SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s drug safety agency said Friday it has approved pharmaceutical giant Celltrion Inc.’s COVID-19 treatment candidate on several conditions. The conditional marketing authorization of CT-P59, an anti-COVID-19 monoclonal antibody treatment candidate, marks the country’s first homegrown COVID-19 treatment. The Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said CT-P59 [...]
TORONTO, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Relay Medical Corp. (“Relay” or the “Company”) (CSE: RELA, OTC: RYMDF, Frankfurt: EIY2), a developer of MedTech innovation, and Glow LifeTech Ltd. (“Glow”), a private company in which Relay holds a significant equity interest, are pleased to report on developments related to Glow’s MyCell Technology™ (“MyCell”). Glow LifeTech partner [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean pharmaceutical giant Celltrion Inc. said Wednesday that its COVID-19 treatment candidate reduces recovery time and the chance of a severe case developing. It was making public clinical data on the second-phase global trial study of the CT-P59, an anti-COVID-19 monoclonal antibody treatment candidate. The firm earlier submitted [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s pharmaceutical giant Celltrion Inc. said Tuesday that its anti-COVID-19 monoclonal antibody treatment has shown higher treatment efficacy compared to its two rival candidates. The Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety is currently reviewing conditional approval of Celltrion’s CT-P59, also known as Regdanvimab, a move that could [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean biotech company GC Pharma said Wednesday it has completed phase two clinical trials of its plasma therapy treatment for the novel coronavirus. The plasma therapy, known as GC5131A, is a type of hyperimmune globulin drug that uses blood plasma taken from people who have fully recovered from [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean drugmaker maker Daewoong Pharmaceutical Co. aims to launch a treatment drug for the novel coronavirus early next year, the company’s chief said Monday. Foistar, an oral protease inhibitor, is currently undergoing phase two clinical trial on COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms. The company aims to release the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean pharmaceutical giant Celltrion Inc.’s coronavirus treatment is likely to file for emergency authorization use from local drug authorities next month, the company’s chief said Wednesday. CT-P59, anti-COVID-19 monoclonal antibody treatment, is currently undergoing a phase two clinical trial locally after successfully completing a phase one clinical trial [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean pharmaceutical giant Celltrion Inc.’s COVID-19 treatment kills the coronavirus within 4-5 days, effectively protecting patients with mild symptoms from developing a severe case, the company’s chief said Wednesday. Celltrion Group Chairman Seo Jung-jin said the first stage trial of CT-P59, anti-COVID-19 monoclonal antibody treatment, shortened the recovery [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — A state-run research institute with a specialty in weapons development is now developing a cure for COVID-19. South Korea’s Agency for Defense Development (ADD) announced on Wednesday that it confirmed the effectiveness of its newly-developed COVID-19 siRNA gene therapy treatment after conducting animal tests. The new treatment is designed [...]
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Algernon Pharmaceuticals Inc. (CSE: AGN) (FRANKFURT: AGW) (OTCQB: AGNPF) (the “Company” or “Algernon”) a clinical stage pharmaceutical development company, is pleased to announce that it has enrolled its first patient in its multinational Phase 2b/3 human study of NP-120 (Ifenprodil) for the treatment of COVID-19. The countries participating in [...]