Shots: The Fourth quarter of 2023 highlights major acquisitions in the pharma and biotech industry along with clinical trial results and approvals. Starting with the latest acquisitions, BMS acquired Mirati Therapeutics for ~$5.8B and AbbVie acquired ImmunoGen for $10.1B The Fourth quarter of the year also showcases multiple clinical trial results from Regeneron’s Two-Year…
The US FDA approved 1 NDAs and 6 BLA in November 2022, leading to treatments for patients and advances in the healthcare industry. The CDER and CBER approved 73 novel products in 2022In November 2022, the major highlights drugs were Imfinzi (durvalumab) + Imjudo (tremelimumab) approval for metastatic non-small cell lung cancer, Elahere for…
Breakthrough Therapy (BT) Designation is an expedited review program introduced in Section 902 of the Food and Drug Safety and Innovation Act of 2012The 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…
The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) is a platform for cancer experts to share views on the latest advancements and new approaches in cancer research and was held virtually this year due to the COVID-19 pandemicJanssen highlights its oncology portfolio, Merck & Pfizer demonstrated the potential of Bavencio in GTT while AstraZeneca showcased…

