Immuno-oncology will remain a major force at both FDA’s drugs and biologics centers, but watch for psychiatry and antibiotics to make some noise; rare pediatric diseases will remain prominent as the priority review voucher program heads into the sunset.

Struggling antibiotic company will go privare under the agreement. Bayer will employ Acuitas's liquid nanoparticle technology in gene therapies developed by subsidiary Asklepios.

PODCAST: Datamonitor Healthcare analysts explore the three key psychiatric disorder markets from current market leaders to promising pipeline candidates and novel mechanisms.

The highly genericized bipolar disorder market is set for change as both new long-acting injectable formulations of older products and novel therapies reach the market, while firms like NRx and BioXcel target major unmet needs in a disease that needs more R&D.