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PharmaShots Weekly Snapshots (January 20, 2025 – January 24, 2025)

This week PharmaShots’ news was all about the updates on Clinical Trials, Regulatory, Pharma, DigiHealth, MedTech, Biosimilars, Animal Health & Biotech. Check out our full report below:         Novo Nordisk Reports Headline Results from P-IIIb (STEP UP) Study of Semaglutide 7.2mg in Obese Adults without Diabetes  Read More: Novo Nordisk  Yoltech Initiates a Dose-Escalation Study for YOLT-204 to Treat…

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Solid Biosciences’ SGT-212 Secures the US FDA’s Fast Track Designation for Treating Friedreich’s Ataxia

Shots: The US FDA has granted FTD to SGT-212 for treating Friedreich’s ataxia (FA) and previously approved its IND on Jan 07, 2025 The P-Ib study will assess safety & tolerability of contemporaneous systemic IV and bilateral IDN administration of SGT-212 in non-ambulatory and ambulatory FA patients for 5yrs., with dosing anticipated during H2’25…

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Sanofi

The EC Approves Sanofi’s Sarclisa + standard-of-care VRd to Treat Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma (NDMM)

Shots: The EC has approved Sarclisa with SoC VRd (bortezomib, lenalidomide, & dexamethasone) to treat ASCT-ineligible NDMM patients, following the CHMP’s positive opinion. Regulatory findings are under review in Japan & China Approval was based on a P-III (IMROZ) study assessing Sarclisa + VRd vs VRd, which showed improved PFS of 40% (1EP) with findings reported…

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Astrazeneca

AstraZeneca’s Calquence (Acalabrutinib) Plus Chemoimmunotherapy Secures the US FDA’s Approval for Mantle Cell Lymphoma (MCL)

Shots: The US FDA has approved Calquence + bendamustine & rituximab for untreated MCL in patients not for autologous HSCT, also transforming its accelerated approval (Oct 2017) to full approval for previously treated MCL. The combination is under review in Australia, Canada, Switzerland, the EU, Japan & other regions Approval was based on P-III…

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Daiichi Sankyo & Astrazeneca

Daiichi Sankyo and AstraZeneca Receives the US FDA Approval for Datroway (Datopotamab Deruxtecan-dlnk) to Treat HR+/HER2- Metastatic Breast Cancer

Shots: The FDA has approved Datroway to treat unresectable or metastatic HR+/HER2- (IHC 0, IHC 1+ or IHC 2+/ISH-) breast cancer in patients receiving endocrine-based therapy & CT. Submissions are under review in the EU, China, & other areas Approval was based on a global P-III (TROPION Breast01) trial, assessing Datroway (6mg/kg; IV, Q21D)…

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Amgen

Amgen Receives the US FDA Approval for Lumakras + Vectibix to Treat Chemorefractory KRAS G12C-Mutated Metastatic Colorectal Cancer (mCRC)

Shots: The FDA has approved Lumakras + Vectibix combination to treat metastatic KRAS G12C-mCRC in adults diagnosed via FDA approved test, receiving fluoropyrimidine-, oxaliplatin- & irinotecan-based CT The approval was based on P-III (CodeBreaK 300) Trial assessing Lumakras (960mg/240mg, QD) + Vectibix vs investigator’s choice of SoC (n=54; trifluridine/tipiracil or regorafenib) in patients …

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