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- National Responsibility for the Side Effects of Vaccines
- by Lee, Jeong-Hwan Apr 11, 2022 05:58am
- Ahn Cheol Soo, the chairman of the presidential transition committee/the special chairman of the COVID-19 emergency response committee said they would provide wide support for adverse reactions to the COVID-19 vaccine while significantly easing the burden of public proof. On the 7th, Chairman Ahn held the 6th meeting of the COVID-19 Speci
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- HK inno.N's K-CAB has ended Phase 1 in US
- by Kim, Jin-Gu Apr 11, 2022 05:58am
- HK inno.N announced on the 7th that its flagship drug, "K-CAB (Tegoprazan), has successfully ended phase 1 clinical trials in the U.S., a treatment for gastroesophageal reflux disease. The clinical trial was conducted on 30 healthy adults with random assignment, double blinding, placebo control, and repeated administration. K-CAB 25 mg, 50
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- CAR T-cell therapy has shown the disappearance of leukemia
- by Kim, Jung-Ju Apr 11, 2022 05:57am
- A research team of domestic CAR-T (Chimeric Antigen Receiver-T Cell) treatment confirmed the disappearance of leukemia cells in clinical trials of pediatric and adolescent leukemia patients. The government plans to positively evaluate the treatment of children and adolescents with leukemia through advanced regenerative medical clinical res
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- Chinese companies are set to debut in the domestic market
- by Lee, Tak-Sun Apr 11, 2022 05:57am
- Chinese pharmaceutical companies' new anti-cancer drugs, which were approved in Korea last year, are more likely to be listed on the Korean health insurance. Expectations for benefits are growing as BeiGene's Bruxinsa passed the HIRA's Cancer Disease Review Committee as a sole treatment for WM adult patients the previous day. Another Chine
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- Rising COVID-19 cases impede progress of bioequivalence test
- by Chon, Seung-Hyun Apr 8, 2022 06:08am
- Pharmaceutical companies are having trouble conducting bioequivalence tests for the development of generics due to COVID-19. The spread of COVID-19 has made it difficult for companies to recruit subjects, and even those recruited are dropping out after being confirmed with COVID-19, causing disruptions in the companies’ schedules. With del
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- The benefit adequacy of Lorviqua was recognized
- by Lee, Tak-Sun Apr 8, 2022 06:08am
- Pfizer Pharmaceutical's Lorviqua has taken a step closer to insurance benefits in recognition of benefit adequacy as a treatment for non-small cell lung cancer. If negotiations with the NHIS are smoothly concluded in the future, the final benefit will be successful. The HIRA announced on the 7th that it held the 4th Drug Reimbursement Evaluat
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- GC Pharma’s Hunterase ICV approved for P1T in Korea
- by Kim, Jin-Gu Apr 8, 2022 06:08am
- On the 7th, GC Pharma announced that it had received approval for a Phase I trial of its severe Hunter syndrome treatment ‘Hunterase ICV’ in Korea from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety. Hunterase ICV comes in a new formulation that is inserted as a device in the head, through which a drug is directly administered into a patient’s
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- Bavencio by Merck passed the Cancer Drugs Benefit Committee
- by Lee, Tak-Sun Apr 8, 2022 06:08am
- Immuno-cancer drug Merck Bavencio passed the Cancer Drugs Benefit Appraisal Committee as an indication for urinary tract epithelial cell cancer. The HIRA's Cancer Drugs Benefit Appraisal Committee held the 4th meeting in 2022 on the 6th and announced that Bavencio's standards for urinary epithelial cell cancer have been set. Cancer Drugs
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- Yuhan's gastric atony tx has completed the registration
- by Nho, Byung Chul Apr 8, 2022 06:08am
- Yuhan Corporation (CEO Cho Wook-je) announced on the 6th that it has completed the first patient registration in phase 2A of clinical trial for patients with gastric atony of the new drug candidate "YH12852 (PCS12852)" exported by Technology to Processa Pharmaceuticals. Gastric atony is a chronic gastric motor disorder that causes severe hear
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- Phase 3 of Voclosporin has been approved in Korea
- by Lee, Hye-Kyung Apr 7, 2022 06:10am
- Phase 3 clinical trials of Voclosporin, the first oral treatment for lupus nephritis, will be conducted in Korea. On the 6th, the MFDS approved a clinical trial of Voclosporin, an LN treatment of Aurinia Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of Iljin SNT. Phase 3 clinical trials will be conducted at Seoul National University Hospital and Kyungp
