CSL Receives Health Canada’s Approval for Andembry as a Prophylactic Treatment of Hereditary Angioedema (HAE)

Shots: Health Canada has approved Andembry (garadacimab) for HAE pts (≥12yrs) Approval was based on P-III (VANGUARD) trial assessing Andembry (n=39) vs PBO (n=25) for 6mos., which showed 62% pts remained attack-free, with reduction in overall HAE attacks by >99% median & 89.2% mean; data was published in The Lancet Interim analysis of the ongoing OLE…

ByRidhi RastogiAugust 11, 2025

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GSK Reports the US FDA’s sNDA Acceptance and Priority Review of Blujepa for Uncomplicated Urogenital Gonorrhoea

Shots: The US FDA has accepted sNDA & granted priority review to Blujepa (gepotidacin) for the treatment of pts (≥12yrs.; ≥45kg) with uncomplicated urogenital gonorrhoea (PDUFA: Dec 11, 2025); regulatory review is ongoing in the UK & Australia sNDA was backed by P-III (EAGLE-1) trial assessing Blujepa (2 doses × 3000mg; PO) vs ceftriaxone (500mg; IM)…

ByRidhi RastogiAugust 11, 2025

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The US FDA Grants Accelerated Approval to Boehringer Ingelheim’s Hernexeos for HER2-Mutant NSCLC

Shots: The US FDA has granted accelerated approval to Hernexeos (zongertinib) for the treatment of pts with inoperable or metastatic NSCLC harboring HER2 (ERBB2) mutations who have received prior systemic therapy Approval was based on P-Ib (Beamion LUNG-1) trial assessing Hernexeos as monotx., which showed improved ORR of 75% (N=71: 6% CR & 69% PR)…

ByRidhi RastogiAugust 11, 2025

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PharmaShots Weekly Snapshots (Aug 04, 2025 – Aug 08, 2025) 

This week, PharmaShots’ news was all about the updates on clinical trials, Regulatory, Pharma, MedTech, Biotech, M&A and Biosimilars. Check out our full report below:  Roche Reports P-III (Portal) Trial Data on Susvimo for Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration (nAMD) Read More: Roche Ethris Reports First Patient Dosing in P-IIa Trial of ETH47 for Asthma Read…

ByRidhi RastogiAugust 8, 2025

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The US FDA Grants Fast Track Designation to Dizal’s Birelentinib for Treating R/R CLL/SLL

Shots: The US FDA has granted FTD to Birelentinib (DZD8586) for the treatment of adults with r/r chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma (CLL/SLL) who have received ≥2L of therapy, incl. a BTK & a BCL-2 inhibitor Designation was based on pooled P-I/II data showing 84.2% ORR & DoR rate of 83.3% at 9mos.…

ByRidhi RastogiAugust 8, 2025

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Bracco Imaging Reports the NMPA’s Approval of SonoVue for Assessment of Fallopian Tube Patency

Shots: China’s NMPA has approved SonoVue for use in hysterosalpingo contrast sonography (HyCoSy) to detect tubal issues & uterine problems A meta-analysis of 24 studies in 1358 women with infertility & 2661 fallopian tubes showed superior diagnostic performance of HyCoSy with SonoVue, with pooled sensitivity of 93%, specificity of 90%, & accuracy of 96% vs…

ByRidhi RastogiAugust 7, 2025

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Galapagos Secures the US FDA’s RMAT Designation for GLPG5101 to Treat R/R Mantle Cell Lymphoma

Shots: The US FDA has granted RMAT designation to GLPG5101 for the r/r mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) Designation was supported by P-I/II (ATALANTA-1) trial assessing GLPG5101 [50×106 (DL1), 110×106 (DL2) & 250×106 (DL3)] in r/r B-cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma pts, incl. those with MCL Trial demonstrated superior ORR & CR rate as well as favorable safety…

ByRidhi RastogiAugust 6, 2025

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Jazz Pharmaceuticals Reports the US FDA’s Approval of Modeyso (dordaviprone) for Recurrent H3 K27M-mutant Diffuse Midline Glioma

Shots: The FDA has granted accelerated approval for Jazz Pharmaceuticals’ Modeyso (dordaviprone) to treat diffuse midline glioma with an H3 K27M mutation in pts (aged≥ 1 yrs.) with progressive disease after prior therapy. Continued approval depends on results from the P-III (ACTION) trial Approval was based on data from 50 pts across 5 studies, showing…

ByDipanshu DixitAugust 6, 2025

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Innovent Reports the US FDA’s IND Clearance of IBI3032 for Cardiometabolic Disorders

Shots: The US FDA has approved IND application of IBI3032 to initiate P-I trial for cardiometabolic disorders The P-I trials will be initiated simultaneously in China & the US, with dosing in healthy & overweight or obese participants anticipated to start in H2’25 IBI3032, an oral GLP-1 receptor agonist biased toward the cAMP pathway, showed…

ByRidhi RastogiAugust 5, 2025

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The US FDA Grants Fast Track Designation to Revalesio’s RNS60 for Treating Acute Ischemic Stroke

Shots: The US FDA has granted FTD to RNS60 (oxygen-enriched saline) for the treatment of acute ischemic stroke Designation was based on extensive preclinical data & P-II (RESCUE) trial, which showed reduced brain tissue loss, improved functional outcomes, & shorter hospital stays in pts treated within 24 hours of stroke onset Additionally, Revalesio is planning…

ByRidhi RastogiAugust 4, 2025

CSL Receives Health Canada’s Approval for Andembry as a Prophylactic Treatment of Hereditary Angioedema (HAE)

GSK Reports the US FDA’s sNDA Acceptance and Priority Review of Blujepa for Uncomplicated Urogenital Gonorrhoea

The US FDA Grants Accelerated Approval to Boehringer Ingelheim’s Hernexeos for HER2-Mutant NSCLC

PharmaShots Weekly Snapshots (Aug 04, 2025 – Aug 08, 2025)

The US FDA Grants Fast Track Designation to Dizal’s Birelentinib for Treating R/R CLL/SLL

Bracco Imaging Reports the NMPA’s Approval of SonoVue for Assessment of Fallopian Tube Patency

Galapagos Secures the US FDA’s RMAT Designation for GLPG5101 to Treat R/R Mantle Cell Lymphoma

Jazz Pharmaceuticals Reports the US FDA’s Approval of Modeyso (dordaviprone) for Recurrent H3 K27M-mutant Diffuse Midline Glioma

Innovent Reports the US FDA’s IND Clearance of IBI3032 for Cardiometabolic Disorders

The US FDA Grants Fast Track Designation to Revalesio’s RNS60 for Treating Acute Ischemic Stroke

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