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Yoshio Okubo, Senior Director, Head of Pandemic Global Product Team for Takeda Shares Insights on the Approval of its Covid-19 Vaccine

Shots: Yoshio spoke about the approval of the Nuvaxovid COVID-19 Vaccine for Primary and Booster Immunization in Japan. Nuvaxovid Intramuscular Injection is the first recombinant protein-based COVID-19 vaccine approved for use in Japan Yoshio also talked about Takeda’s collaboration with Novavax for the development, manufacturing, and commercialization of Nuvaxovid in Japan Further, the interview highlighted…

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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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PharmaShots Interview: Takeda’s Chris Arendt Shares Insight on the Data of Alunbrig Presented at ESMO 2021

In an interview with PharmaShots, Chris Arendt, Head of the Oncology Therapeutic Area Unit at Takeda shared his views on the new data of Alunbrig in the P-III ALTA-1L study for the Treatment of ALK+ mNSCLC Shots: The P-III ALTA-1L study evaluates Alunbrig vs Crizotinib in patients with ALK+ mNSCLC who have not received prior treatment with an ALK inhibitor The results showed…

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PharmaShots Interview: Takeda Salom Juethner Shares Insights on the Data Publication to Support the Sustained Safety and Efficacy of Takhzyro

In an interview with PharmaShots, Salomé Juethner, Senior Medical Director, Rare Diseases at Takeda shared her views on the P-III HELP study of Takhzyro for the prevention of hereditary angioedema attacks in the Journal Allergy Shots: The P-III HELP OLE study evaluates the safety & efficacy of Takhzyro (300mg, q2w) in 212 patients aged =12yrs. with HAE attacks for ~2.5yrs.…

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