Pharma Nostra

Business-standard | April 23, 2020

Concerns over price erosion in the US market, which has impacted the revenue growth of Indian pharma majors over the last four years, could be reversing. The drug shortages in the US market have increased by 37 per cent since December 2017. Kunal Randeria of Antique Stock Broking says drug shortages are at five-year highs and there is a direct correlation between drug shortage and prices. This is evident as price erosion peaked in 2017 when shortages were at their lowest levels. Concerns over pr...

Drugs | April 19, 2020

Despite increased demand for inhalers in some parts of the United States, Americans with asthma shouldn't ration their medications during the coronavirus pandemic, the American Lung Association says. Rescue inhalers are in short supply in some areas because hospitals are giving albuterol to COVID-19 patients with severe symptoms to help them breathe, the group explained. Albuterol is a quick-relief medication used to treat shortness of breath and wheezing in people with asthma and some other...

BioSpace | February 27, 2020

With the acquisition of San Diego-based PvP Biologics and a recent deal with COUR Pharmaceuticals, Takeda Pharmaceutical is looking to become a world leader in the treatment of celiac disease and other gastrointestinal disorders. Asit Parikh, the head of Takeda’s Gastroenterology Therapeutic Area Unit told BioSpace in an email that the acquisition of PvP and its celiac asset Kuma062, now known as TAK-062, as well last fall’s acquisition of the license for a first-in-class celiac trea...

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Annogen | December 14, 2022

Annogen, the Amsterdam based biotech company behind the SuRE™ technology for the functional annotation of the non-coding part of the genome, today announced it has begun a research project with Pfizer to functionally test tens of thousands of disease-related non-coding sequence variants for their effect on gene regulation. The results may contribute to drug discovery by identifying functionally relevant non-coding variants that play a central role in diseases. More than 95 p...