The US FDA has approved 4 NDAs in Jan 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 4 novel products in 2021.
Additionally, last year in 2020, the US FDA has approved…
Biopharma merger and acquisition activity in 2020 was mainly filled with late-stage- bolt-on acquisitions- which were orders of magnitude smaller than the mega M&A deals of prior years.
AstraZeneca holds the top rank by acquiring Alexion Pharmaceuticals among the top 20 acquisitions with a total deal value of $39B at a 1-day premium of 45%…
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…
Healthy animals contribute to the elimination of hunger and sustainable food production. The diseases that affect animal health also affect humans. Tackling them while they are present in animals not only safeguards our health- but it is also easier- more effective- and less expensive to address. Monitoring animal health and preventing animal disease outbreaks is…
To remain successful in the oncology market- change is now a key to adapt to this altering market dynamics. A recent development in science and technology platforms are likely to grow faster for cancer treatment in comparison to other therapy areas. However- despite robust levels of pipeline activity- oncology remains a challenging area for research…
The US FDA has approved multiple NDAs and BLAs in Aug 2020, 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 69 novel products so far in 2020, including 10 in Aug 2020. Additionally,…
The global biopharma companies are developing novel therapies & devices which is- in turn- enhancing their portfolio and encouraging them in this undergoing competition to stay in the topmost position
The top 20 companies chartbusters changed their 2019 ranking- but the history of Johnson and Johnson did not change and it continued being at the…
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…
The third quarter of 2019 has ended with major acquisitions in the pharma and biotech industry along with multiple approvals. Starting with the latest acquisition where Biocon Biologics acquires Pfizer's Research Facility for expansion of its R&D footprints with the acceleration of the development of its biosimilars from lab to pilot scale. Previously, Amgen acquired…
The global pharma companies have been advancing their pipelines with emerging needs of patients. Pharma companies are also focusing on diagnostics & devices- which were emerged as one of major revenue generator in 2018- with the development of new products and devices. The year 2018 also proved to be a record with approval of 55…

