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Policy
The revaluation of Streptokinase could be maintained for 1yr
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Lee, Tak-Sun
Jul 05, 2022 05:59am
The pharmaceutical industry expects some components to be suspended in this year's benefit revaluation. The benefit revaluation of Streptokinase and Streptodornase, which are scheduled to submit a report on clinical revaluation results next year, could be suspended for one year. However, the final plan is expected to be decided through deliberation by the Drug Benefit Evaluation Committee of the HIRA, which will be held on the 7th. An official from the pharmaceutical industry said on the 4th, "Streptokinase and Streptodornase, which are components subject to benefit reevaluation this year, are also discussing a one-year grace period." "However, I understand that it is not a confirmed issue," he explained. Streptokinase and Streptodornase are enzyme drugs such as Hanmi Pharmaceutical's Mucolase and SK Chemical's Varidase. Since 2017, the drug has been conducting clinical re-evaluation by the MFDS, and the previous indications of sinusitis and thrombosis have been deleted. Next year, it is scheduled to submit a report on the results of clinical re-evaluation of the difficulty of ventilation accompanied by respiratory diseases. Accordingly, the industry suggested that the re-evaluation of the drug should be suspended until the clinical re-evaluation of the drug is completed. This is because the cost of clinical trials that were in progress cannot be compensated. However, the HIRA said that benefit revaluation and clinical revaluation are different. On the 14th of last month, Kim Ae-ryeon, head of the HIRA's Pharmaceutical Price Benefit Division, explained, "The review of benefit adequacy may include the target of clinical revaluation by the MFDS by selecting the target according to the selection criteria." She said, "It is difficult to consider arbitrarily delaying the evaluation of benefit adequacy only for components subject to clinical revaluation in terms of equity with other components." It remains to be seen whether the re-evaluation of Streptokinase and Streptodronase salary will be postponed as the industry suggests. Industries are also predicting some re-evaluation results. In the case of Celltrion's liver disease solvent Godex, which has the highest benefit claim among the ingredients this year, it is uncertain whether it will be maintained, and on the contrary, the antacid Almagate is likely to be maintained. In the case of Eperisone HCl, pain muscle contraction accompanied by musculoskeletal disease, which is the first indication, is likely to maintain, but it is uncertain about stiffness paralysis due to nervous system disease, which is the second indication. However, another industry official said, "The HIRA maintains strict security this time, so little has been confirmed in the industry." "It is said that only two of the six target ingredients will be maintained," he said. Since the announcement of the benefit adequacy revaluation plan in March, The HIRA received data from the pharmaceutical company and conducted a practical review on whether each ingredient meets the evaluation criteria. Therefore, on the 7th, the results will be announced after the first deliberation by the Pharmaceutical Benefit Evaluation Committee with the results. After that, during the fourth quarter, the Post-Pharmaceutical Evaluation Committee and the Pharmaceutical Benefit Evaluation Committee will be held once more to deliberate on the final plan.
Company
Sanofi & MDsquare co-promote Digital Healthcare Business
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Jul 05, 2022 05:58am
Sanofi Korea Corporation announced on the 4th that it held a (MOU) signing ceremony with MDsquare to promote digital healthcare business on the 30th of last month. With this agreement, Sanofi provides chronic disease management and prevention information, and MDsquare develops premium health care programs to cooperate so that patients with chronic diseases can effectively manage their health. It is planning to expand cooperation plans through connection with digital healthcare products to be launched in the future and joint promotions of both companies' products. As the first step to discover and promote new businesses, MD Square provides MDCare, a premium health care service, to Sanofi executives and employees. MDCare is a non-face-to-face treatment service that helps manage diseases of elderly chronic diseases, and can receive periodic health care and health counseling through professional medical staff. The opinions and reviews delivered by Sanofi executives and employees after experiencing MDCare in person will be reflected to enhance service and improve accessibility. Sanofi-Aventis Korea CEO Bae Kyeong-eun said, "Through this agreement, we will be able to get closer to the company's goal of improving the health of patients through scientific innovation that combines digital and data." "The year 2022 will be a year to promote relationships with Korean digital healthcare stakeholders by exploring various innovative collaboration opportunities in Korea," she said. Oh Soo-hwan, CEO of MDsquare, said, "Starting with this collaboration, we will find various ways to help more patients with MDCare's premium health care service."
Company
RDK introduces monkeypox PCR test kits to Korea
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Jul 05, 2022 05:58am
Pic of Roche Diagnostics Korea On the 4th, Roche Diagnostics Korea announced that it had introduced PCR diagnostics kits for the detection of the monkeypox virus in Korea. The three kits that were introduced to Korea this time -▲ LightMix Modular Orthopox Virus, ▲ LightMix Modular Monkeypox Virus, and ▲ LightMix Modular Orthopox Virus typing1- were developed by Roche and its subsidiary TIB Molbiol in May this year. The first kit detects all forms of orthopoxviruses. The second kit, LightMix Modular Monkeypox Virus, targets and diagnoses all monkeypox viruses, and the third kit, LightMix Modular Orthopox Virus typing1, checks whether the subject has the monkeypox virus while detecting orthopoxviruses. All three tests may be conducted using Roche Diagnostics Korea’s equipment LightCycler 480 II2 or Cobas Z 4803 analyzer. The diagnostic kits are in use for research in many countries and have also been introduced to Korea for research purposes. Monkeypox, which had been a rare endemic that typically occurs in Central and West Africa, has been rapidly spreading to various countries around the world after the first case was reported in the UK on May 7. Recently, monkeypox has been spreading to non-endemic areas outside Africa, including the US, Europe, and the Middle East. In Korea, the authorities have raised the country’s risk alert level for monkeypox from “of interest” to “caution” after the first patient was confirmed in Korea. In June 2022, the authorities designated monkeypox as a Class 2 infectious disease and reinforced monitoring for the disease. Kit Tang, General Manager of Roche Diagnostics Korea, said “Roche Diagnostics has quickly released a diagnostics kit for the monkeypox virus just as it had released a diagnostics kit for COVID-19 immediately after its outbreak. Innovative diagnostic solutions play a key role in controlling infectious diseases, and we look forward to working with HCPs and institutions in Korea to contribute to improving public health and its response to the monkeypox virus.”
Policy
Support for online conferences will be extended for 1 yr
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Kim, Jung-Ju
Jul 05, 2022 05:58am
On-off events can be supported on an offline basis if certain conditions are met Temporary support for online academic conferences in medical, pharmaceutical, and medical devices will be extended for another year. This is because infectious diseases such as COVID-19 and monkeypox continue to occur, leaving room for reinforcement of social distancing. However, in the case of online and offline parallel academic conferences, which are called hybrid, flexibility has been increased so that they can apply on an offline basis by setting a certain standard in a rigid method that was previously applied only on an online basis. Branches and online academic conferences held by individual nursing institutions, which have been evaluated as having poor support effects in the industry, will not be able to apply except for exception collection support. The Fair Trade Commission recently approved a one-year extension by partially revising the "temporary support extension plan for online academic conferences." The support for online academic conferences is the first extension in 2021 and the second extension this time since temporary approval was made due to the outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020. In response, the Fair Trade Commission explained, "Despite the end of the limited time period to support online academic conferences, we decided to extend the support period in consideration of the situation where non-face-to-face events will continue as COVID-19 becomes commonplace and the academic exchange environment changes." Subject to the support are academic conferences held by affiliated organizations, medical societies, and pharmacological branches under the articles of association of the Medical Association and the Hospital Association. It also includes academic societies (including overseas societies), academic institutions, organizations, research institutes, and organizations approved and recognized by doctors' associations, dental societies, oriental medicine societies, pharmacological societies, and herbal societies. The most noticeable change in this extension is the change in the existing policy that was supported online at both online and off-line events. If more than 20% of the total participants, including the speaker, attend offline academic conferences, they will be supported on an offline basis and up to two offline booths will be installed. In addition, the cost can be provided to the society by 2 million won to 3 million won per booth and 500,000 won to 1 million won for nursing institutions. However, in the case of academic conferences held by organizations affiliated with individual academic societies, branches, and individual nursing institutions, it was stipulated that they would not apply except for exception collection. The Fair Trade Commission and the MOHW decided to discuss again if the government's policies, such as re-strengthening social distancing, make it impossible to hold offline academic conferences.
InterView
"Leclaza’s mOS data of 38.9 months is remarkable"
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Kim, Jin-Gu
Jul 04, 2022 05:55am
“The fact that Leclaza (lasertinib) achieved an OS (overall survival) of over 3 years is remarkable.” New OS data on the homegrown novel lung cancer drug Leclaza that was presented at the AOS 2022 & KCA Annual Meeting 2022 that was held recently in Seoul drew the pharmaceutical industry's attention. The results were from a trial that evaluated the efficacy and safety of continuous daily oral administration of Leclaza 240mg on 78 adult patients with EGFR mutation-positive NSCLC whose disease had progressed after EGFR TKI that was conducted in 17 centers in Korea. Analysis results on the 76 EGFR T790M mutation-positive patients showed that the median overall survival (mOS) was 38.9 months This updated data is being received with significance in the field. The OS data is comparable to the results of the 3rd-generation EGFR mutation-positive NSCLC treatment ‘osimertinib (product name: Tagrisso),’ while owning the potential for its use as monotherapy. Ji-Youn Han, Professor of Hemato -Oncology at the National Cancer Center who presented Leclaza’s OS results at the AOS 2022 & KCA Annual Meeting 2022, said, “The most important index used to assess the efficacy of anticancer drugs in clinical trials ultimately comes down to the patients' OS improvement. Long-term follow-up results of LASER201 trial showed that mOS of patients that received Leclaza reached 38.9 months. This is remarkable performance.” ◆"Cannot make direct comparisons…but results are as good as Tagrisso’s” Han highly rated the fact that Leclaza showed comparable performance to existing targeted therapies, although a direct comparison cannot be made to its competitor, osimertinib. Although various clinical trials are in progress for the first 3rd-generation EGFR targeted therapy. osimertinib, due to varying clinical trial designs and characteristics of registered patients, it is difficult to individually compare each trial's results with Leclaza’s. Also, Leclaza's trials are in their Phase I/II stage, but osimertinib's trials have progressed to Phase III. However, according to the Phase III AURA trial, osimertinib’s representative trial, the mOS was around 26 to 28 months in general, with some differences between countries. “Compared to osimertinib, which is used as the global standard of care, Leclaza is only available for use in Korea. However, data shows that Leclaza’s results are as good as the standard of care. Leclaza’s clinical data as demonstrated through LASER201 is being received without disagreement globally.” ◆" Leclaza has a low incidence of interstitial pneumonia·thrombocytopenia" Han also emphasized Leclaza’s safety. Leclaza has a lower incidence of adverse events than even its competitor osimertinib as well as 1st- and 2nd-generation EGFR targeted therapies. 1st and 2nd generation EGFR targeted therapies had higher skin toxicity. The drugs, although effective against lung cancer cells, also targeted normal skin cells, resulting in patients suffering from skin troubles such as rashes or itching. On the other hand, 3rd generation-targeted therapies selectively target mutations and therefore is less toxic and more efficient. This comes as a significant difference to the patients in terms of quality of life. In particular, Han explained that the two 3rd generation targeted therapies – osimertinib and Leclaza -differ in the adverse events aspect. With her experience prescribing Leclaza over the past year, Han explained that “long-term use of osimertinib may cause interstitial pneumonia or thrombocytopenia in the patients. One aspect I found interesting while monitoring the long-term safety profile of Leclaza demonstrated through the Phase I/II trial was that it had a very low incidence of interstitial pneumonia or thrombocytopenia. “ Han added, “From the patient’s perspective, Leclaza’s lower incidence of adverse events during the 3 years of intake may come as a great advantage. Grade I or II level numbness has been found with the use of Leclaza, but was infrequent.”
Opinion
[Reporter's view] Looking forward to another K-COVID vaccine
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Lee, Hye-Kyung
Jul 04, 2022 05:55am
A pure domestic COVID-19 Vaccine No. 1, which was conducted by a domestic pharmaceutical company in charge of the entire process from development to production of raw materials and finished products, was released. The MFDS approved SK Bioscience's SKY Covione on the 29th. It took 549 days (1 year and 6 months) from approval of the initial clinical trial to approval of the item. SKY Covione was developed as GBP510 in May 2020 conduct non-clinical tests with the support of the Gates Foundation On December 31 of that year, phase 1 was obtained from the MFDS. Phase 3 approval, the final stage of the clinical trial, took place on August 10 last year, and it was the first time that a COVID-19 vaccine developed by a domestic company entered phase 3, and a comparative clinical method that proved its effectiveness compared to an already approved vaccine became the second in the world. Analysts say that the reason why the launch of K- COVID-19 vaccine No. 1 was moved forward has also had a significant impact on comparative clinical trials. The background of the comparative clinical design was the support of the MFDS. The MFDS operated a clinical support consultative body and supported companies to design and perform clinical trials without trial and error. It is rumored that SKY Covione chose a comparative clinical method that compares immunogenicity with AstraZeneca's Vaxzevria thanks to the design support of the MFDS. This is because it was difficult to perform clinical trials to see how much placebo and test drugs prevent the outbreak of COVID-19 at a time when most people were vaccinated during phase 3 of SKY Covione. The MFDS is operating our vaccine project to actively support the entire vaccine process from research and development of domestic vaccines to permission, and on April 25, a productization strategy support group was launched to systematically support all stages from development of public health crisis, new and new drugs, innovative medical devices, and rare drugs. Currently, EuBiologics' EuCorVac has entered phase 3 clinical trials after SKY Covione. ST Pharm, Cellid, and Quratis are in phase 1, and EyeGene and Geneone are in phase 1/2a. We hope that these companies will also be able to be approved as the second and third COVID-19 K vaccines through cooperation with the MFDS.
Company
CKD voluntarily discontinues P3T on its COVID-19 therapy
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Kim, Jin-Gu
Jul 04, 2022 05:55am
Chong Kun Dang issued a public notice on the 1st that it will discontinue the Phase III trial on its CKD-314 (Nafabeltan Inj.) it had been developing as a COVID-19 treatment. Chong Kun Dang explained, “We found it difficult to conduct a clinical trial to identify the patients’ rate of progression to severe disease due to the reduced incidence of COVID-19 and the majority receiving inoculation in Korea. Therefore, in consideration of expert opinion and the comprehensive situation, we decided to discontinue the trial.” Chong Kun Dang started the development of the COVID-19 treatment in earnest after receiving approval for its Phase 2 trial protocol on Nafabeltan in July 2020. The trial was designed as a drug repositioning trial to assess the possibility of using Nafabeltan, a drug that was already approved as a treatment for acute pancreatitis, to treat COVID-19. Afterward, the company started to conduct a large-scale Phase III trial on 600 patients globally in April last year. However, this April, the company filed an application to switch the global trial to a domestic trial. As such, news of discontinuation or early termination of clinical trials has been continuing from COVID-19 treatment developers in Korea. After Celltrion announced its discontinuation of developing its inhaled COVID-19 antibody therapy on the 28th of last month, Crystal Genomics also announced the early termination of its trial on the morning of the 1st of this month. With 3 companies announcing discontinuations just this week, the pharmaceutical industry believes more announcements are waiting to come in the near future. With Chong Kun Dang’s discontinuation, 17 companies are currently officially conducting clinical trials to treat COVID-19 in Korea.
Company
Lotte Biologics cooperates with Sigma
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Jul 04, 2022 05:54am
Lotte Biologics announced on the 1st that it has signed a business agreement with Millipore Sigma, Merck's North American life science division to strengthen its bio business capabilities. With this agreement, the two companies will cooperate in promoting new biopharmaceutical businesses such as next-generation treatments and expanding Syracuse factories in the U.S. Millipore Sigma is a life science division in North America operated by Merck, a global science and technology company based in Germany. Lotte Biologics will receive overall technical support related to its bio business, including manufacturing solutions and human resource training, from Millipore Sigma. Lotte Biologics expects to speed up its bio business through the development of biopharmaceutical processes owned by Merck Group's life science division and exchange of experience in GMP manufacturing for more than 30 years. Merck Life Sciences Division has supported more than 280 biopharmaceutical companies to enter the market and has experience in launching more than 100 GMP drugs since 2012. Lotte Biologics is expanding its external activities to upgrade its bio business by attending events hosted by foreign government agencies and striving to raise global awareness. CEO Lee Won-jik attended "JOIN SWEDEN SUMMIT 2022" held in Stockholm, Sweden from the 20th to the 21st of last month and had opportunities to promote Lotte Biologics' business and exchange globally. JOIN SWEDEN SUMMIT 2022 is an international political and business conference in which more than 100 global business leaders, Swedish governments and corporate representatives from major Swedish trading partners, including Korea, gather together to explore new collaboration and investment possibilities. Global Big Pharma and promising bio-ventures such as Gilead, Roche, Biogen, Johnson & Johnson, Sanofi, AstraZeneca, Pfizer, and BioArtic participated in the event. Lotte Biologics conducted exchanges with the companies to find ways to cooperate with each other and establish a network of potential customers. CEO Lee said, "We will strengthen cooperation with global bio companies to improve the quality reliability of products produced after the acquisition of Syracuse plants is completed. We plan to increase global awareness and focus on production volume orders by attending major biopharmaceutical events."
Policy
Korea joined the COVID-19 vaccine development country
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Lee, Hye-Kyung
Jul 04, 2022 05:54am
As SK Bioscience's COVID-19 vaccine SKY Covione received an item permit today (29th), Korea has become a country with both COVID-19 treatments and vaccines along with Celltrion's COVID-19 treatment Regkirona. Oh Yu-kyung, Minister of Food and Drug Safety announced on June 29 that it decided to grant item permission on condition that SKY Covione, a COVID-19 vaccine developed by SK Bioscience and applied for permission to manufacture, sell, and item, submit a final clinical trial result report. SKY Covione is a COVID-19 vaccine that induces an immune response by administering antigen proteins made using gene recombination technology. This product was licensed for the purpose of preventing COVID-19 in adults over the age of 18. For usage/dose, 0.5mL of an antigen vial mixed with the immune enhancer (AS03) is inoculated twice every four weeks. SKY Covione is a COVID-19 vaccine developed and manufactured by a domestic company, and is a hot topic as it is approved by the MFDS for the first time in the world. The MFDS operated vaccine projects to support the development of the domestic COVID-19 vaccine quickly amid the COVID-19 situation, intensively and systematically. Since September 2020, a permission review team consisting of reviewers with extensive experience in screening has been set up to support the development and commercialization of COVID-19 vaccines and treatments, and customized consultations and preliminary reviews by non-clinical, clinical, and quality stages. It supported the design of clinical trials by preemptively introducing an immunogenic comparative clinical trial method so that phase 3 clinical trials, which are a key stage of product development, can be carried out scientifically and quickly. It led discussions in meetings and workshops between regulatory agencies so that the immunogenic comparative clinical method could be recognized internationally, and reflected in the WHO guidelines published in March. Unlike the previously approved COVID-19 vaccine, the COVID-19 vaccine permit is also significant in that the MFDS evaluated safety, effectiveness and quality of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Korean companies throughout the development stage. The MFDS held a final inspection committee at 10 a.m. on the 29th, which is the final screening stage for SKY Covione The MFDS received an application for SKY Covione on April 29, and the COVID-19 treatment and vaccine permission review team focused on data necessary for permission such as non-clinical, clinical, and quality. The clinical trial review evaluated safety and effectiveness through a total of two data, including one clinical trial (phase 1) conducted in Korea, one clinical trial (phase 3) conducted in six countries, Korea, the Philippines, Ukraine, Thailand, Vietnam, and New Zealand. In addition to reviewing data such as manufacturing methods, standards, and test methods, GMP implementation of domestic manufacturing plants were evaluated whether they had facilities and management systems that could consistently produce quality through on-site inspections. With the approval of SKY Covione, we can expect Korean companies to enter the global vaccine market in earnest in the future. SK Bioscience is pushing for the registration of the WHO Emergency Use List (EUL) and plans to prepare for the supply of vaccines through COVAX FACILITY. This licensed vaccine can be stored in a refrigerated storage (2 to 8℃), so even countries that do not have ultra-low temperature distribution equipment can expect effective use in quarantine. The MFDS said, "We launched a commercialization strategy support group to support rapid entry into the market of public health crisis drugs, new concepts, and new technology drugs, linking development, non-clinical, clinical trial, and licensing reviews, and strengthening the function of providing professional services for clinical trial design." It added that a total of 22.6 billion won (2022) was invested in building infrastructure through vaccine safety technology support centers, and that it is expected to have synergy effects in supporting drug development companies by promoting basic counseling on vaccine development, quality and clinical training. Oh Yu-kyung, Minister of Food and Drug Safety said, "The MFDS has thoroughly verified safety and effectiveness through a triple advisory process and approved SKY Covione of SK Bioscience." "In the future, we will work with various institutions to preemptively respond to future infectious diseases," she said.
Policy
Evusheld granted emergency use for preventing COVID-19
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Lee, Hye-Kyung
Jul 01, 2022 05:50am
With the emergency use authorization has been granted for ‘Evusheld Inj,’ the first-ever preventive antibody therapy for COVID-19 in Korea, the drug is expected to be used in immunocompromised patients who are unlikely to mount an adequate response to COVID-19 vaccinations. The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (Minister: Yu-Kyoung Oh) announced on the 30th that the ministry decided to grant emergency use authorization for 20,000 courses of the antibody therapy ‘Evusheld Inj (tixagevimab, cilgavimab) that was developed by AstraZeneca to prevent COVID-19 infections. The authorization was made after deliberation by the Medical Product Safety Management and Supply Committee for Public Health Emergency Response in comprehensive consideration of its need in immunocompromised patients that are unlikely to mount an adequate response to COVID-19 vaccinations, the MFDS’s safety, efficacy, and quality review results, and results from the expert advisory meeting. The Evusheld that received EUA today will become the first-ever antibody therapy authorized in Korea for COVID-19 prevention and is expected to contribute to the prevention of COVID-19 infections in blood cancer patients who may not mount an adequate immune response to COVID-19 vaccinations, as well as patients receiving immunosuppressant therapy after organ transplantation, etc. Evusheld has been granted emergency use authorization (EUA) in the US in December last year, then granted marketing authorization in Europe in March this year. Evusheld is a neutralizing antibody combination that binds to the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 to inhibit virus penetration into bodies. Evusheld is approved for use in adults and adolescents (aged 12 and older who weigh 40kg or more) with moderate to severe immune compromise due to blood cancer, or immunosuppressive therapy after organ transplant that may not mount an adequate immune response to COVID-19 vaccination that are not currently infected with or had recent known exposure to a person infected with SARS-CoV-2. Evusheld is administered as an IM dose of tixagevimab (150㎎) and cilgavimab (150㎎) in two separate, consecutive injections. The emergency use authorization is a system that allows manufacturers and importers to supply unauthorized medical products in Korea to respond to a public health crisis. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency requested for the EU A of Evusheld Inj. To the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety on June 10th this year. After the EUA, the MFDS will additionally make safety measures and collect information on adverse events arising from Evusheld’s use. The ministry also ordered its domestic importer to actively collect and report on its safety information in Korea and abroad, and established a system so that healthcare professionals and patients (and patient families) can report adverse events by phone or online. The ministry will continuously analyze and assess the safety information in Korea and abroad to promptly take safety measures when necessary.
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