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…
While the COVID-19 pandemic has dominated the healthcare space for the last two years, some biopharma companies were involved in multiple deals, M&A, and the development of various drug candidates in other areas to diversify their portfolios
While top Biopharma companies remain on the chart, however, in 2021, new players like Moderna, BioNTech, Viatris also…
The first quarter of 2022 highlights the approvals, clinical data & acquisitions. There are major alliances in this quarter which include Biocon acquired Viatris’ biosimilars assets for ~$3.335B, Stryker signed a definitive agreement to acquire Vocera Communications for ~$3.09B, Biohaven acquire Channel Biosciences for ~$3B
The first quarter of the year also showcases regulatory events…
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The life science industry saw high deal activity in 2021 staying in the range of an even busier 2020.
Fourth-quarter 2021 set the tone with Recursion’s development and commercialization deal with Roche and Genentech for a total value of $12.7B, followed by Poseida Therapeutics’ development and commercialization deal with Takeda for $3.73B.
This article is based on the 2021…
In an interview with PharmaShots, Alexander Bedenkov, Vice President, Medical International Region & Global Health Innovation Hubs (A.Catalyst) Network Head at AstraZeneca shares his views on the First Virtual Events in collaboration with Slush to accelerate better health outcomes through innovation
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The companies collaborated to launch virtual events and enhance collaboration in the healthcare sector. The event was run through AstraZeneca’s A.Catalyst Network,…
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…
The third quarter of 2021 highlights the approvals, clinical data & acquisitions. The new alliance observed in third quarter includes AzurRx signed a reverse triangular merger agreement to acquired First Wave Bio for ~$229M
The key highlights of the big acquisition in this quarter includes Merck acquired Acceleron for ~$11.5B, Baxter acquired Hillrom for ~$10.5B,…
Oncology is a rapidly evolving therapy area and all of the top Biopharma players are investing in the research and development of cancer therapies. In 2020- the world witnessed a major acquisition of Immunomedic by Gilead of $21B for Trodelvy
Our team at PharmaShots has compiled a list of top 20 oncology companies based on…
The US FDA has approved 6 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 37 novel products in 2021
Additionally, last year in 2020, the US FDA…
Despite having the global Covid-19 pandemic- the biopharma companies were involved in multiple M&A and licensing deals. The major focus of the year remains the production and distribution of vaccines to combat the COVID-19 globally
All of the Biopharma companies on our list are on the front line to combat this global crisis. The top…

