Lilly Korea (CEO: Paul Henry Huibers) held a symposium commemorating the first anniversary of its launch of Trulicity (compound dulaglutide), a hit antidiabetic medicine, at the COEX Intercontinental Hotel in southern Seoul, last Thursday.The symposium is the first of its kind – celebrating the launch of a particular therapy and in this case, GLP-1 analog Trulicity -- to examine the value and
Severance Hospital has recently received the nation’s first approval for “fecal microbiota transplantation,” treatment for spreading microorganisms in healthy people’s feces to the intestines of colon disease patients, through the endoscope or enema.The approval is based on the results of domestic and overseas clinical trials last year. The U.S. and European medical communities reported the tr
Amid the mounting controversy over “happy balloon,” the government has come up with countermeasures, designating nitrous oxide as a hallucinogen and strengthening safety steps to prevent its abuse.Nitrous oxide - commonly known as laughing gas- is a chemical used for various purposes such as ancillary medical anesthetics and food additives used in the production of whipped cream. But it has re
Liposuction hospital “365 mc” has recently won a legal battle over Dodam Korea, a doll manufacturing company that infringed on the intellectual property right and copyright of the hospital’s popular character named “Jibangi”지방이(Fatty). Dodam Korea had illegally labeled its fake Jibangi dolls as genuine and sold them online, and also used it as prizes in the popular claw machines installed thr
From the streets of England to Thailand, “happy balloons” are a party drug of choice for young people, and now an increasing number of Koreans are inhaling these balloons out in the open for people to see.Nitrous oxide- more commonly known as laughing gas- in the balloons gives the user an intense feeling of euphoria, lasting up to a minute and is described as similar to taking a “snort” of co
Korea Pfizer Pharmaceutical said Tuesday that three doses (80mcg / 20mL, 200mcg / 50mL, 400mcg / 100mL) of Precedex Premix (compound Dexmedetomidine Hydrochloride) had received approval from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS).The Precedex Premix is a sedative that acts on the alpha2- adrenoceptor and is approved for use in initial intubation and artificial respiration under intens
Lilly Korea said Tuesday that its Trulicity (ingredient name: dulaglutide), a once-weekly GLP-1 analog, had won the regulatory go-ahead as a combination therapy with basal insulin for type 2 diabetic patients.The licensed dose is 0.75mg in low dose and 1.5mg in high dose, and it is possible to customize treatment according to patient's condition such as blood glucose level in domestic diabetic
Sewon Cellontech세원셀론텍’s manufacturing technology of CartiZol (collagen-based tissue supplement material) has completed its patent registration in Canada.The patented technology, called the "manufacturing and using composition for restoring cartilaginous tissue,” turns it into an injection, which can help reconstruct joint cartilaginous tissues effectively, company officials said.The bi
Low cigarette price, stress from long work or study, mandatory military services, and other factors have combined to make Korea one of the 10 heaviest-smoking countries in the world.The government is of course not exactly sitting idle. Since a few years ago, it has implemented a three-pronged antismoking campaign -- raising tobacco price, taking active non-price measures, and providing smoking
Sanofi-Aventis Korea said Tuesday that it would launch a corporate social responsibility program called the “Green Santa Campaign” in collaboration with the BeautifulStore Foundation and EBS Child Care School.The campaign will focus on improving the awareness of children with chronic and rare incurable diseases, suggest on how to raise self-esteem for children who are hurt by prejudice against
Korea University Medical Center and SK Telecom agreed Monday to cooperate to build a futuristic “Intelligent Medical Center,” university officials said.International Medical Center is a hospital which provides patient-oriented healthcare services and realizes futuristic medicine by using AI (Artificial Intelligence), IoT (Internet of Things) and MR (Augmented Reality & Virtual Reality).Kor
Macrogen, a precision medical biotechnology company, and the Korea Association of Health Promotion (KAHP) signed a memorandum of understanding Thursday to cooperate on building big data for predicting diseases, company officials said.The agreement on the “Big Data Construction Project based on Medical and electric Information for Predicting Korean Diseases” calls for Macrogen and KAHP to coope
The Korean Foundation for International Healthcare (KOFIH) said Friday it conferred the 9th WHO’s Dr Lee Jong-wook Memorial Prize for Public Health to Henry Reeve International Medical Brigade, a Cuban contingent of doctors conducting relief activities in overseas disasters.The Cuban Ministry of Health established Henry Reeve International Medical Brigade in 2005 to do good for people around t
"I am a senior professor at a university hospital but have suffered unimaginable pain from my back and leg over the past three years. And I’ve never thought anyone could solve that pain like this.”Atlasov Vladimir, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University Hospital in St. Petersburg, Russia, made the remark recently after a successful surgery to cure a severe spinal stenosis,
With the advent of new technology that augments human abilities, many are theorizing that the Fourth Industrial Revolution is finally here, which also affects medical devices in the healthcare field.Wikipedia has it that the Fourth Industrial Revolution can be a range of new technologies that are fusing the physical, digital and biological worlds, and impacting all disciplines, economies, and
Domestic pharmaceutical companies are competing to jump into the cosmetics business, releasing one cosmeceutical product – functional cosmetics applied with drug-developing technology – after another, industry sources say. Cosmeceuticals are a growing market globally, which will likely register the fastest growth in personal care industry in the next four to five years, according to Persisten
Cloud computing is now widely accepted by healthcare organizations worldwide, with industries realizing its possibilities of giving quality services to patients and using or sharing information across networks.But will cloud computing affect all other healthcare sectors? According to Dr. Park Yoo-rang박유랑 of Health Innovation Big Data Center in Seoul Asan Medical Center서울아산병원, cloud technology
The Chung-Ang University Hospital held an international symposium jointly with the University of Utah in Seoul Monday, to promote cooperation in digital healthcare system between the two countries.The conference looked into the current status of the digital healthcare system in the U.S. state of Utah and discussed its possible applications to the Korean medical reality.In November, Chung-A
Celltrion셀트리온 Inc. has launched its biosimilar to treat hematologic malignancy, Truxima, in Germany, following Korea and the United Kingdom, the company said Thursday.The European Medicines Agency (EMA) approved Celltrion's application in February to sell the antibody biosimilar Truxima, used for treating non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and rheumatoid arthritis, a type of blood cancer, it said.
It’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good, indeed: With the dust storm suffocating the Korean Peninsula every spring, some companies are profiting off the seasonal annoyance, releasing products marketed as protection from fine dust.According to the Ministry of Environment, the concentration level of fine dust was at its worst in the first quarter of 2017, at 32 micrograms per cubic meter, up