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- JW Shinyak will resume sales of flu vaccine SKYCellflu
- by Kim, Jin-Gu Aug 22, 2023 05:31am
- On the 21st, JW Shinyak announced that it will resume sales of SK Bioscience’s flu vaccine ‘SKYCellflu Quadrivalent Prefilled Syringe.’ The company signed a joint marketing agreement for ‘SKYCellflu Quadrivalent Prefilled Syringe’ in 2016, and has been responsible for the sales and marketing of the drug at specialized dermatology, ur
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- Luxturna, a one-shot gene therapy product
- by Eo, Yun-Ho Aug 22, 2023 05:31am
- Attention is focusing on whether progress will be made in the discussion on insurance benefits for Luxturna, a one-shot retinal disease treatment. As a result of the coverage, Novartis Korea recently submitted additional supplemental data for Inherited Retinal Dystrophy treatment Luxturna requested by the HIRA. The drug submitted an applicat
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- Will Pfizer rise to the top with once-weekly growth hormone?
- by Lee, Tak-Sun Aug 22, 2023 05:31am
- A new growth hormone with improved convenience in administration will be introduced to Korea’s annual KRW 240 billion growth hormone market with reimbursement in September this year. The drug is Pfizer's Ngenla Prefilled Pen Inj. Whether Pfizer will use the reimbursement of its new drug as momentum and be able to rise to the top in this
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- Generic competition over KRW 56 bil Ibrance market heat up
- by Kim, Jin-Gu Aug 21, 2023 05:37am
- The competition between 5 companies over their generic versions of Pfizer’s breast cancer treatment ‘Ibrance (palbociclib)’ is heating up. Kwang Dong Pharmacuetical, Shinpoong Pharm, Daewoong Pharmaceutical, and Boryung Pharmaceutical each challenged Pfizer to overcome the crystalline form patent and formulation patent of Ibrance. In t
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- Minimally Invasive Thyroidectomy made more speed & safety
- by Eo, Yun-Ho Aug 21, 2023 05:37am
- Thyroid cancer surgery is usually performed by inserting an incision of about 6cm in the center of the front of the neck, and it is true that the neck scar after surgery was burdensome. For this reason, a method of concealing the wound through a robot or endoscope was developed, but this also penetrated the tunnel to access the thyroid gland
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- Januvia generics to be listed for reimb on Sept 2nd
- by Lee, Tak-Sun Aug 21, 2023 05:37am
- Competition in the diabetes treatment market is expected to heat up again next month. Following the patent expiry of the SGLT-2 inhibitor class drug Forxiga, which stirred the market in the first half of the year, the patent of Januvia, the leading DPP-4 inhibitor class drug, is set to expire next month. Accordingly, a large number of s
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- Combination drugs with Januvia to be released in September
- by Lee, Tak-Sun Aug 21, 2023 05:37am
- With the expiry of Januvia's patent on the 1st of next month, the three-drug combination is expected to be launched in earnest in the domestic oral diabetes treatment market. In particular, since the revised reimbursement standard in April recognizes only three drugs, it is noteworthy whether the three-drug complex with improved ease of u
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- Nexviazyme, 1st biobetter to receive preferential pricing
- by Eo, Yun-Ho Aug 21, 2023 05:37am
- The Pompe disease treatment ‘Nexviazyme’ may become the first drug to receive the premium pricing benefit as a biobetter in Korea. According to industry sources, Sanofi-Aventis Korea’s Nexviazyme (avalglucosidase alfa-ngpt) has completed the drug premium pricing calculation process and is soon to receive reimbursement. The drug is lik
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- 9 of 10 pediatric patients are prescribed off-label drugs
- by Kang, Shin-Kook Aug 18, 2023 05:20am
- Over 9 out of 10 patients admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) at university hospitals were found to have been prescribed drugs off-label. The joint research team of the Department of Pharmacy at Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, and Gachon University’s College of Pharmacy
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- Hugel HA filler Revolax, obtained product approval
- by Nho, Byung Chul Aug 18, 2023 05:20am
- Hugel, a global total medical aesthetic company, announced on the 17th that it had obtained item permission for the HA filler Revolax from the Thai Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) on the 27th local time. Thailand is the largest beauty/plastic surgery market in Southeast Asia, and according to Decision Resource Group, a global market resea
