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…
Immunology deals with the physiological functioning of the immune system in states of both health and disease as well as malfunctions of the immune system in immunological disorders
With the new advancement in the immune sector- global pharmaceuticals continue to grow in the field despite the disruption during COVID-19. As in 2019- Abbvie again secured…
In an interview with PharmaShots, Dr. Lotus Mallbris, M.D., Ph.D., Vice President of Immunology Development at Lilly shared her views on the abstracts demonstrating data on the use of Taltz and Olumiant in rheumatic diseases, including psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) for Taltz, and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) for Olumiant.
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Lilly reported that key data from Taltz (ixekizumab) & Olumiant (baricitinib) is highlighted at the virtual EULAR…
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…
In an interview with PharmaShots, Marie Schiller Vice President of Product Development for Connected Care and Insulins at Lilly shared her views on its collaboration with Welldoc to integrate Welldoc's insulin management technology into Lilly's connected insulin solutions.
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Lilly and Welldoc are teaming up to create a new version of Welldoc's BlueStar app which will be integrated…
The first quarter of 2021 highlights new approvals, M&A, and the clinical data of COVID-19 vaccines. The companies expand their working in COVID-19 by targeting South African & Brazil variants along with other emerging variants
Starting with the latest acquisition, Amgen acquired Five Prime for $1.9B, Jazz acquired JW while Boston acquired Preventice. This quarter…
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…
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…
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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…

