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Celltrion Expects COVID-19 Treatment Candidate to Show Efficacy Against Omicron

SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean pharmaceutical giant Celltrion Inc. on Thursday anticipated its antibody treatment against COVID-19 under development would show efficacy against the omicron variant. Celltrion said that CT-P63 has maintained strong neutralizing ability against the omicron variant during pseudo-virus testing. The candidate treatment is currently under clinical trials. The announcement [...]

Celltrion’s Inhaled COVID-19 Treatment Found to be Safe in Clinical Trial

SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean pharmaceutical giant Celltrion Inc. said Monday that its inhaled version of an antibody treatment candidate against COVID-19 has shown to be safe in a clinical trial. A total of 24 healthy volunteers were enrolled in a phase one clinical trial conducted by Celltrion’s global partner, Inhalon Biopharma, [...]

Celltrion’s COVID-19 Candidate Treatment Shows Safety in Clinical Trial

SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean pharmaceutical giant Celltrion Inc. said Monday that its antibody treatment candidate against COVID-19 has shown safety in its clinical trial. Celltrion said it has enrolled 24 healthy volunteers in its global phase one clinical trial and confirmed the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of CT-P63. Separately, Celltrion said [...]

Hyundai Bioscience COVID-19 Treatment Candidate Shows Efficacy with Dexamethasone

SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean biotechnology firm Hyundai Bioscience Co. said Tuesday that the combination of its oral antiviral candidate and dexamethasone showed high efficacy in treating COVID-19 during animal testings. The company is currently re-purposing niclosamide-based CP-COV03 as a potential treatment for the COVID-19 virus. The investigative drug’s indication also includes [...]

Celltrion to Supply COVID-19 Treatment to 9 European Countries

SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Celltrion Healthcare Co., an affiliate of South Korean biopharmaceutical giant Celltrion Inc., said Tuesday it has inked a series of deals to supply its COVID-19 antibody treatment to nine European countries. Under the agreement, Celltrion Healthcare — which handles overseas business operations for Celltrion Inc. — will deliver 150,000 [...]

S. Korea OKs Celltrion’s COVID-19 Treatment for Conditional Use

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 [...]

Relay Medical and Glow LifeTech Report on Successful Phase II Clinical Results for COVID-19 Treatment Candidate Based on Its MyCell Technology™

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 [...]

Celltrion Says its COVID-19 Treatment Cuts Recovery Time, Chance of Severe Cases

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 [...]

Celltrion’s COVID-19 Treatment Shows Higher Efficacy than 2 Rivals

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 [...]

GC Pharma Completes Phase 2 Trial of COVID-19 Plasma Therapy Treatment

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 [...]