The year 2021 witnessed the global approval of vaccines and drugs amid COVID-19. The disease has been dominating the headlines from the last two years.
No one is amazed that COVID vaccines and drugs find a place in top selling drugs this time. Pfizer & BioNTech’s Comirnaty took the first position with $36B revenue and…
In an interview with PharmaShots, Roberta Valenti, Global Medical Director at Pierre Fabre shared her views on Nerlynx (neratinib) in P-II (CONTROL) study & showed improved tolerability with all the investigated diarrhoea prophylaxis strategies, presented at SABCS 2021
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The P-II (CONTROL) study evaluates 6 preventive antidiarrheal prophylaxis options with loperamide for the prevention of neratinib-associated diarrhoea. Patients will receive neratinib (240 mg/day) for 1yr.…
In an interview with PharmaShots, Kimberly Smith, Senior Vice President, Head of Research & Development at ViiV Healthcare shared her views on the US FDA’s approval of the first long-acting injectable option of Apretude for the prevention of HIV
The approval is based on the P-IIb/III (HPTN 083/084) trial to evaluate cabotegravir (q8w) vs FTC/TDF (200/300 mg) in 7,700+ patients who…
In an interview with PharmaShots, Soumya D. Chakravarty, Senior Director, Strategic Lead, Rheumatology Therapeutic Area at Janssen shared his views on the data of Tremfya in the P-IIIb (COSMOS) trial for the treatment of active psoriatic arthritis, published in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
The P-IIIb (COSMOS) trial evaluates Tremfya (100mg) vs PBO in a ratio (2:1) in 285 patients with active PsA…
The US FDA has approved 9 NDAs and 1 BLAs in Mar 2022, leading to treatments for patients and advances in the healthcare industry. The CDER and CBER approved 20 novel products in 2022
In Mar 2022, the major highlights drugs were Adlarity for Alzheimer's Disease, Rinvoq for Ulcerative Colitis, Ztalmy for CDKL5 Deficiency Disorder…
In an interview with PharmaShots, Chris Soria, Global Project Head of Amcenestrant at Sanofi shared his views on the updated data of Amcenestrant in the P-I/II (AMEERA-1) study for ER+/HER2−metastatic breast cancer, presented at SABCS 2021
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The P-I/II (AMEERA-1) study evaluated amcenestrant as monothx. & in combination with targeted therapies in postmenopausal women with ER+/HER2- MBC
In a pooled analysis of 35…
In an interview with PharmaShots, Jon Heinrichs, Associate, Vice President, and the Head of Innovation and Emerging Sciences at Sanofi Pasteur & Tonya Villafana, Vice President, Global Franchise Head, Infection at AstraZeneca share their views on the data of Nirsevimab in P-III (MELODY) trial to protect infants against Respiratory Syncytial Virus
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The P-III (MELODY) trial evaluates nirsevimab (50/100mg, IM) vs…
In an interview with PharmaShots, Diana Peninger, President and CEO at Reproductive Solutions shares her views on the ProteX sperm collection solution, offering a new hope for infertile couples.
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Reproductive Solutions (RSI) reported the availability of a patented, FDA-listed semen collection container that improves specimen quality for in vitro fertilization and other assisted reproductive technologies
The ProteX container…
INTRODUCTION
Chagas disease also known by the name American trypanosomiasis, is a zoonotic infection, caused by protozoan flagellate Trypanosoma cruzi (kissing bugs). It is potentially a life-threatening infection transmitted to people and animals from the feces of blood-sucking bugs which belong to the subfamily of Triatominae2. Among all the vectors, Rhodnius proxilus, Panstrongylus megistus, and…
In an interview with PharmaShots, William Greene, CEO at Fountain Therapeutics shares his views on the closing of $15M Series A-2 financing & how it supports the drug discovery platform and pipeline
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The company closes $15M series A-2 financing bringing its total Series A funding to $26M which was led by Eli Lilly, Alexandria Venture Investments, and R42 Group as new…

