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Jul 2025

11m 32s

Big Pharma markets left on a ‘patent cli...

Financial Times

About this episode

India is set to reach a record year in initial public offerings and Big Pharma is facing a wave of patent expiration dates. Plus, Meta goes to trial over who to hold accountable for corporate scandals.

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India on track for record IPO year

The looming ‘patent cliff’ facing Big Pharma

Today’s FT News Briefing was produced by Sonja Hutson, Katya Kumcova, Henry Larson and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Kelly Garry, and Michael Lello. Our acting co-head of audio is Topher Forhecz. Our intern is Michaela Seah. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music.

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com

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