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Innovation in chemotherapy: Leading companies in platinum-based cancer drug compositions

Pharmaceutical Technology

According to GlobalData’s Technology Foresights, which uses over 756,000 patents to analyse innovation intensity for the pharmaceutical industry, there are 110 innovation areas that will shape the future of the industry. Several platinum-based drugs such as cisplatin, carboplatin and oxaliplatin are widely used in cancer therapy.

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Understanding Recent Changes to 505(b)(2) Drugs and Reimbursement

Pharmacy Times

“This act…allowed a pathway for manufacturers to create a ‘copy’ of a licensed patent product to make it cheaper and more discounted,” Soefje, director of pharmacy cancer care services and associate professor of pharmacy at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, said at the HOPA conference. This went into effect in January 2022.”