- Company
- Cibinqo lands in general hospitals in Korea
- by Eo, Yun-Ho Oct 25, 2022 05:46am
- Pfizer’s second Janus kinases (JAK) inhibitor ‘Cibinqo (abrocitinib) has landed and may be prescribed at general hospitals in Korea. According to industry sources, Pfizer Korea’s new JAK1 inhibitor drug (abrocitinib) has passed the drug committee (DC) reviews of the ‘Big 5 tertiary hospitals’ of Korea including the Seoul National Uni
- Company
- GSK has signed a sales contract with GC Pharma & Kwang Dong
- by Eo, Yun-Ho Oct 25, 2022 05:46am
- GSK has signed a joint sales contract with two domestic companies, GC Pharma and Kwang Dong, to sell the shingles vaccine Shingrix. GSK Korea announced on the 24th that it signed a Co-Promotion and Distribution Partnership for Shingrix's domestic sales and marketing on the 21st. Through this partnership, GC Pharma and Kwang Dong will joint
- Company
- Lyumjev can be prescribed in general hospitals
- by Eo, Yun-Ho Oct 24, 2022 06:08am
- The new fast-acting insulin ‘Lyumjev’ can now be prescribed at general hospitals in Korea. According to industry sources, Lilly Korea’s ‘Lyumjev (insulin lispro)’ has passed the drug committee (DC) reviews of various medical institutions including the Samsung Medical Center. Lyumjev, which was approved in Korea in December last y
- Company
- Will Onureg, an acute leukemia maintenance drug be listed?
- by Eo, Yun-Ho Oct 24, 2022 06:08am
- Attention is focusing on whether Onureg will be able to be listed on the insurance benefit list. According to related industries, Onureg of BMS Pharmaceutical Korea is expected to be submitted to the HIRA Cancer Disease Review Committee on the 2nd of next month. Onureg is the only oral maintenance of acute myeloid leukemia. It was approved in
- Company
- Lucentis biosimilar of Chong Kun Dang gets domestic approval
- by Chon, Seung-Hyun Oct 24, 2022 06:08am
- Chong Kun Dang succeeded in commercializing its second biosimilar. Chong Kun Dang announced on the 20th that it has received approval from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety for domestic items of the "Lucentis" biosimilar. The indication for "treatment of neovascular (habitual) age-related macular degeneration" has been approved. Lucenti
- Company
- Tumor-agnostic Vitrakvi lands in Big 5 tertiary hospitals
- by Eo, Yun-Ho Oct 21, 2022 05:47am
- The tumor-agnostic drug ‘Vitrakvi’ has landed in the Big 5 tertiary hospitals in Korea. According to industry sources, Bayer Korea’s neurotrophic tyrosine receptor kinase targeted anticancer drug Vitrakvi (larotrectinib) has passed the drug committees of major hospitals in Korea, including general hospitals like the Samsung Medical Ce
- Company
- Celltrion develops anticancer drugs using ADC platform
- by Oct 21, 2022 05:47am
- Celltrion announced on the 17th that it has signed a contract with domestic bio company Pinotbio to introduce options for implementing ADC Linker-Payload platform technology. With this contract, Celltrion paid advance payments and secured the right to utilize Pinotbio's ADC Linker-PINOT-ADC for up to 15 targets. Celltrion plans to develop
- Company
- LG Chem acquires US pharma company for KRW 800 billion
- by Chon, Seung-Hyun Oct 19, 2022 05:49am
- LG Chem will invest KRW 800 billion to acquire a US bio-company. With the acquisition, the company will also be securing an anticancer drug that is being sold in the US. On the 18th, LG Chem announced that it would acquire AVEO Pharmaceuticals for $566 million (approx. KRW 800 billion). LG Chem will be acquiring a 100% stake in AVEO Pharmaceu
- Company
- Novo Nordisk appoints Sasha Semienchuk as new GM
- by Eo, Yun-Ho Oct 19, 2022 05:48am
- On the 18th, Novo Nordisk announced that it has appointed Sasha Semienchuk as the VP and General Manager of its Korean subsidiary effective in October. Sasha Semienchuk owns over 20 years of experience in healthcare across sales, marketing, research, and management at multinational pharmaceutical companies and startups in 7 countries on t
- Company
- Forxiga & Jardiance are expected to surpass 100 billion won
- by Nho, Byung Chul Oct 19, 2022 05:48am
- The SGLT-2-inhibited original diabetes treatment market recorded 53 billion won in the first half of this year, which is expected to surpass 100 billion won by the end of this year. The SGLT-2 original drug market was divided into Forxiga and Beringer Ingelheim Jardiance, and sales of 22.1 billion won and 30.9 billion won in the first half, r
