Samsung Electronics and Samsung Medison said they would unveil up-to-date medical devices and artificial intelligence-based diagnostic aid functions by participating in the 38th Korea International Medical & Hospital Equipment Show (KIMES) at COEX, southern Seoul, from Thursday to Sunday.Samsung Med
Korea Biomedical Review is publishing a series of interview articles highlighting the most influential female executives in the Korean biotech and biopharma industry. This is the second installment. -- Ed.Inspired by her dad who was a doctor, the International Vaccine Institute’s (IVI) seasoned vacc
Medical Korea 2023 kicked off on Thursday designating Super Junior’s Kim Ryeowook as the Medical Charity Honorary Ambassador to promote Korea’s medical tourism at COEX.“I am honoured to get this appointment to spread this cause and raise awareness of Koreas medical services,” said Kim of the K-pop i
Tagrisso, AstraZeneca’s non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treatment, has earned increased insurance benefits as a primary treatment. The approval from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety came five years after the drug was approved as a primary treatment.On Wednesday, the Health Insurance Review an
Dongwon Industries, the biggest tinned tuna seller in Korea that recently drew attention by expressing an intention to jump into the biopharmaceutical business, abruptly gave up acquiring Boryung Biopharma, raising questions about its background.In a public filing on Wednesday, Dongwon said it had d
March 21 marked World Down Syndrome Day. In order to improve public awareness of Down syndrome, a chromosomal abnormality disease, the UN General Assembly declared this day in Cecember 2011. Figures 3 and 21 reflect the fact that Down syndrome is caused by having three copies of chromosome 21.Just l
The combination therapy of immunotherapy zolbetuximab and CAPOX (capecitabine + oxaliplatin) developed by Astellas is drawing attention by showing positive clinical results in Claudin (CLDN)18.2+ and HER2- progressive gastric and gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) adenocarcinoma.On Tuesday (local time)
As mRNA COVID-19 vaccine makers Pfizer and Moderna are considering price hikes, a local pharmaceutical association has argued that the government needs to continue to support local vaccine R&D in preparation for the implementation of annual immunization policy.According to the first issue of the "Gl
The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) will establish the “National Standard Implementation Plan for Medical Devices in 2023” to lead international standards and help domestic medical equipment makers advance overseas.The main content of the implementation plan includes a push to win
Researchers from Ajou University Medical Center (AUMC) said they have performed the “world's first” single-cell transcriptome profiling of head and neck cancers at different stages of progression and identified a novel pathogenesis of head and neck cancer.Unlike conventional genomic analysis, single
Despite widespread expectations, the amendment bill to Medical Services Act aimed at allowing non-face-to-face treatment has failed to cross the threshold of the National Assembly Health and Welfare Committee’s subcommittee.Industry insiders attributed the failure to lawmakers’ doubts about deciding
Takeda Korea said Wednesday that it received approval for Obizur, a treatment for bleeding in adult patients with acquired hemophilia A (AHA), from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety.AHA is a disease characterized by the development of autoimmune antibodies against blood coagulation factor 8, resu
Researchers at the Institute of Basic Sciences (IBS) have successfully mapped blood and lymph vessels in the nasal cavity in three dimensions for the first time in the world, revealing key observations for improving mucosal immunity.The nose is both a sensory organ responsible for smell and the firs
Moderna said on Wednesday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Korea mRNA Vaccine Initiative (KmVAC), a Korean government program, to pursue collaborative vaccine R&D and mutual cooperation.Under the MOU, Moderna and KmVAC will establish a cooperative relationship and activate rel
The Korea International Medical and Hospital Equipment Show 2023 (KIMES), the largest medical device exhibition in Korea, will kick off its four-day run on Thursday this week, under the theme of "Better Life, Better Future."Hosted by the Korea Medical Devices Industrial Cooperation Association (KMDI
Myongji Hospital said it plans to provide free health checkups to migrant women living in Goyang and Paju, Gyeonggi Province.According to the hospital, 31 women from Mongolia, Cambodia, Ghana, Vietnam, Thailand, and Myanmar participated in the free health checkup screening on Saturday.The hospital p
Korea's first heavy ion therapy device which has already been installed at Yonsei Cancer Center in Severance Hospital, obtained approval on Tuesday from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) to treat patients with intractable cancers.The import item license was granted to DK Medical Systems fo
A group of patients has called for expanding reimbursement standards for Tagrisso (osimertinib), AstraZeneca’s treatment for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), to help ease their financial burden.Tagrisso is registered as the secondary treatment for NSCLC, but the group urged the government to upgr
Celltrion and Thermo Fisher are reportedly vying to acquire the biopharma solutions unit of Baxter International.According to Reuters, the sale could go up as high as $4 billion, which would help alleviate Baxter's debt burden. Baxter's debt is considerably high at $16.6 billion as of the end of Dec
Pfizer is diversifying the applications and formulations of Xeljanz (tofacitinib) to differentiate its JAK inhibitor from generic products.On Monday, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety approved using Xeljanz Syrup 1mg/mL to treat polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (pJIA) and juvenile psor