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- Companies reattempt to avoid Dukarb's patent in 2nd trial
- by Kim, Jin-Gu May 9, 2022 06:03am
- Companies that have failed to challenge the patent of Boryung’s antihypertensive combo drug ‘Dukarb (fimasartan+amlodipine)’ are continuing on their challenge with a second trial. As the companies are also working to invalidate the patent apart from the trial being conducted to avoid the patent, this two-track challenge on a single p
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- GLP-1 diabetes drugs are being released one after another
- by May 9, 2022 06:03am
- Novonodisc is expected to change the market for type 2 diabetes treatment as GLP-1 similarity products are released one after another. Novonodisc received domestic approval for Rybelsus (Semaglutide) on the 2nd following Ozempic on the 28th of last month. Ozempic is a long-lasting injection administered once a week, and Rybelsus is a drug tha
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- Sales of Losartan are plummeting due to the impurity crisis
- by Chon, Seung-Hyun May 9, 2022 06:03am
- The prescription market for the hypertension drug "Losartan" has shrunk significantly. It is analyzed that a large number of prescription gaps occurred due to detection of excess impurities at the end of last year. According to UBIST, a pharmaceutical research agency, on the 2nd, the outpatient prescription amount of Losartan-containing drugs in
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- Breast cancer supplement Nerlynx is available in hospitals
- by Eo, Yun-Ho May 6, 2022 05:46am
- Breast cancer supplement Nerlynx has become available in hospitals. According to related industries, Tyrosine kinase inhibitor Nerlynx (Neratinib), which inhibits Bixink's HER2 protein, passed the Drug Committee (DC) of medical institutions such as Seoul National University Hospital. However, as it is still non-reimubrsement, it is expecte
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- Hospitals Busy Introducing Kymriah
- by Moon, sung-ho May 6, 2022 05:45am
- The full-fledged administration of Kymriah, a Korean Novartis CAR-T treatment called an "ultra-high-priced anticancer drug," has begun. Hospitals have also become busy as the administration of treatments at four large hospitals in Korea has begun in earnest. At the beginning of last year's domestic approval, it was a wait-and-see attitude, bu
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- Risk of Impurities in Treatment of Schizophrenia
- by Chon, Seung-Hyun May 4, 2022 06:04am
- The health authorities have started to check for impurities on Quetiapine-based drugs used as schizophrenia treatments. It is a new type of nitrosamines impurity that has not appeared before. The number of drugs that have raised the risk of impurities in Korea has increased to 10. According to the industry on the 3rd, the MFDS recently ord
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- Insurance benefit for Vemlidy expanded in Korea
- by May 4, 2022 06:03am
- The health authorities have extended the insurance benefit of Gilead Science’s chronic hepatitis B treatment ‘Vemlidy (tenofovir ala fenamide)’ to liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma, accelerating the generation shift of HBV drugs in Korea. According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare on the 3rd, Vemlidy’s reimbursement sta
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- Boryung challenges patent for leukemia drug Tasigna
- by Kim, Jin-Gu May 4, 2022 06:03am
- Boryung has challenged Novartis' patent for its leukemia treatment Tasigna (Nilotinib). If the patent avoidance challenge is successful, Boryung is expected to be able to aim for synergy with the previously released Glivec (Imatinib mesilate) generic. According to the pharmaceutical industry on the 3rd, Boryung recently requested a passive
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- The first oral GLP-1 Novonodisc's Rybelsus was approved
- by May 4, 2022 06:03am
- The world's first oral GLP-1 analog has landed in Korea. Novonodisk announced on the 3rd that it has obtained an item license from the MFDS for oral GLP-1 analog-based type 2 diabetes treatment Rybelsus (Semaglutide). Rybelsus is used as a dietary and exercise therapy supplement to improve blood sugar control in adults who do not have suff
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- When will the discussion on Dupixent's benefit be concluded?
- by Eo, Yun-Ho May 3, 2022 06:09am
- It does not seem easy for Dupixent, an atopic dermatitis treatment, to expand insurance benefits for children and adolescents. According to related industries, Standard of Sanofi-Aventis Korea's Dupixent 200mg was recently set. It is the first time in about a year since the application for expansion of benefits in March 2021. Dupixent's expan
