The launch of ANI Pharmaceutical’s Cortrophin gel has reignited interest in the ACTH drug category, and appears set to drive growth at the company for the foreseeable future.

Private Company Edition: After just seven venture capital rounds of $100m or more in January and February, five have been announced already in March, including a $200m series A round for Cargo Therapeutics, Chroma Medicine’s $135m series B financing and $112m for Noema’s series B.

With only weeks to go in 2022, the three major pharmas each had inked between 16 and 20 deals. Meanwhile, Pfizer has been less busy with 12 deals, but those include M&A totaling $18.2bn.

Insights from US drug approval packages include how CMP Development navigated inspection challenges, how Novitium built a better scientific bridge, how Fresenius Kabi delivered on leachables & extractables, and how BMS addressed dissolution.