In an interview with PharmaShots, Txema Sanz, Senior Vice President and Head of the Global Medical Specialties at Astellas shared his views on the EC's approval of Evrenzo (roxadustat) for the Treatment of symptomatic anemia associated with Chronic Kidney Disease
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The approval is based on the P-III program including 8 studies evaluating Evrenzo in 9600 patients with symptomatic anemia associated with…
In an interview with PharmaShots, Jonathan Benjamin, MD, Ph.D., Senior Vice President & Clinical Research of Atreca shared his views on the initial data from the dose-escalation portion of its ongoing P-Ib trial for ATRC-101 to treat solid tumor
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The ongoing P-Ib trial evaluates ATRC-101 in patients with solid tumors & 26 patients had been dosed in a trial as of data cut-off…
In an interview with PharmaShots, Rich Birhanzel, Senior Managing Director & Global Health Lead at Accenture shared his views on the investment in ixlayer to provide health solutions for diagnostic testing
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The company has made a strategic investment in ixlayer through Accenture Ventures to expand access to virtual diagnostic health testing. The company's telehealth platform allows players across the healthcare ecosystem…
The US FDA has approved 5 NDAs and 2 BLAs in 2021, leading to treatments for patients and advances in the health care industry
The Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) and Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) have approved 55 novel products in 2021
Additionally, last year in 2020, the US FDA…
In an interview with PharmaShots, Anish Suri, Ph.D., President, and Chief Scientific Officer at Cue Biopharma shared his views on new preclinical data of CUE-401 for the treatment of autoimmune diseases at the 2021 FOCIS Annual Meeting
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The company has reported the preclinical data of CUE-401 which can induce & expand regulatory T cells in vitro and in vivo & has the potential to…
In an interview with PharmaShots, Brandon Smith, Chief Business Officer at Prothena shared his views on Novo Nordisk's acquisition of Prothena's ATTR amyloidosis program includes PRX004
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The companies have entered into a definitive purchase agreement in which Novo Nordisk has acquired Prothena's PRX004 and broader ATTR amyloidosis program
Novo Nordisk acquires Prothena's subsidiary and gets WW rights to the IP and…
In an interview with PharmaShots, Suela Sulo, Ph.D., M.S., Director of Global Health Economics, Outcomes Research and Policy at Abbott shared her views on how this study will shift the way to approach nutrition across the continuum of care.
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A study published in the Journal of Primary Care and Community Health has shown that a new…
In an interview with PharmaShots, Dr. Pierre Pellier, CEO of CTMA, share his views on CT-SCOUT that helps to boost patient recruitment in the clinical trials for IBD
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CTMA developed the web mobile platform, CT-Scout to boost patient recruitment in the clinical trials by facilitating a quick and simple study detection for eligible patients
CT-Scout is currently available in…
In an interview with PharmaShots, Dr. Barbara Klencke, MD, Chief Medical Officer at Sierra Oncology share her views on the license agreement for AZD5153 with AstraZeneca to treat myelofibrosis
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AstraZeneca signs an exclusive license agreement with Sierra for AZD5153 to expand myelofibrosis pipeline. The agreement will provide a novel compound into Sierra's pipeline to supply therapies for rare cancers
Sierra plans…
Biosimilars are developed to be highly similar versions of approved biologics in terms of safety, purity, and potency
Biosimilars are expected to be a cost-effective alternative to the high-priced branded biologics, offering significant and much-needed cost savings to both payers and the patients
During the month of September, Sandoz entered into a commercialization and license…

