Urocortin-2 (UCN2) is a selective corticotropin-releasing factor CRF2 receptor (CRFR2) agonist, which has been previously shown to reduce fat mass while promoting muscle hypertrophy. Hanmi Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. presented the discovery and preclinical characterization of a novel CRFR2-selective UCN2 analogue, HM-17321, being developed for the treatment of obesity.
SOS1 is a guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) that activates KRAS, and recent preclinical studies have demonstrated that combining KRAS and EGFR inhibitors with SOS1 inhibitors can overcome resistance and achieve durable responses.
Methionine adenosyltransferase 2A (MAT2A), the rate-limiting enzyme in the methionine cycle, catalyzes the formation of S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) from methionine and adenosine triphosphate (ATP).
Danish pharma giant Novo Nordisk A/S is set to launch its blockbuster glucagon-like peptide-1 therapy, Wegovy (semaglutide), in South Korea’s growing obesity therapeutics market next week, a company official confirmed to BioWorld.
The FDA has cleared an IND for a phase I/II trial of LA-GLA (GC-1134A, HM-15421), an innovative enzyme replacement therapy for Fabry disease being co-developed by GC Biopharma Corp. and Hanmi Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.
In a potential watershed moment for South Korea’s Hanmi Group, a hair-splitting vote at the 51st shareholder meeting favored the two sons of the late founder and Chairman Lim Sung-ki, effectively halting a merger between Hanmi and OCI Holdings Co. Ltd.
In a potential watershed moment for South Korea’s Hanmi Group, a hair-splitting vote at the 51st shareholder meeting favored the two sons of the late founder and Chairman Lim Sung-ki, effectively halting a merger between Hanmi and OCI Holdings Co. Ltd.
Hanmi Science Co. Ltd. is rolling out a new obesity pipeline with five candidates under its relatively new leadership with Lim Ju-hyun, the eldest daughter of Hanmi Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. founder Lim Sung-ki, who serves as president of Hanmi’s global strategy division. Songpa-gu, Seoul-based Hanmi Science is the holding group of its main drug development and production arm, Hanmi Pharmaceutical, and its wholesaler arm, Online Pharm.
South Korean pharmaceutical company Hanmi Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. may have found its footing after its misstep with Sanofi SA in 2020 for efpeglenatide, its glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist. On July 31, Hanmi announced that the once-dropped drug would be developed to treat obesity in the Korean population, submitting an IND application to the MFDS on July 28 to examine the once-a-week injection efpeglenatide in a phase III trial.
