Skip to content Skip to footer
New Drug Designations - October 2023

New Drug Designations – October 2023

Shots:  PharmaShots' designation report provides a concise overview of several drugs and their designations by the US FDA and the EMA. This month’s report includes 2 biological drugs, 12 small molecules, 10 cell and gene therapies, 2 vaccines, 1 peptide, 1 exosome-based therapy and 3 devices  HuidaGene Therapeutics’ HG204 CRISPR RNA-editing therapy, focused on the treatment of MECP2 duplication…

Read more

New Drug Designations - September 2023

New Drug Designations – September 2023

Shots:  PharmaShots' designation report provides a concise overview of several drugs and their designations by the US FDA, the EU, and China. This month’s report includes 10 biological drugs, 15 small molecules, 5 cell and gene therapies, 4 devices, 1 vaccine and 1 microbiota  MicuRx’ Contezolid and Contezolid acefosamil, focused on the treatment of Diabetic…

Read more

Insights+ Key Biosimilars Events of September 2023

Insights+ Key Biosimilars Events of September 2023

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 the high-priced branded biologics, offering significant and much-needed cost savings to both payers and patients During the month of September, Sandoz entered into a development and commercialization agreement…

Read more

VIEWPOINTS_Simon Portsmouth_2023

Simon Portsmouth Shares Insights from P-III Trial of Ensitrelvir for the Prevention of Symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infection

Shots: Simon spoke about the enrollment of the first participant in Japan in the P-III (SCORPIO-PEP) study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Ensitrelvir for the prevention of symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection He mentioned how this study will supplement data from the pivotal SCORPIO-SR trial's P-III segment which showed ensitrelvir's effectiveness in treating mild-to-moderate COVID-19…

Read more

New Drug Designations - August 2023

New Drug Designations – August 2023

Shots:  PharmaShots' designation report provides a concise overview of several drugs and their designations by the US FDA, the EU, Japan, and China. This month’s report includes 8 biological drugs, 13 small molecules, 4 cell and gene therapies, 3 diagnostic tests and 5 devices  Genprex’ Reqorsa, focused on the treatment of SCLC, is the drug to receive ODD…

Read more

New Drug Designations - July 2023

New Drug Designations – July 2023

Shots:  PharmaShots' designation report provides a concise overview of several drugs and their designations by the US FDA, the EU, China, and Korea. This month’s report includes 7 biological drugs, 10 small molecules, 8 cell and gene therapies, 1 radiopharmaceutical, 2 microbiota and 1 diagnostic test  MyoPax’ Satori-01, focused on repairing the Exstrophy-Epispadias Complex sphincter…

Read more

VIEWPOINTS_Boaz Hirshberg_2023

Boaz Hirshberg, SVP, Clinical Development at Regeneron Shares Insights from the US FDA Approval of Evkeeza (evinacumab-dgnb)

Shots: Boaz spoke about the US FDA approval of Evkeeza (evinacumab-dgnb) to treat children aged 5 to 11 with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HoFH) Boaz also talked about the study design of the pivotal pediatric trial evaluating Evkeeza(evinacumab-dgnb) . He then extended his talk on HoFH and how Regeneron is creating awareness about the disease The…

Read more

VIEWPOINTS_Kathleen Somera-Molina1_2023

Kathleen Somera-Molina, Head of SMA Global Medical Affairs at Biogen Shares Insights on New Data Published about SPINRAZA

Shots: Kathleen spoke about the results of a new study published in Advances in Therapy evaluating real-world adherence to SPINRAZA (nusinersen) with its unique dosing schedule among people with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) She also talked about the overall adherence rates to nusinersen. She highlighted that adherence was higher during the maintenance phase than the loading phase…

Read more