As Korean firms report quarterly earnings, Hanmi is stepping up the development of obesity drugs, Daewoong unveils plans to boost sales of in-house new drugs, GC Biopharma’s immunoglobulin undergoes the US approval process and Ildong has set up a new R&D-focused subsidiary.

Plus deals involving SK Biopharmaceuticals, Hikma and Proteovant, Day One/Sprint, Eyenovia/Formosa, Clinigen/CNX, Ikena/Pionyr and more.

Cipla reports highest ever quarterly revenues in the US, a market that’s seeing lower “price compression” amid sell-offs, bankruptcies and a rebalancing of the supply chain. The firm’s portfolio has a “lot of steam” left to be unlocked and it’s also keeping an eye on the impact of the tornado-hit Pfizer site on supplies.

New approach that would eliminate the need for animal dosimetry data for some positron emission tomography drugs draws advisory committee support, although some panelists raise concerns about limited existing data and longer half-life for copper 64, one of the six radionuclides under consideration.