Exclusive: Roger Perlmutter on the biggest problem in Big Pharma, leaving Merck, and building Eikon

Andrew Dunn

Senior Biopharma Correspondent

HAYWARD, Calif. — After Roger Perlmutter stepped down as Merck’s head of R&D in 2021, he took a single weekend off before starting at Eikon Therapeutics …

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Exclusive: Roger Perlmutter on the biggest problem in Big Pharma, leaving Merck, and building Eikon

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Ex­clu­sive: Roger Perl­mut­ter on the biggest prob­lem in Big Phar­ma, leav­ing Mer­ck, and build­ing Eikon

Andrew Dunn

Senior Biopharma Correspondent

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Exclusive: Roger Perlmutter on the biggest problem in Big Pharma, leaving Merck, and building Eikon

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FDA approves BridgeBio's heart disease drug, setting up competition with Pfizer, Alnylam

Surrounded by AI bio giants, tiny startup Nabla Bio makes de novo antibodies look more like drugs

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Are programs with compounded GLP-1s safe for your population?