PharmaShots Interview: Sierra Oncology Dr. Barbara Klencke Shares Insight on Sierra’s Agreement with AstraZeneca for AZD5153

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 Shots: 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…

BySenior EditorOctober 11, 2021

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PharmaShots’ Key Highlights of Third Quarter 2021

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,…

BySenior EditorSeptember 30, 2021

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Top 20 Oncology Companies Based on 2020 Oncology Segment Revenue

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…

ByPrince GiriSeptember 9, 2021

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PharmaShots’ Key Highlights of Second Quarter 2021

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…

BySenior EditorJuly 7, 2021

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Top 20 BioPharma Companies based on 2020 Total Revenue

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…

ByPrince GiriApril 8, 2021

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PharmaShots Interview: Fusion Pharma’s John Valliant Shares Insight on its Collaboration with AstraZeneca

In an interview with PharmaShots, John Valliant, CEO at Fusion Pharma shared his views on the company's agreement with AstraZeneca, signed in Nov 2020. He also shared in-depth information about the company's TATs platform & Fast-Clear linker technology and provide a glance at Fusion's portfolio. Shots: Fusion to receive $5M up front and $40M as milestones & other payments. The…

BySenior EditorMarch 24, 2021

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Insights+: Breakthrough Therapy Designation by the US FDA in 2020

Breakthrough Therapy (BT) Designation is an expedited review program introduced in Section 902 of the Food and Drug Safety and Innovation Act of 2012 The Breakthrough Designation is granted to the drug candidates as monotherapy or in combination with other drugs intended to treat serious or life-threatening diseases and has shown substantial improvement over available…

BySenior EditorMarch 11, 2021

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Top 20 Biopharma Deal Terminations of 2020 Based on Total Deal Value

The biopharma industry saw numerous deal terminations in 2020. Clinical and regulatory results- change in control limitations- and strategic reprioritizations were among the most common reasons for deal termination. Sanofi and Hanmi's agreement in 2015 ranked first under which Hanmi regained WW rights to its protein/peptide discovery technology- lapscovery. The second position goes to the…

ByPrince GiriFebruary 11, 2021

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Top 20 Life Sciences Deals of 2020 by Total Deal Value

Life sciences companies are gearing up to enter new markets as they look to secure their positions after a spate of M&A- licensing- and research partnerships in 2020 Artios partnered with Merck with an option to license up to 8 oncology programs proving to be the highest valued deal of 2020 with a total deal…

ByPrince GiriJanuary 22, 2021

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PharmaShots’ Most Read News of 2020

Lockdown' declared Collins Dictionary word of the year. The year 2020, well known as COVID-19 year has been a busy year for global pharma and biotech companies involved in M&A, option & licensing agreements, and gaining approvals. Our team has compiled a list of 30 most read life sciences news on PharmaShots in 2020. 1. Bayer…

BySenior EditorJanuary 6, 2021

PharmaShots Interview: Sierra Oncology Dr. Barbara Klencke Shares Insight on Sierra’s Agreement with AstraZeneca for AZD5153

PharmaShots’ Key Highlights of Third Quarter 2021

Top 20 Oncology Companies Based on 2020 Oncology Segment Revenue

PharmaShots’ Key Highlights of Second Quarter 2021

Top 20 BioPharma Companies based on 2020 Total Revenue

PharmaShots Interview: Fusion Pharma’s John Valliant Shares Insight on its Collaboration with AstraZeneca

Insights+: Breakthrough Therapy Designation by the US FDA in 2020

Top 20 Biopharma Deal Terminations of 2020 Based on Total Deal Value

Top 20 Life Sciences Deals of 2020 by Total Deal Value

PharmaShots’ Most Read News of 2020

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