Cutting-Edge Biologics Approvals, Trials Pick Up In Korea After New Law
Executive Summary
Novartis among the first to benefit with approvals for Zolgensma, Kymriah, and Luxturna. The new law has also enabled its first clinical trial – a Phase Ib study by Seoul National University of a CAR-T therapy for recurrent or refractory, CD19-positive, B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
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