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Joanna Sadowska aka Dr Jojo ๐ŸŒธ

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a) Engineer b) Scientific communicator c) Pharma analyst d) All of the above My newsletter: https://joannasadowska.substack.com/subscribe

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Subscribe to Pharma Snap Pharma and biotech insights - breaking down drug pipelines, market trends, and R&D with easy-to-digest visuals. Click to read Pharma Snap, by Joanna Sadowska, a Substack publication with hundreds ofโ€ฆ

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27.02.2025 13:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โš† Revenue of $54.1 billion (+18% Y/Y), driven by strong performance in oncology, cardiovascular, renal & metabolism (CVRM), and rare diseases.


โš† AZ Lilly invested $13.6 billion in R&D, making up 25% of its revenue. They also invested 35% of their revenue in SG&A.

27.02.2025 13:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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AstraZeneca released its FY24 financials, showing strong growth across its portfolio. Here's a quick breakdown of its performance.

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24.02.2025 13:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How much did pharma spend on sales in marketing in 2024?

SG&A (Selling, General, and Administrative) expenses in pharma cover the costs of running the business

These include marketing, sales, HR, legal fees, compliance costs, etc.

SG&A usually takes somewhere between 25-30% of the revenue

24.02.2025 13:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โš† GSK reported $39.8 billion in revenue, reflecting a 3% Y/Y growth.

โš† Specialty medicines for HIV, respiratory, and immunology are a big part of their portfolio, generating over $11.8 billion in sales.

โš† GSK invested $8.1 billion in R&D, making up 20% of its revenue.

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GSK released its financial statements showing steady growth in revenue but significant cost increases impacting profitability.

Here is a breakdown of how the company performed in FY24

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13.02.2025 13:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hereโ€™s a quick breakdown of how Pfizer performed in FY24

โš† Pfizer reported $63.9 billion in revenue (7% Y/Y growth).

โš† Comirnaty still generated over $3.36 billion in sales.

โš† Pfizer allocated $10.8 billion to R&D - this is 16.9% of their revenue.

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Revenue reflects not only profitability but also a companyโ€™s strategy (e.g., investments in R&D, manufacturing, etc.) and healthcare market dynamics (e.g., oncology and immunology remain top therapeutic areas).

10.02.2025 13:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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These 13 big pharma companies have generated a total revenue of almost 700 billion USD!

The financial reporting season is ongoing, and most pharma companies have now released their unaudited reports.

The pharma sector has shown year-on-year revenue growth, and 2024 is no exception.

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08.02.2025 13:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0


โš† Lilly reported $45.0 billion in revenue, reflecting a 32% Y/Y growth.

โš† Diabetes and obesity are becoming significant contributors to Eli Lilly's portfolio - Mounjaro generated $11.5 billion, Zepbound - $4.9B.

โš† Lilly invested $11.0 billion in R&D, making up 24% of its revenue.

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Eli Lilly and Company is another diabetes/obesity giant that released its financials from 2024 (unaudited).

Hereโ€™s a quick breakdown of how the company performed in FY24.

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03.02.2025 13:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โš† AbbVie reported USD 56.3 billion (+4% Y/Y) in net sales.

โš† Immunology (USD 26.7B), neuroscience (USD 9.0B) and oncology (USD 6.6B) dominated their portfolio.

โš† AbbVie invested USD 12.8B (22.7% of revenue) into research and development (R&D).

03.02.2025 13:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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AbbVie reported their financial performance on January 31st. Here is the recap from their interim financial report.

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'Will it really work?': Young sickle cell patient among the first to start new gene therapy Since two groundbreaking treatments were approved in late 2023, only a handful of patients have been able to access the multimillion dollar, medically-intensive therapies.

NBC News recently highlighted the case of Wedam, who underwent the treatment at Children's National Hospital in Washington, D.C.

Here is the link: https://buff.ly/3EqAeBK

#cgt #biotech #pharma #drjojo

28.01.2025 13:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐†๐ž๐ง๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ๐ค๐ฅ๐ž ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ

In 2023, two gene therapies were approved for SCD, but only a few patients have accessed them so far.

These therapies are finally reaching patients.

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This brings a total of 43 CGT in the US market and 20 ATMPs in the European market.

๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ 2025?

#genetherapy #pharma #biotech #drjojo

*These include cell therapies, gene therapies or tissue engineering products

27.01.2025 13:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐”๐’ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐„๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž?



2024 is over. This has been a good year for cell and gene therapies, especially in the US market, where 9 new CGT products* were approved.

27.01.2025 13:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0


In previous years, pharma companies would simply increase prices to offset losses. Thankfully, this strategy is no longer valid due to the Inflation Reduction Act passed under the Biden Administration.

๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ด?

25.01.2025 16:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is not the first time we have faced a patent cliff, but this one feels different.

Firstly, more biologics will face loss of exclusivity (LoE) this time, with biosimilars adding to the pressure by offering more affordable solutions.

25.01.2025 16:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐œ๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฉ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐š ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ฎ๐ž?

The patent cliff is approaching fast, with drugs representing $350 billion in annual worldwide revenues set to lose their exclusivity by 2030. The top 20 pharma companies account for 80% of this revenue loss.

25.01.2025 16:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โš† J&J invested $17.3 billion (19.4% of revenue) into research and development (R&D).

Over the coming weeks, Iโ€™ll analyse the income statements of other pharma companies.

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#pharma #bioech #buesiness #drjojo

24.01.2025 17:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Key highlights:

โš† J&J reported $88.8 billion total revenue, up 4% year-on-year (YoY), driven by pharmaceuticals ($57 billion) and medical devices ($31.9 billion).

โš† Oncology ($20.8 billion) and immunology ($17.8 billion) segments dominate its pharmaceutical portfolio.

24.01.2025 17:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐‰๐จ๐ก๐ง๐ฌ๐จ๐ง & ๐‰๐จ๐ก๐ง๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง 2024?

Pharmaceutical companies have started releasing their financial statements for 2024. One of the first to do so is Johnson & Johnson, which announced its results earlier this week.

Here is the graphic of their FY24 Income Statement

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