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Royalty Pharma Purchases Revolution Medicines’ Royalty Rights of Daraxonrasib for ~2B

Shots: Royalty Pharma acquiring Revolution Medicines’ royalties for daraxonrasib (P-III RASolute 302), providing up to $1.25B across five $250M milestone tranches, plus an additional $750M debt facility in three tranches Revolution received the $250M upfront, with future payments tied to P-III data (2026), FDA approval (by Jan 2028), and sales milestones, allowing access to further…

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Xcell Biosciences and ThermoFisher Enter Into a Joint Research Collaboration to Advance Cell Therapies

Shots: Xcell Biosciences entered into a strategic collaboration with ThermoFisher Scientific to advance the development of Treg and TIL cell therapies for autoimmune and solid tumor treatments The joint research aims to develop methodologies for enhancing the efficacy of Tregs and TILs, while streamlining and scaling cell therapy manufacturing for improved accessibility and reproducibility across…

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Johnson & Johnson launches ACUVUE OASYS MAX 1-Day MULTIFOCAL for ASTIGMATISM Contact Lens in the US and Canada

Shots: Johnson & Johnson launched ACUVUE OASYS MAX 1‑DAY MULTIFOCAL for astigmatism daily disposable lens in the U.S. and Canada for people with both astigmatism and presbyopia A study showed 95% of people wearing ACUVUE OASYS MAX 1-DAY MULTIFOCAL for ASTIGMATISM contact lenses reported clear vision during daily activities, while 87% saw clearly while driving…

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Harbour BioMed Enters a ~$670M Partnership with Otsuka Pharmaceutical to Advance HBM7020 for Autoimmune Diseases

Shots: Harbour BioMed & Otsuka Pharmaceutical have entered into a global strategic collaboration to advance HBM7020 for the treatment of autoimmune diseases As per the deal, Otsuka will receive an exclusive global license to develop, manufacture, & commercialize HBM7020 excl. Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau & Taiwan in exchange for $47M in upfront & near-term…

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PharmaShots Weekly Snapshots (Jun 16, 2025 – Jun 20, 2025)   

This week PharmaShots’ news was all about the updates on Clinical Trials, Regulatory, Pharma, MedTech, M&A, Biosimilar, Animal Health & DigiHealth. Check out our full report below:    Johnson & Johnson Reports P-II (RedirecTT-1) Trial Data on Talvey + Tecvayli for R/R Multiple Myeloma  Read More: J&J  Camurus Reports Topline P-IIb (POSITANO) Trial Data on CAM2029 for…

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Avata Biosciences Enters a Co-Development and Licensing Deal with Oceanus Bio for AVAT-021 and AVAT-022 to Treat Epilepsy and Schizophrenia

Shots: Avata has entered into a co-development & licensing deal with Oceanus Bio for exclusive rights to AVAT-021 & AVAT-022 in Japan & Asia, excl. China & India As per the deal, Avata will receive $95M in co-development contributions, regulatory & sales milestones, plus double-digit royalties on sales, while Oceanus will lead regulatory activities &…

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NextCure Signs a ~$745M Licensing Agreement with Simcere Zaiming for SIM0505

Shots: Simcere has granted NextCure exclusive global rights to develop, manufacture, & commercialize SIM0505 to treat solid tumors, excl. Greater China, where Simcere will retain its rights As per the deal, Simcere will receive ~$745M in upfront, development, regulatory & sales milestones, along with net sales-based royalties up to double-digits outside of Greater China. NextCure…

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AstraZeneca Partners with CSPC Pharmaceuticals to Identify and Develop Small Molecule Across Chronic Indications

Shots: AstraZeneca & CSPC have partnered to discover & develop pre-clinical candidates for multiple targets across chronic diseases, incl. a pre-clinical oral small molecule for immunological diseases As per the deal, CSPC will receive $110M upfront as well as ~$1.62B in development & ~$3.6B in sales milestones with net sales-based single digit royalties, while AstraZeneca…

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