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The 43rd Annual J.P. Morgan Conference took place from 13th to 16th January in San Francisco, USA. J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference serves as a pioneering hub that features presentations and dialogues on the advances of the healthcare industry by bringing healthcare professionals, researchers, manufacturers, and other healthcare stakeholders to one platform.
Innovation remained the…
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At ESC 2024, AstraZeneca presented insights from the real-world OverTTuRe study, exploring the challenges of early diagnosis in transthyretin-mediated amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM)
Mina Makar, SVP and Commercial Lead of the Global Cardiovascular, Renal, and Metabolism (CVRM) Biopharmaceuticals Business Unit at AstraZeneca, shared real-world insights on how ATTR-CM manifests as cardiac symptoms
Mina highlighted the…
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The US FDA has approved Calquence + bendamustine & rituximab for untreated MCL in patients not for autologous HSCT, also transforming its accelerated approval (Oct 2017) to full approval for previously treated MCL. The combination is under review in Australia, Canada, Switzerland, the EU, Japan & other regions
Approval was based on P-III…
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The FDA has approved Datroway to treat unresectable or metastatic HR+/HER2- (IHC 0, IHC 1+ or IHC 2+/ISH-) breast cancer in patients receiving endocrine-based therapy & CT. Submissions are under review in the EU, China, & other areas
Approval was based on a global P-III (TROPION Breast01) trial, assessing Datroway (6mg/kg; IV, Q21D)…
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FDA has accepted & granted priority review to the BLA of datopotamab deruxtecan (Dato-DXd) for treatment-experienced patients with LA/M EGFR-mutated NSCLC (PDUFA: Q3’25) which also received BTD from US FDA
BLA & designation were based on P-II (TROPION-Lung05) & P-III (TROPION-Lung01) trials along with supporting data from P-I (TROPION-PanTumor01) study. The combined findings…
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The EMA’s CHMP has granted positive opinion to Kavigale for the prevention of COVID-19 in immunocompromised individuals (≥12yrs.). It was reviewed under the EMA’s accelerated pathway
Kavigale consists of an antiviral human IgG1 mAb, sipavibart, as its API that offers passive protection against SARS-CoV-2 by targeting the spike protein's receptor-binding domain
Sipavibart was…
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The EMA’s CHMP has granted positive opinion to Kavigale for the prevention of COVID-19 in immunocompromised individuals (≥12yrs.). It was reviewed under the EMA’s accelerated pathway
Kavigale consists of an antiviral human IgG1 mAb, sipavibart, as its API that offers passive protection against SARS-CoV-2 by targeting the spike protein's receptor-binding domain
Sipavibart was discovered…
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Recently, Qiagen entered into a collaboration agreement with AstraZeneca to develop companion diagnostics for chronic diseases using Qiagen’s QIAstat-Dx system
Today, at PharmaShots, we are joined by Richard Watts from Qiagen, who sheds light on their collaboration agreements with AstraZeneca and Eli Lilly, leveraging their syndromic testing platform, QIAstat-Dx
Qiagen has partnered with over…
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The EMA’s CHMP has granted positive opinions to 5 Biologics and 1 New Chemical Entity in October 2024, leading to treatments for patients and advances in the healthcare industry
The major highlighted drugs were Novo Nordisk’s Alhemo to treat Haemophilia A or B with inhibitors and AstraZeneca & Ionis’ Wainzua for Hereditary Transthyretin-Mediated Amyloidosis
PharmaShots has…
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Recently, AstraZeneca presented findings from the real-world IMPACT CKD study, which evaluated the multifaceted impact of CKD on patients, healthcare systems, and broader society, projecting future implications through 2032.
The study emphasizes the importance of mitigating the economic burden on healthcare by implementing early, targeted screening, diagnosis, and treatment for CKD.
In collaboration with…

