Although advances in chemotherapy have dramatically improved outcomes for children with leukemia, patients with high-risk and aggressive cancers require intense drug regimens that push safety limits. Researchers have formulated an antibody guidance system in mice that could empower chemotherapy against childhood leukemias while minimizing drug toxicity.
On its May 10 PDUFA date, the U.S. FDA approved serotonin-dopamine modulator Rexulti (brexpiprazole) from Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. and H. Lundbeck A/S for agitation in Alzheimer’s dementia, marking the first approved treatment for the indication.
When it comes to CAR T therapies, South Korea is trailing behind the U.S. and China, but the South Korean government sees cell and gene therapies as a space where the country can draw international investors, speakers said during the Bio Korea 2023 conference in Seoul on May 10.
Keeping patients at the center of clinical trials is how the global pharma industry views decentralized clinical trials, but bureaucratic red tape from multiple agencies is preventing companies from deploying decentralized trials in South Korea, speakers said during the BIO Korea 2023 conference in Seoul on May 11.
Korean biopharmas in the antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) space can leverage the strength of the Korean ecosystem when partnering with global pharma companies, said investors during the BIO Korea 2023 conference in Seoul on May 12.
Lianbio Co. Ltd. gained its first Asian approval in Macau for Camzyos (mavacamten/Myokardia Inc.) for treating adults with symptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (oHCM). The company in-licensed mavacamten rights from Myokardia, now a wholly owned subsidiary of Bristol Myers Squibb Co., in August 2020 for developing and commercializing mavacamten in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Thailand and Singapore. Mavacamten was granted breakthrough therapy designation in China in February 2022 for patients with oHCM.
Korean biopharmas in the antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) space can leverage the strength of the Korean ecosystem when partnering with global pharma companies, said investors during the BIO Korea 2023 conference in Seoul on May 12.
Keeping patients at the center of clinical trials is how the global pharma industry views decentralized clinical trials, but bureaucratic red tape from multiple agencies is preventing companies from deploying decentralized trials in South Korea, speakers said during the BIO Korea 2023 conference in Seoul on May 11.
On its May 10 PDUFA date, the U.S. FDA approved serotonin-dopamine modulator Rexulti (brexpiprazole) from Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. and H. Lundbeck A/S for agitation in Alzheimer’s dementia, marking the first approved treatment for the indication.
When it comes to CAR T therapies, South Korea is trailing behind the U.S. and China, but the South Korean government sees cell and gene therapies as a space where the country can draw international investors, speakers said during the Bio Korea 2023 conference in Seoul on May 10.
