VIEWPOINTS

PharmaShots Interview: Janssen’s Soumya D. Chakravarty Shares Insights on Tremfya (guselkumab) for the Treatment of Active Psoriatic Arthritis

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…

April 25, 2022

PharmaShots Interview: Sanofi’s Chris Soria Shares Insights on Amcenestrant for the Treatment of Breast Cancer

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 Shots: 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…

April 20, 2022

PharmaShots Interview: Jon Heinrichs of Sanofi Pasteur & Tonya Villafana of AstraZeneca Shares Insights on Nirsevimab in Healthy Infants Born at Term or Late Preterm

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 Shots: The P-III (MELODY) trial evaluates nirsevimab (50/100mg, IM) vs…

April 19, 2022

PharmaShots Interview: Reproductive Solutions’ Diana Peninger Shares Insights on ProteX, a Solution for Male Infertility

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. Shots: 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…

April 18, 2022

PharmaShots Interview: Fountain Therapeutics’ William Greene Shares Insights on the $15M Series A-2 Financing

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 Shots: 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…

April 13, 2022

PharmaShots Interview: Medidata’s Kelly McKee Shares Insight on Decentralized Clinical Trial

In an interview with PharmaShots, Kelly McKee, Vice President, Patient Registries & Recruitment at Medidata shared her views on the decentralized clinical trial networks through the collaboration with Circuit Clinical Shots: Medidata is investing $27M in Circuit Clinical’s series C funding. Circuit Clinical will expand its DCT network to 500 physicians & 15M patients & bring clinical research as…

April 12, 2022

PharmaShots Interview: Abbott’s Allen Burton Shares Insight on Proclaim XR Spinal Cord Stimulation System for the Treatment of Chronic Intractable Pain of Trunk and Limbs

In an interview with PharmaShots, Dr. Allen Burton, Medical Director of Abbott’s Neuromodulation Business shared his views on the US FDA approval for expanded MRI compatibility of Its Proclaim XR SCS Device Shots: The US FDA has approved new expanded MRI compatibility for its Proclaim XR Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS) System with Octrode leads. The Proclaim XR SCS System is an…

April 11, 2022

PharmaShots Interview: SOTIO’ Richard Sachse Shares Insight on SOT101 for the Treatment of Advanced/Metastatic Solid Tumors

In an interview with PharmaShots, Richard Sachse, Chief Medical Officer & Managing Director at SOTIO shared his views on the data of SOT101 in the P-I/Ib (AURELIO-03) study for the treatment of advanced/metastatic solid tumors Shots: The P-I/Ib (AURELIO-03) study evaluates SOT101 as monothx. & in combination with pembrolizumab in patients with advanced/metastatic solid tumors The results showed that 13 patients…

April 6, 2022

PharmaShots Interview: Ikena Oncology’ Mark Manfredi Shares Insight on IK-930 for the Treatment of Solid Tumors

In an interview with PharmaShots, Mark Manfredi, President, and CEO at Ikena Oncology shared his views on the US FDA’s IND clearance of IK-930 for the treatment of solid tumors that harbors genetic alterations in the hippo pathway Shots: The US FDA has accepted its IND application to initiate the P-I study of IK-930 for solid tumors harboring genetic alterations in the…

April 5, 2022

PharmaShots Interview: Frank Leebeek & Greta Mulder of Erasmus MC, Lutz Bonacker of CSL Behring Share Insight on Etranacogene Dezaparvovec for the Treatment of Hemophilia B

In an interview with PharmaShots, Frank Leebeek, MD, Ph.D., Hematology Department Head & Greta Mulders, Nurse Practitioner, Study Coordinator at the Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, Lutz Bonacker, Senior Vice President, General Manager, Commercial Operations Europe at CSL Behring shared their views on the data of Etranacogene Dezaparvovec in P-III (HOPE-B) trial for the treatment of Hemophilia B, presented at EAHAD 2022…

April 4, 2022