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New Drug Designations - January 2025

New Drug Designations – January 2025

Shots:    PharmaShots’ Designation Report provides a concise overview of the latest drug designations granted by major regulatory authorities, including the FDA, EMA, MHLW, and NMPA  The January 2025 report covers designations granted to 53 drugs and 9 medical devices, spanning 18 small molecules, 13 biologics, 13 cell and gene therapies & 9 medical devices among…

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Teva and Alvotech

Alvotech and Teva Report the Regulatory Filing Acceptance for AVT06 (Biosimilar, Eylea) Across the US

Shots: The US FDA has accepted the BLA of AVT06 (2mg) for treating eye disorders, including diseases that can lead to vision loss or blindness. The regulatory approval process is expected to finish in Q4’25 AVT06/AVT29 is a recombinant fusion protein and biosimilar candidate to Eylea (aflibercept), targeting VEGF to inhibit receptor activation, neovascularization,…

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New Drug Designations - December 2024

New Drug Designations – December 2024

Shots:   PharmaShots' designation report provides a concise overview of the latest drug designations by major regulatory authorities, including the FDA, EMA, MHLW and NMPA   The December 2024 report covers designations granted to 43 drugs and 3 devices, encompassing 13 small molecules, 10 biologics, 7 cell and gene therapies & 3 medical devices among others  Significant…

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New Drug Designations - November 2024

New Drug Designations – November 2024

Shots:   PharmaShots' designation report provides a concise overview of the latest drug designations by major regulatory authorities, including the FDA, EMA, and NMPA   The November 2024 report covers designations granted to 28 drugs and 3 devices, encompassing 9 small molecules, 6 biologics, 7 cell and gene therapies as well as 3 medical devices  Significant trends…

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Teva and Alvotech

Alvotech and Teva Reports the US FDA’s Approval for the Additional Presentation of Selarsdi (Biosimilar, Stelara)

Shots:  Alvotech and Teva have received the US FDA’s approval of Selarsdi’s new dosing presentation of 130mg/26mL (5mg/mL) solution in a single-dose vial for IV infusion for the same indications as Stelara (ustekinumab). It will be launched in the US during Q1’25  The US FDA, in Apr 2024, approved Selarsdi’s dosing of 45mg/0.5mL & 90mg/mL…

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Dong-A ST Reports the US FDA’s Approval of Imuldosa (Biosimilar, Stelara) 

Shots:  Following the BLA submission by Accord BioPharma (Intas Pharmaceuticals’ subsidiary) in 2023, the US FDA has granted approval to Imuldosa, a biosimilar version of Stelara (ustekinumab). Its MAA has also been accepted by the EMA in 2023  Intas Pharmaceuticals with its subsidiaries (Accord BioPharma & Accord Healthcare) will commercialize the biosimilar across the US,…

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Advancing Care for Hematologic Malignancies: Chris Heery from Arcellx in a Stimulating Dialogue Exchange with PharmaShots

Shots:  Arcellx’s Anito-cel, a BCMA CAR-T therapy recently got the FTD, ODD, RMAT designations by the FDA for the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma (r/rMM)  Today, at PharmaShots we have Chris Heery, Chief Medical Officer at Arcellx, shedding light on Anito-Cel therapy in advancing care for multiple myeloma  In late 2022,…

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New Drug Designations - August 2024

New Drug Designations – August 2024 

Shots:   PharmaShots' designation report provides a concise overview of several drugs and their designations by the FDA, NMPA and EMA. August month’s report includes designations allotted to 10 small molecules, 9 biologics, 7 cell & gene therapies, 1 vaccine, 2 radiopharmaceutical, 1 peptide, 1 antineoplastic and 2 devices   In August 2024, Invenra’s INV724 received the…

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New Drug Designations - July 2024

New Drug Designations – July 2024

Shots:   PharmaShots' designation report provides a concise overview of several drugs and their designations by the FDA, NMPA and EMA. This month’s report includes designations allotted to 16 small molecules, 5 biologics, 11 cell & gene therapies, 1 recombinant protein, 1 vaccine, 1 immunotherapy, 1 radiopharmaceutical, 1 antisense oligonucleotide, 3 RNA therapies 1 herbal medicine…

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