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EMA Marketing Authorization of New Drugs in October 2024

EMA Marketing Authorization of New Drugs in October 2024

Shots:    The EMA’s CHMP has granted positive opinions to 5 Biologics and 1 New Chemical Entity in October 2024, leading to treatments for patients and advances in the healthcare industry   The major highlighted drugs were Novo Nordisk’s Alhemo to treat Haemophilia A or B with inhibitors and AstraZeneca & Ionis’ Wainzua for Hereditary Transthyretin-Mediated Amyloidosis  PharmaShots has…

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AstraZeneca & Ionis

AstraZeneca and Ionis’ Wainzua (Eplontersen) Receives the CHMP’s Positive Opinion to Treat Hereditary Transthyretin-Mediated Amyloidosis with Polyneuropathy 

  Shots:    The opinion of Wainzua for ATTRv-PN (stage 1/2 polyneuropathy) was supported by its P-III (NEURO-TTRansform) study vs external PBO for over wk.66, with a follow-up until wk.85 & an end-of-trial evaluation. Eligible patients could then enter an ongoing OLE study  Study depicted sustained benefits in co-1EPs of serum transthyretin (TTR) levels & neuropathy…

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Life Sciences Deals Top 20 2021

Top 20 Life Sciences Deals of 2021 by Total Deal Value

Shots: The life science industry saw high deal activity in 2021 staying in the range of an even busier 2020. Fourth-quarter 2021 set the tone with Recursion’s development and commercialization deal with Roche and Genentech for a total value of $12.7B, followed by Poseida Therapeutics’ development and commercialization deal with Takeda for $3.73B. This article is based on the 2021…

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