Influence of expedited review pathways and regulatory incentives is on display in 2020’s novel approvals, which have a composition reassuringly consistent with recent years.

Plus deals involving Astellas/Actinium, Sosei/PharmEnable, Aadi/EOC Pharma, BeiGene/Strand, Chi-Med/Inmagene, Alteogen/Intas, Sosei/AbbVie, Y-Biologics/3D Medicines.

The French biotech's chances of competing with Aimmune's Palforzia in the peanut allergy market have been boosted after US regulators decided that a fresh Phase III trial for the Viaskin Peanut patch would not be required for resubmission.

After seeing a spike in demand due to the coronavirus pandemic in Q1, with a corresponding dip in Q2, the generics industry has largely seen single-digit drops in net revenues in the third quarter of 2020. Meanwhile, the Indian pharma market has seen recovery after facing a challenging coronavirus-induced slump in the first two quarters of 2020.