Experts from across the biotech ecosystem spoke at a Citeline-sponsored panel at Swiss Biotech Day to discuss how pent-up demand was driving investment in areas outside of oncology, but how there was still room for innovation within the cancer market for those who ask the right questions.

Leveraging the biotech entrepreneurial spirit and global pharma resources is a win-win situation in the race to bring meaningful medicines to patients.

Newron’s evenamide worked in a Phase II/III trial as an add-on to antipsychotic drugs in patients with inadequate response to monotherapy at a time when schizophrenia has piqued the interest of big pharma.

Cerevel, which AbbVie is spending $8.7bn to acquire, unveiled topline results from the TEMPO-3 study of tavapadon, which an analyst said represents potentially a $1bn opportunity.