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Takeda’s Vonvendi Receives the US FDA’s Approval for Adults and Children with Von Willebrand Disease

Shots: FDA has approved a label extension for Vonvendi to incl. routine prophylaxis for reducing bleeding in adults with Type 1 & 2 von Willebrand disease (VWD), & for on-demand & perioperative bleeding management in pediatric pts Approval was backed by extensive data, incl. a P-III trial in adults, a P-III trial in children, a P-IIIb continuation…

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PharmaShots Weekly Snapshots (Sep 01, 2025 – Sep 05, 2025)   

This week, PharmaShots’ news was all about the updates on Clinical Trials, Regulatory, Pharma, MedTech, COVID-19, Animal Health and Biosimilars. Check out our full report below:    Merck Reports P-III (VICTOR) Trial Data of Verquvo (Vericiguat) for Chronic Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)  Read More: Merck  AstraZeneca Reports P-III (BaxHTN) Trial Data on Baxdrostat…

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SignalPET Launches SignalPET 360° for Comprehensive Veterinary Radiology

Shots: SignalPET has launched SignalPET 360°, an integrated AI-powered radiology solution for veterinary medicine SignalPET 360 provides an integrated diagnostic platform with built-in PACS, allowing clinics to store & view all imaging modalities, generate AI-powered reports for every case, & seamlessly escalate to advanced AI or radiologist review when required SignalPET 360° suite provides immediate…

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Genentech

Genentech Presents Long-Term Efficacy and Safety Data on Vabysmo for Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Shots: Genentech has reported new data from the open-label AVONELLE-X & P-IIIb/IV (SALWEEN) studies of Vabysmo (faricimab-svoa) at Euretina’25 The 2yr. AVONELLE-X study was an extension of P-III (TENAYA & LUCERNE) trials, showing maintained vision & anatomy in wet AMD, with ~80% pts extending dosing to Q3M/Q4M after ~4yrs. of therapy SALWEEN study in Asia…

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Bluejay Therapeutics Reports First Patient Enrolment in P-III (AZURE-2) Trial of Brelovitug for Chronic Hepatitis D

Shots: Bluejay Therapeutics has enrolled its first patient in the P-III (AZURE-2) trial assessing brelovitug (300mg, SC, QW) vs Hepcludex (bulevirtide) for the treatment of chronic hepatitis D Trial will assess the proportion of participants achieving a composite response at Wk. 48, defined as undetectable hepatitis D virus RNA along with normalization of alanine aminotransferase…

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Pulmovant and Roivant’s Mosliciguat Receives MHLW’s Orphan Drug Designation for Pulmonary Hypertension Associated with Interstitial Lung Disease

Shots: Japan’s MHLW has granted ODD to mosliciguat for the treatment of pulmonary hypertension associated with interstitial lung disease (PH-ILD) Mosliciguat (dry powder inhaler) is being evaluated in an ongoing global P-II (PHocus) trial against PBO among ~120 PH-ILD adults, with trial design to be presented at ERS Congress 2025 Mosliciguat is an sGC activator that…

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Eli lilly

The US FDA Grants Breakthrough Therapy Designation to Eli Lilly’s Olomorasib for KRAS G12C-Mutant NSCLC

Shots: The US FDA has granted BTD to olomorasib + Keytruda for the 1L treatment of pts with unresectable advanced or metastatic NSCLC harboring KRAS G12C mutation & PD-L1 expression ≥ 50% Designation was based on P-I/II (LOXO-RAS-20001) trial of olomorasib monotx. & dose optimization portion from P-III (SUNRAY-01) trial of olomorasib + Keytruda ±…

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Roche

Roche Reports the European CE Mark Approval of Contivue to Treat Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Shots: Roche has received the European CE Mark approval for Contivue, a port delivery platform containing Susvimo (Lucentis) for the treatment of neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD); Susvimo (100mg/mL) is under the EMA’s review Approval was backed by P-III (Archway) trial & additional studies, a P-II (LADDER) trial, & Portal OLE long-term study, with Archway showing…

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AliveDx Reports the US FDA’s 510(k) Submission for MosaiQ AiPlex VAS Assay to Diagnose Autoimmune Vasculitis

Shots: The US FDA has received 510(k) premarket notification for MosaiQ AiPlex Vasculitis (VAS) assay to improve & accelerate diagnosis of Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitides & Anti-GBM (Goodpasture's) disease; available in IVDR CE-marking countries since Jul 2025 VAS assay diagnoses autoimmune vasculitis using just 10μL of sample in a single test, with 3 key autoantibody markers: MPO, PR3, & GBM…

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Biocytogen Partners with Merck KGaA to Develop Antibody-Conjugated Lipid-Based Delivery Solutions

Shots: Biocytogen has entered into an evaluation & option agreement with Merck KGaA to develop antibody-conjugated lipid-based delivery solutions for nucleic acid payloads, incl. antibody-conjugated lipid nanoparticles As per the deal, Biocytogen will provide fully human antibodies from its RenMice platform for evaluation to Merck KGaA’s antibody-conjugated LNP services, with Merck KGaA holding an exclusive…

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