Novartis’ Ligelizumab (QGE031) Receives the US FDA’s Breakthrough Designation for Patients with Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria Published: Jan 15, 2020 | Tags: Novartis’, Ligelizumab (QGE031), Receives ,US FDA’s, Breakthrough Designation for Patients , Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria Philips Collaborates with Merck KGaA to Advance Personalized Fertility Treatment Published: Jan 15, 2020 | Tags: Philips, Collaborates, Merck KGaA, […]Read More
Shots: The US FDA has granted BTD for Ligelizumab for the treatment of CSU in patients with an inadequate response to H1-antihistamine treatment The therapy is currently being evaluated in ongoing P-III program including PEARL 1 & -2 that assess Ligelizumab vs Xolair (omalizumab) in ~2000 patients across the globe with its anticipated results in […]Read More
The fourth quarter of 2020 contains multiple initiations of clinical trials, big approvals, and numerous deals. COVID-19 related news remains at the peak in this quarter Multiple companies received regulatory bodies’ EUA for their vaccines and treatments for COVID-19. Initiating with, Regeneron sought the US FDA’s EUA for REGN-COV2 Ab combination while Health Canada accelerated […]Read More
Shots: BieGene to receive $650M up front, $1.55M as milestones along with royalties and retain rights to Tislelizumab in China & other countries. BeiGene has the option to co-detail Tislelizumab in NA Novartis to get the development & commercialization rights to Tislelizumab in the US, Canada, Mexico, EU, UK, Norway, Switzerland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Russia, & […]Read More
Biopharma merger and acquisition activity in 2020 was mainly filled with late-stage, bolt-on acquisitions, which were orders of magnitude smaller than the mega M&A deals of prior years. AstraZeneca holds the top rank by acquiring Alexion Pharmaceuticals among the top 20 acquisitions with a total deal value of $39B at a 1-day premium of 45% […]Read More
“Lockdown’ declared Collins Dictionary word of the year. The year 2020, well known as COVID-19 year has been a busy year for global pharma and biotech companies involved in M&A, option & licensing agreements, and gaining approvals. Our team has compiled a list of 30 most read life sciences news on PharmaShots in 2020. 1. […]Read More
Sandoz to Launch Hyrimoz (biosimilar, adalimumab) in Canada Published: Dec 17, 2020 | Tags: Authorization, Biosimilar, canada, health, Humira, Hyrimoz, Launch, receives, Sandoz Amgen’s Riabni (biosimilar, rituximab) Receives the US FDA’s Approval for Multiple Diseases Published: Dec 17, 2020 | Tags: Adult, Amgen, approval, Biosimilar, CLL, GPA, MPA, NHL, patients, receives, RIABNI, Rituxan, Rituximab, rituximab-arrx, […]Read More
Shots: Novartis to acquire all outstanding shares of Cadent for a total value of ~$770M. Cadent to receive $210M up front and is eligible for ~$560M as milestones. The transaction is expected to be close in Q1’21 Novartis gains full rights to Cadent’s NMDAr program which consist of two clinical programs: CAD-9303 and MIJ-821, an […]Read More
Shots The Health Canada has approved Zolgensma (onasemnogene abeparvovec) for pediatric patients with 5q SMA with bi-allelic mutations in the SMN1 gene and 3 or fewer copies of SMN2 gene or infantile-onset SMA The efficacy and safety data supporting the approval of Zolgensma are derived from completed and ongoing studies in patients with SMA and […]Read More
Shots: The US FDA’s CRDAC voted 12 to 1 supporting the use of Entresto (sacubitril/valsartan) in the treatment of patients with HFpEF The decision was based on efficacy & safety analyses, including findings from a pre-specified subgroup analysis of PARAGON-HF (P-III study in HFpEF) and additional evidence from PARAMOUNT (P-II trial in HFpEF), as well […]Read More
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