banks $590m To Speed Up Bird Flu Vaccine

A week after a downbeat forecast at J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, the US mRNA specialist has pocketed another sizeable sum from the US Department of Health and Human Services to accelerate development of an H5N1 mRNA pandemic influenza vaccine.

Atara In Disarray As Shares Sink On Ebvallo CRL

The Pierre Fabre-partnered allogeneic T-cell immunotherapy is already available in Europe but hopes of a US approval have been hit by a complete response letter citing problems at a third-party manufacturing facility.

Crohn’s Gets More Competitive As Lilly Lands Second Omvoh Okay

The FDA has approved the IL-23 inhibitor for Crohn's disease to add to its ulcerative colitis approval and put the drug in a position to compete with the likes of AbbVie's Skyrizi and Johnson & Johnson's Stelara.

J.P. Morgan Notebook: Big Pharma’s BD Goals For 2025

Daily notebook from the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference: Gilead's getting more selective; new Roche BD head explains strategy; Bayer's optimistic about elinzanetant launch; AbbVie looks to expand in oncology; and Edgewise, Scholar Rock and Ionis talk 2025 plans.

Scholar Rock Does Its Homework For Successful SMA Launch

On the back of a stellar showing in Phase III, apitegromab is going to be filed in the US and Europe in the coming weeks for spinal muscular atrophy and CEO Jay Backstrom believes it will be a $2bn blockbuster.

J.P. Morgan Notebook: New Launches Are Delivering Big For Big Pharma

Daily notebook from the J.P. Morgan Healthcare conference: Novartis says Kisqali will be its biggest drug yet; BMS reports strong launch for Cobenfy; Sarepta talks plans for building on Elevidys's success; Lilly updates guidance as tirzepatide slips; and GSK's Miels worked overtime on IDRx.