Our planet is facing a major pandemic outbreak due to COVID-19 and health agencies are taking every measure to stop it. The COVID-19 virus has been named 'SARS-CoV-2'(severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) and the disease it causes has been named 'Coronavirus Disease 2019'(COVID-19). The outbreak of the respiratory disease was first detected in Wuhan…
Our planet is facing a major pandemic outbreak due to COVID-19 and health agencies are taking every measure to stop it.
The outbreak of the respiratory disease was first detected in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China in Dec 2019.
PharmaShots is keeping a track of all of the important updates in the Lifesciences sector, where…
1. Pfizer Launched its Zirabev (biosimilar, bevacizumab) in the US by the year end 2019
Date - Oct 01, 2019
Product - Zirabev (biosimilar, bevacizumab)
The biosimilar was launched in the US on Dec 31, 2019 following the settlement between Genentech and Pfizer granting all global rights of the product to the Pfizer. In Sept 2019,…
The year 2019 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 20 most read life sciences news on PharmaShots in 2019.
1. Celltrion Signed an Exclusive Co-Marketing Agreement with Juno in Australia
Juno provided sales promotion…
Our planet is facing a major pandemic outbreak due to COVID-19 and health agencies are taking every measure to stop it
The outbreak of the respiratory disease was first detected in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China in Dec 2019
PharmaShots is keeping a track of all of the important updates in the Lifesciences sector, where…
The biopharma industry saw a significant increase in the number of deal terminations in the last two years. Clinical and regulatory results- change in control limitations- and strategic reprioritizations were among the most common reasons for deal termination. We used the DealForma database to track partnership terminations announced in 2018 and 2019. We compiled a list of…
Biosimilars are developed to be highly similar versions of approved biologics in terms of safety, purity, and potency. Biosimilars are expected to be a cost-effective alternative to high-priced branded biologics, offering significant and much-needed cost savings to both payers and patients. Hence physicians are likely to adopt biosimilars 'a reference product to biologics' possessing similar…
Biosimilars are the key alternatives for expensive Biologics therapies and saving millions of dollars of patients spent in the treatment of multiple diseases. Hence physicians are likely to adopt biosimilars a reference product to biologics possessing similar therapeutic properties in terms of potency- safety- and efficacy to original biologic products. The companies are focusing…
The US FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) and Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) have approved 35 new products so far in 2019. In 2018 FDA approved 59 novel products including 42 New Chemical Entities and 17 Biologics while breaking its last year's record of approvals. However, there is a significant…
The increasing cases of autoimmune disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis are driving the growth of immunology products in the global market. Multiple companies have been focusing on Oncology- Hematology and multiple diseases but due to a drastic increase in the immune disorders- Immunology segment has been widely spared across the globe. In the top 20…

