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- Keytruda reimb. not deliberated in November PBAC meeting
- by Eo, Yun-Ho Nov 12, 2021 10:23am
- Whether the reimbursement extension for ‘Keytruda’ may be completed by the end of this year remains in question. According to industry sources, MSD Korea’s PD-1 inhibitor Keytruda (pembrolizumab) was not put on the agenda for deliberation by the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service’s Pharmaceutical Benefit Appraisal Committ
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- Hanmi Pharmaceutical's first technology export in a year
- by Chon, Seung-Hyun Nov 12, 2021 05:56am
- Hanmi Pharmaceutical is speeding up its efforts to secure profits from technology fees, which had slowed down for a while. It has secured a down payment of 10 billion won by exporting new drug technology in the past year, and expectations are high for subsequent new drug development. According to an industry on the 11th, Hanmi Pharmaceutical
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- GX-17, aimed at treating COVID-19, resumes clinical trials
- by Kim, Jin-Gu Nov 12, 2021 05:54am
- Genexine's new anticancer drug candidate GX-I7, which had shown potential as a treatment for COVID-19, will launch a new clinical trial for anticancer drugs. On the 10th, the MFDS approved phase 2 clinical trials of Bevacizumab and Genexine GX-I7 in recurrent glioblastoma. Bevacizumab is the active ingredient of Roche's target anticancer
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- Will BMS's 'Revlimid' be reimbursed as RVd therapy?
- by Eo, Yun-Ho Nov 11, 2021 06:01am
- Whether the multiple myeloma treatment ‘Revlimid’ will succeed in expanding reimbursement to its use in RVd therapy is gaining attention. According to industry sources, reimbursement of Revlimid (lenalidomide) for RVd therapy (Lenalidomide + bortezomib + dexamethasone) passed the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Services’ Cancer
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- What do scholars refer to as effective tx for myeloma?
- by Nov 11, 2021 06:00am
- With the release of various new drugs over the past decade, treatment results for multiple myeloma have been gradually improving. This is because as options vary, opportunities for "customized treatment" to select drugs depending on patients expand. Medical staff's attention is focused on which patients should be used to maximize the effec
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- Expectations rise for Rinvoq in treating severe AD
- by Nov 10, 2021 05:55am
- A second JAK inhibitor has been introduced to the field of moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis treatment. Abbvie’s ‘Rinvoq (upadacitinib),’ with its double advantage in improved convenience and effect, is heralding new change in the field of AD treatment. Rinvoq was additionally approved for the atopic dermatitis indication on the 6th
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- Ono's BTK inhibitor Velexbru was approved for sale
- by Nov 10, 2021 05:55am
- Onopharm (CEO Choi Ho-jin) announced on the 9th that it has received approval from the MFDS to sell BTK inhibitor Velexbrew as a monotherapy for patients with B cell-induced PCNSL. The first BTK inhibitor has emerged as a PCNSL treatment that has not yet been established. The basis for approval is the results of phase 1/2 clinical trials (
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- Non-reimbursed prescriptions for migraine drug Ajovy begin
- by Eo, Yun-Ho Nov 9, 2021 05:55am
- The new migraine drug ‘Ajovy’ is now being administered without reimbursement in Korea. According to industry sources, Teva-Handok Pharma’s Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) targeting migraine drug, Ajovy (fremanezumab), which was released in Korea on the 18th of last month, is now available for prescriptions at several medical in
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- Will Ildong sell Nexium with annual sales of 50 billion won?
- by Kim, Jin-Gu Nov 9, 2021 05:54am
- Daewoong and AstraZeneca will terminate a joint sales contract for Nexium, a PPI-based gastroesophageal reflux disease treatment. The new joint sales partner of the large item, which generated about 50 billion won in sales last year, is said to be likely to be Ildong. According to the pharmaceutical industry on the 9th, Daewoong and Astra
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- It is expected that the SGLT-2 combination will be activated
- by Eo, Yun-Ho Nov 8, 2021 05:52am
- Expectations are also rising for revitalization of the combination drug market along with the expansion of combined benefits for the drug SGLT-inhibitors. According to related industries, pharmaceutical companies with SGLT-2 inhibitors and DPP-4 inhibitors, such as Beringer Ingelheim, AstraZeneca, and MSD, will go through the registration
