COVID-19 has disrupted the operational schedules of health care and technology providers alike to unparalleled levels in 2020. But scratch the surface, and outcomes-oriented, value-based health care targets remains a priority – albeit competing a little harder for attention at present.

HER3 may be a new target for anticancer antibody-drug conjugates; clinical investigators posted promising early stage clinical results with Daiichi Sankyo’s HER3 targeting antibody-drug conjugate, patritumab deruxtecan, at the recent ESMO virtual meeting.

Bausch seeks to add eyecare assets in Allegro deal. AstraZeneca hopes preclinical PCSK9 inhibitor from Dogma can compete with dyslipidemia leaders. Exelixis options ADC candidates from Catalent and NBE.

Another three marketing authorization applications will be fast-tracked through the centralized review process at the European Medicines Agency. The Pink Sheet tracker logs these and other developments relating to the agency's accelerated assessment mechanism.