Kevin Grogan
Managing Editor, Europe
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
Pivotal Period For Irlab And Its Parkinson’s Pipeline
The Swedish biotech is well positioned with soon-to-be late-stage clinical assets, commercial validation and a strong pipeline, new CEO Richard Godfrey tells Scrip.
Ex-Sanofi Partnering Chief Wants AI Start-Up Owkin To Be Industry Leader
Having led $30bn of acquisitions of companies at Sanofi, the new challenge for its former global head of partnering is to help make Owkin, “the most disruptive AI biotech company in the world,” he tells Scrip.
Pheon Hopes To Stir Up ADC Space With First-In-Class Compound
The UK firm with a presence in Boston has just emerged but Pheon’s CEO Bertrand Damour tells Scrip that big pharma is already showing interest in its next-generation antibody-drug conjugate.
Lacutamab Data Boost Prospects For Innate Pharma
The French biotech has presented positive Phase II data on lacutamab in mycosis fungoides at the EORTC-CLTG meeting in Madrid which looks to have de-risked the asset.
Leqvio Launch Will Be Fundamental To Success Of New Novartis
Discussion of the launch trajectory for the twice-yearly cholesterol therapy dominated the marketing portion of Novartis’s investor event and the firm is confident the foundations have been laid to push strong sales growth by the second half of next year.
Merck KGaA Joins Race To Develop Next-Gen PARP Inhibitors
PARP inhibitors have had great success in treating a number of cancers but the German major has placed a $65m bet that Nerviano's selective PARP1 approach could produce a safer and more efficacious option.