Accelerates efforts to globalize blood hypertension drug with entry to Southeast Asia following Central and South American markets
Dignitaries, including Boryung Pharmaceutical Group Kim Seung-ho, Boryung Pharmaceutical President Choi Tae-hong, Zuellig Pharma Senior Vice President George Eassey, and John Hoeft, vice president of marketing excellence at ZuelligPharman. attend a ceremony to launch Kanarb in Singapore on July 28. The event coincided with a symposium that took place at Andaz Singapore Hotel with about 300 local medical specialists in attendance.
A view of Kanarb products. (Photos: Boryung Pharmaceutical)
Boryung Pharmaceutical has launched Kanarb, a new Korean-made drug that treats blood hypertension, on the Singapore market as part of full-fledged efforts to globalize the medication.
Boryung Pharmaceutical held a ceremony to launch Kanarb in Singapore on July 28. The event coincided with a symposium that took place at Andaz Singapore Hotel with about 300 local medical specialists in attendance under the theme ¡°Rethinking Hypertension, Resetting Expectation.¡±
Among those on hand at the symposium were Boryung Pharmaceutical Group Kim Seung-ho, Boryung Pharmaceutical President Choi Tae-hong, Zuellig Pharma Senior Vice President George Eassey, and John Hoeft, vice president of marketing excellence at Zuellig Pharman.
The release of Kanarb in Singapore is part of Boryung Pharmaceutical¡¯s efforts to globalize the new blood hypertension drug and expand the countries with Kanarb subscriptions to Southeast Asian markets beyond its Central and South America. The move is expected to raise the global standing of the new blood hypertension medication.
During the symposium, Prof. Ong Hean Yee, a cardiologist with Mount Elizabeth Novena, spoke on the theme ¡°Current Status of Hypertension In Southeast Asia and Challenges in Managing Hypertension in Asia.¡±
Dr. Moon Jeong-geun of Gacheon University Medical School spoke on the theme ¡°Fimasartan - the Newest ARB on the Block.¡± Dr. Moon introduced major clinical outcomes of Kanarb, which has ranked 1st n the Korean market of hypertension of the ARB family, and its clinical values. He also discussed prescription practices of the medical field.
Global pharmaceutical companies have so far invited medical specialists of their respective countries to release new drugs on the Korean market. The release of Kanarb and the holding of the symposium in and of itself takes on significance, since it is rare that Korean drug makers have introduced new Korean-made drugs to medical specialists of foreign countries.
The local medical doctors on hand at the symposium showed a keen attention to the powerful efficacy of lowering blood pressure and safety, thus contributing to the earliest settlement of Kanarb on the Southeast Asian market and commercial achievements.
Some medical doctors showed their interest in the research outcomes of Fimasartan Achieving SBP Target announced by the European Society of Hypertension last June.
Boryung Pharmaceutical Seoul Research Institute
Boryung Pharmaceutical Seoul Research Institute, established in 2013, oversees all clinical research in Korea and abroad.
The research institute plans to concentrate its capabilities on the global clinical test of the PI3K/DNA-PK targeted anticancer drug it is working on, EBV-CTLs phase two clinical test by BR-VIGenCell, a subsidiary of Boryung Pharmaceutical, and foreign clinical tests of the nation¡¯s first new anti-hypertension drug Kanarb.
The family of lipid kinases termed phosphoinositide 3-kinases (PI3Ks) has been found to play key regulatory roles in many cellular processes including cell survival, proliferation and differentiation.
Boryung Pharmaceutical Seoul Research Institute is expecting the first-in-class development of the P13K inhibitor and DNA-PK inhibitor. The institute, confirming excellent efficacy of the would-be targeted therapies through all clinical test phases, is making preparations for global clinical tests.
Boryung Pharmaceutical Seoul Research Institute has launched a clinical test of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes after obtaining the investigational new drug (IND) of the second phase clinical test of the disease. The institute is seeking the approval of the IND on Microneedle-mediated delivery of donepezil for possibly curing Alzheimer's disease.
Boryung Pharmaceutical Seoul Research Institute has made strenuous efforts to the market settlement of the Kanarb family, including Kanarb, ¡°Ducarb¡± and ¡°Tubero¡± for the past five years.
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