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- Moderna's Spikevax bivalent Original/Omicron BA.1
- by Oct 5, 2022 06:11am
- Moderna announced on the 4th that it conducted Spikevax bivalent Original/Omicron BA.1 launch Webinar, a divalent vaccine containing omicron, on September 29. At the event, Jin Beom-sik, head of the Infectious Medicine Center at the National Medical Center, was the chairperson, and Kim Hee-soo, vice president of Moderna Korea's medical depart
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- Il-Yang “has not exaggerated COVID-19 trial results
- by Kim, Jin-Gu Oct 4, 2022 06:07am
- On the 29th, Il-Yang Pharmaceutical announced that it “has not exaggerated clinical trial results” regarding the ongoing police investigation on the company’s COVID-19 drug candidate ‘Supect.’ This announcement was made in response to one media report that Il-Yang Pharmaceutical is being investigated for exaggerating the clinical tri
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- Pharmaceuticals trying to dominate Saxenda obesity market
- by Moon, sung-ho Oct 4, 2022 06:07am
- The pharmaceutical and bio industries' offensive toward the obesity treatment market is getting stronger day by day. It is making all-out efforts to judge obesity as a second "endocrine" market such as diabetes. Domestic pharmaceutical companies are also continuing to move beyond Saxenda and Qsymia, which are active in the domestic obesity tr
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- Industry requests re-revision of the PE exemption standards
- by Eo, Yun-Ho Sep 30, 2022 05:54am
- The pharmaceutical industry raised opposition to the government’s proposed amendment to the insurance reimbursement system. According to industry sources, the Korea-Research Based Pharmaceutical Industry Association (KRPIA) submitted an opinion statement to the government regarding the pre-announced ‘Proposal for Partial Amendment to
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- development of Korea-Japan, the efficacy of COVID-19 drugs
- by Kim, Jin-Gu Sep 30, 2022 05:53am
- The difference in clinical design from Lagevrio and Paxlovid and the stop of the spread of COVID-19 are also variables. The results of phase 3 clinical trials of Xocova, a candidate for oral COVID-19 treatment under joint development by Ildong Pharmaceutical with Shionogi, Japan, have been announced. In the pharmaceutical industry, it is int
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- 1st KRAS drug Lumakras can be prescribed at general hospital
- by Eo, Yun-Ho Sep 29, 2022 05:50am
- Lumakras, the first targeted anticancer therapy to target the KRAS mutation, can now be prescribed at general hospitals in Korea. According to industry sources, Lumakras (sotorasib), Amgen Korea’s treatment for locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer with KRAS G12C mutations, passed the drug committees of the Big 5 tert
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- Ildong applies to change trial protocol after completion
- by Kim, Jin-Gu Sep 29, 2022 05:50am
- Ildong Pharmaceutical and Shionogi Pharmaceutical submitted an application to modify their clinical trial protocol after completing the Phase 3 trial for their COVID-19 treatment. The industry saw this as Shionogi Pharmaceutical’s intent to reinterpret the clinical trial results around the Omicron variant. On the 27th, Ildong Pharmaceu
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- FDA approved Celltrion's anticancer drug Avastin biosimilar
- by Chon, Seung-Hyun Sep 29, 2022 05:50am
- The 3.6 trillion won U.S. market has begun in earnest. Celltrion announced on the 27th that it has obtained a license from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to sell the Avastin biosimilar Vegzelma. Vegzelma has been approved for Avastin's indications, including metastatic direct bowel cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, metasta
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- Daewoong Pharmaceutical SGLT-2 Diabetes New Envlo
- by Kim, Jin-Gu Sep 28, 2022 06:06am
- Daewoong Pharmaceutical has registered a trademark of Enavogliflozin, which is being developed as a new drug for treating diabetes in the line of SGLT-2 inhibitors. Daewoong Pharmaceutical temporarily confirmed the name of the single, second, and third complex series centered on Enavogliflozin as Envlo, and began the last-minute work with the
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- 4th JAKi Cibinqo makes a step towards reimbursement
- by Eo, Yun-Ho Sep 28, 2022 06:06am
- The 4th JAK inhibitor, Cibinqo, is nearing insurance reimbursement in Korea. According to industry sources, Pfizer Korea’s new Janus kinases (JAK) inhibitor ‘Cibinqo (abrocitinib)’ passed the review of the National Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service’s Drug Reimbursement Standard Subcommittee. The company applied for Cib
