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Posted 25 May 2026 AM
Eli Lilly and MSD have again secured first and second position, respectively, on IDEA Pharma’s 2026 Pharmaceutical Innovation Index, with Sanofi skyrocketing up the leaderboard to secure third position.
The Innovation Index ranks 30 companies utilising a range of clinical, regulatory, and commercial metrics, ranging from the corporate level down to individual product decisions and outcomes. It seeks to answer the question: Which of two pharma companies, given the same molecule in early phase, would do better in developing and launching it?

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