Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Life Sciences
Santhera Pharmaceuticals said on Tuesday that the Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) has accepted its new drug…
Announcing the phase 2 testing on Monday, the company said that the multicenter study of EC-18 (Mosedipimod), the world’s first oral medicine candidate to prevent and treat Chemotherapy-Induced Neutropenia (CIN), will begin dosing its first patient in the Asan Medical Center of Seoul, Korea. Enzychem also said it hopes to have EC-18 be approved by the FDA.
South Korea said on Thursday it has fined Swiss drugmaker Novartis 55.1 billion won ($48.80 million) for offering doctors kickbacks to recommend the company’s drugs, and also suspended insurance coverage for some of its drugs.