Pear Therapeutics filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in April and sold its remaining assets in an auction for about $6m. The demise of one the pioneers in the prescription digital therapeutics industry highlights the challenges PDT developers face getting their products reimbursed.

Intas’ Accord overcame Purdue in Hatch-Waxman litigation involving the originator’s controversial opioid, Oxycontin extended-release.

With Accord boasting a broad portfolio that encompasses generics, biosimilars, hybrid medicines and specialty products, Paul Tredwell – the firm’s executive vice-president for the Europe, Middle East and North Africa region – explains how this gives the company a unique position in the market.

A number of new drugs have taken a major step towards being approved for use in the EU after receiving the nod from the European Medicines Agency’s human medicines committee, the CHMP. Meanwhile, the marketing applications for three drugs have been withdrawn.