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 globallyAll of the Biopharma companies on our list are on the front line to combat this global crisis. The top…
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…
This year J.P. Morgan 39th Annual Healthcare Conference was conducted virtually and we witnessed multiple announcements from numerous Biopharma companiesAn analysis of events and catalysts that were announced at the conference during these days are included in the report. Most of the deals occurred in the first two days of the conferenceOur PharmaShots…
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…
Our planet is facing a major pandemic outbreak due to COVID-19 and health agencies are taking every measure to stop itLife sciences companies are putting all of their efforts into finding a treatment or developing a vaccine for this diseasePharmaShots is keeping a track of all of the important updates in the Life-sciences…
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…
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…
Biosimilars are developed to be highly similar versions of approved biologics in terms of safety, purity, and potencyIn Dec, 2019 Kamada signed a deal with Alvotech for commercialization of biosimilars in Israel while Techno Science also signed an agreement with Kishi Kasei for co-developing biosimilar afliberceptMylan and Biocon launched its Ogivri (trastuzumab-dkst) in…
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…

