Celltrion said it has been awarded the national tender for the world's only infliximab subcutaneous (SC) formulation, Remsima SC, in Denmark, a key Nordic market. Under the agreement, Remsima SC will be supplied to Denmark for one year starting this month.Celltrion launched Remsima SC in Norway in F
Coreline Soft, a Korean medical AI company, said Thursday that the National Evidence-based Healthcare Collaborating Agency (NECA) has completed “notifying innovative medical technology use (clinical practice) results” for its AVIEW NeuroCAD, which was selected as an innovative medical technology.Acc
A "somatic symptom disorder" is a condition in which physical symptoms, including pain, fatigue, indigestion, or dizziness, persist without a clear cause.These symptoms can be very disruptive to daily life, but tests to find the cause often show no abnormalities. The focus on physical symptoms is a
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said on Tuesday that it banned foreign-made dietary supplements containing or made with prohibited ingredients that could cause side effects like impaired vision or arrhythmia. The regulator designated diphenhydramine, a type of antihistamine, and yellow oleander
EuBiologics said on Tuesday that its Euvichol-S, a simplified formulation of the oral cholera vaccine co-developed with the International Vaccine Institute (IVI), has obtained prequalification (PQ) certification from the World Health Organization (WHO).Euvichol-S is a new oral cholera vaccine that h
CHA Bundang Medical Center (CBMC) has signed an agreement with Rutgers University, a prestigious public university in the United States, for joint research and technology development.Rutgers University Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Prabhas V. Moghe, Professor Lee Ki-bum of the Depart
Yuyu Pharma said its contract manufacturing organization (CMO) business, a new growth engine, is on a roll with a series of contract signings.This month, the company signed new CMO agreements with 10 pharmaceutical companies for manufacturing Fexogien Tab. (fexofenadine hydrochloride), an antihistam
AbbVie Korea's psoriatic disease treatment Skyrizi (risankizumab) won approval from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) on Tuesday for treating moderate-to-severe pustular psoriasis of the hands and feet in adults (18 years and older) who have had an inadequate response to or are intolerant
GE HealthCare Korea said it has signed a business agreement with LG Electronics and Microsoft Korea to innovate the healthcare industry and develop and build smart hospitals.GE HealthCare Korea CEO Kim Yong-duk, Microsoft Korea CEO Cho Won-woo and LG Electronics Vice President for Business Solutions
Hugel, a total medical aesthetics company, said Tuesday that its polydioxanone (PDO) suture brand Licellvi (domestic product name: Blue Rose Forte) has received a product license from the Brazilian National Agency for Food and Drug Surveillance (ANVISA).Licellvi is a PDO suture brand of JWorld, a su
Pinotbio is increasing its competitiveness on the global stage by emphasizing effectiveness and safety by combining the “PBX-7 Series” and “sequential cleavage linker.”Pinotbio, an ADC platform company, said Monday that it unveiled preclinical results of its ADC platform at the American Association
Crystal Life Sciences said it changed its name to Huons Life Sciences and will continue its operations under the new name.The name changing decision was made at a recent extraordinary shareholders’ meeting.As a subsidiary of Huons, Huons Life Sciences will reorganize its portfolio in line with the v
Hahn & Co., a Korean private equity investment company, has completed the acquisition of Cynosure, a U.S. medical aesthetics company specializing in laser and light-based treatments, and is now taking steps to integrate Cynosure with Lutronic, a developer of advanced medical and aesthetic lasers and
Yuyu Pharma said its urinary disorder treatment Yuhylyx Soft Capsule (dutasteride) has won approval from the food and drug administration of the Philippines and Myanmar and has completed product registration.These are expected to boost the company's exports to the Southeast Asian pharmaceutical mark
Pfizer Korea and Hanlim MS are strengthening their partnership to co-market immunology disease treatments.Pfizer Korea said Tuesday that the company has signed an agreement with Hanlim MS to co-market Enbrel (etanercept), the first anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α inhibitor approved for treating r
JW Pharmaceutical said Monday that interim results from a long-term study of Hemlibra (emicizumab) in children with severe non-antibody hemophilia A confirmed that the drug improved joint health in patients.Hemlibra is a breakthrough medicine that mimics factor 8, a blood clotting factor deficient i
Lunit, a medical artificial intelligence (AI) company, said Monday it would present seven research findings using its AI biomarker platform, Lunit Scope, at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) 2024 in San Diego, Calif., from April 5-10.In a poster presentation, Lunit will demonstrate
MSD Korea said its new 15-valent pneumococcal protein conjugate vaccine, Vaxneuvance, will be available for free at hospitals and clinics nationwide starting Monday as part of the National Immunization Program (NIP) for children.Vaxneuvance is indicated for preventing invasive disease and pneumonia
CHA Biotech and Centenaire Biosciences have agreed to expand their collaboration on natural killer (NK) cell-antibody combination research. To this end, CHA Biotech transferred its NK cell therapeutic candidate to Centenaire Biosciences.The two companies will combine CHA Biotech's NK cells with Cent
Korean researchers have analyzed the effects of nanolastics on the metabolism of offspring.The Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB) said its research team, led by Dr. Lee Da-yong of the Center for Rare and Difficult Diseases, has found that nanoplastics are transferred to