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- Mounjaro provides more weight loss than Wegovy
- by Eo, Yun-Ho May 13, 2025 06:06am
- Research results found Mounjaro brings more weight loss than its competitor Wegovy. On the 12th, Lilly announced the detailed results of the SURMOUNT-5 Phase IIIb open-label clinical trial directly comparing Mounjaro (tirzepatide), a dual GIP/GLP-1 receptor agonist, and Wegovy (semaglutide), a GLP-1 receptor agonist. The study, which
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- CDRC to talk partial reimb details for comb cancer therapy
- by Lee, Tak-Sun May 13, 2025 06:06am
- An additional date has been set to discuss detailed criteria regarding partial reimbursement of combination cancer therapy, as announced this month. The Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA) has decided to convene another Cancer Drug Review Committee (CDRC) meeting, which was not scheduled. According to industry sources
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- Indiscriminate in-hospital prescriptions of Wegovy
- by Jung, Heung-Jun May 13, 2025 06:06am
- Criticism arose regarding the indiscriminate in-hospital prescriptions of Wegovy, which is currently allowed with an exception. According to the Korean Pharmaceutical Affairs Act, in-hospital prescription is allowed only when an 'injectable is injected.' However, it has been pointed out that Wegovy is being sold without a single act of inj
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- U.S. pharmaceutical imports rise twofold amid tariff concern
- by Kim, Jin-Gu May 13, 2025 06:05am
- U.S. drug imports have nearly doubled in a year. This is believed to be the result of frontline pharmaceutical and biotech companies focusing on securing inventory in expectation of U.S. President Donald Trump's drug tariff imposition. According to Korea Biotechnology Industry Organization (KoreaBIO) on the 12th, the U.S. The United States C
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- 'Retevmo' also seeks thyroid cancer reimbursement
- by Eo, Yun-Ho May 12, 2025 05:59am
- The RET-targeted cancer therapy 'Retevmo' seeks insurance reimbursement listing of its medullary thyroid cancer indication. According to sources, Lilly Korea recently submitted reimbursement applications simultaneously for the non&8211;small cell lung cancer indication and medullary thyroid cancer indication of the RET (REarranged during
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- Reimb expansion for Benlysta in negotiations with NHIS
- by Lee, Tak-Sun May 12, 2025 05:59am
- Negotiations are underway to expand reimbursement for Benlysta (belimumab, GSK), a treatment for active systemic lupus erythematosus in adults. The drug was added to the reimbursement list in 2021 through the risk-sharing agreement (RSA), 8 years after its approval in Korea in 2013. According to industry sources on the 9th, the Nationa
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- Pemazyre lands in major hospitals in Korea
- by Eo, Yun-Ho May 12, 2025 05:59am
- Pemazyre, a treatment for intrahepatic bile duct cancer(cholangiocarcinoma), may now be prescribed at tertiary hospitals in Korea. According to industry sources, Handok's Pemazyre (pemigatinib) has passed the drug committee (DC) of the Big 5 general hospitals in Korea, including Samsung Medical Center, Seoul National University Hospital,
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- Generic market share 13% after 'Trajenta' patent expiration
- by Kim, Jin-Gu May 12, 2025 05:59am
- Generic products have expanded their market share to 13% just nine months after the patent expiration of Trajenta (linagliptin), a DPP-4 inhibitor for diabetes treatment. Compared to previous cases of diabetes treatments in the same drug class that patents expired before Trajenta, generic products are analyzed to have slower market penetratio
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- RPE stem cells may address the cause of AMD
- by May 12, 2025 05:58am
- What if damaged human tissues and organs could be “restored”? If severed spinal cords could be reconnected, and eyes that have lost their sight could once again detect light on their own. The technology to revive human tissues that have lost their function has been a long-standing aspiration of humanity. Tissue regeneration using stem cells
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- Reimb progress for Balversa gains attention in Korea
- by Eo, Yun-Ho May 9, 2025 06:01am
- Balversa, a new drug for bladder cancer, has passed the first hurdle toward being listed for insurance reimbursement in Korea. According to industry sources, Janssen Korea’s FGFR targeting urothelial carcinoma (bladder cancer) drug Balversa (erdafitinib) recently passed the Cander Disease Deliberation Committee of the Health Insurance
