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. 2021 Feb;39(2):135-143.
doi: 10.1038/s41587-021-00814-w.

Refreshing the biologic pipeline 2020

John Hodgson  1
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Refreshing the biologic pipeline 2020

John Hodgson. Nat Biotechnol. 2021 Feb.

Abstract

In the absence of face-to-face meetings, FDA and industry implemented regulatory workarounds to maintain drug and biologics approvals. These could be here to stay.

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Fig. 1. FDA approvals 2020.
The regulatory agency seemingly did not miss a beat in 2020, despite the pandemic.
Fig. 2
Fig. 2. Monoclonal antibody approvals over time by disease group.
Oncology and immunity and autoimmunity predominate, but other disease groups are slowly getting traction.
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