Ninety-five percent of novel cancer treatments approved in both the US and Europe received the FDA’s OK first, but Europe usually followed within a year, a Pink Sheet analysis shows.

Plus deals involving BioLineRx/GloriaBio, Healios/Athersys, Aurobindo/Hilleman, Lupin/Menarini, GC Biopharma/Immetas, CanariaBio, Specialised Therapeutics, TaiGen/Y.S.P., Nippon/Kayaku/Adlai Nortye, WuXi/PharmaEssentia, Evommune/Maruho and Ono/Adimab.

Twelve applications with September goal dates include six novel agents but only one breakthrough designation.

The third quarter could bring US approvals for a range of novel drugs, including the first treatment for a common eye disease, the first US approval of PD-1/L1 inhibitor from a Chinese firm, and the first oral therapy for postpartum depression.