Korea will no longer require citizens to wear face masks on public transportation, including buses and trains, from Monday next week.Masks have been a part of everyday life for three years of the Covid-19 pandemic.The government mandate on masks came into effect on Oct. 13, 2020. Through the revisio
Samsung Medical Center (SMC) said on Monday that its researchers have published a study showing shingles vaccination to patients before kidney transplantation can effectively prevent the occurrence of shingles after transplantation.This is the first time that the herpes zoster vaccine before transpl
A data-based system incorporating digital technology was the strategy to cope with the increasing demand for elderly care services adopted by Japan, which has entered a superaged society.Based on this system, Japan provides quality care services and seeks to increase work efficiency at nursing homes
Following the release of the Netflix documentary "In the Name of God: A Holy Betrayal" and a growing public outcry against Jesus Morning Star (JMS) and its leader Jeong Myeong-seok, some doctors have expressed concerns about the possible impact on their business."In the Name of God: A Holy Betrayal"
LG Chem said Tuesday that it participated in a UNICEF tender and won a $200 million contract to supply Eupolio, its polio vaccine, and Eupenta, a multivalent vaccine that treats diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, hepatitis B, meningitis.Under the contract, LG Chem will supply $100 million worth of Eupo
Keytruda (pembrolizumab), which lost the market leadership to Opdivo (nivolumab) in gastric cancer treatment due to the failure of the KEYNOTE-062 study in 2019, has made a splendid comeback with the success of the KEYNOTE-859 study.Professor Rha Sun-young of Yonsei Cancer Center conducted a success
Celltrion signed a joint R&D contract with Genuv to discover antibodies for new drug development. (Credit: Celltrion)Celltrion said on Tuesday it has signed a joint research and development contract with Genuv, a local drug developer, to discover antibodies for new drug development.Under the agreeme
The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) said on Tuesday that its researchers have developed a clathrin assembly that can specifically deliver drugs to cancer cells for a wide variety of biomedical applications.Cancer is often difficult to treat because drug delivery systems th
Even sipping Coke or decaffeinated coffee can make it difficult to fall asleep. Why is that? That’s because the total amount of caffeine consumed per day affects sleep. Even decaffeinated coffee contains a little bit of caffeine. But it’s only 5-10 mg per cup. We should drink about 10 cups of decaff
Boryung said it will launch Finjuve Spray (ingredient: finasteride), the first spray-type finasteride hair loss drug in Korea, on March 21.The launch comes after the company secured the exclusive rights for Finjuve Spray from Almirall, a Spain-based pharmaceutical company, in January last year.It ob
The bankruptcy of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), a major lender to U.S. startups and venture capitalists, has sent the Korean biopharmaceutical industry on high alert.The bankruptcy has resulted in the share price of numerous U.S. biotech companies, who have deposited funding with the bank, plummeting.T
GI Innovation outlined ambitious plans to transfer at least five additional technologies within the next five years at its initial public offering (IPO) briefing session at the Conrad Hotel in Yeouido, Seoul, Monday.Established as a bio-venture in 2017, GI Innovation researches and develops next-gen
Many Korean biopharmaceutical companies will participate in the “2023 BIO-Europe Spring” in Basel, Switzerland, from March 20-22. Attention is focused on whether the massive participation will be able to melt frozen bio-related investment sentiment at home and abroad.Multinational companies, includi
Korea’s pharmaceutical companies who vowed to develop Covid-19 vaccines and treatments are disposing of related pipelines one after another.In a public filing Friday, NeoImmuneTech said it would voluntarily suspend the phase 1 clinical trial for NJT-116, a Covid-19 treatment candidate substance. The
Some 13.79 million people in Korea received non-face-to-face treatment allowed temporarily to cope with the Covid-19 pandemic. Neighborhood clinics provided 86 percent of non-contact services, and 81.5 percent of people who used such services were returning patients.On Sunday, the Ministry of Health
Korea has a very complicated drug pricing policy and the government should allow pharmaceutical companies to access review data for reimbursement, Eli Lilly Korea’s leader said.Eli Lilly, a multinational pharmaceutical company approaching its 150th anniversary, appointed Christopher J. Stokes to lea
CG Bio said it has opened NULOOK, a medical aesthetics clinic on Bali Island, Indonesia, with plans to make it a medical tourism hub in Southeast Asia.NULOOK will provide comprehensive aesthetic procedures based on bio-medical technology by positioning itself as a place where people can experience h
Researchers at Asan Medical Center (AMC) researchers have recently demonstrated a key factor that could open up the possibility of developing a treatment for intractable asthma using stem cells.Asthma is a respiratory disease characterized by recurrent narrowing of the bronchi due to allergic inflam
Medical IP said on Monday that it signed a mutual agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to help advance its cloud-based digital transformation toward global markets using AWS' cloud infrastructure such as the U.S., China, and the Middle East.Per the agreement, AWS will support the smooth implemen
GC Biopharma said on Monday that GCFlu Quadrivalent, a seasonal influenza vaccine that the Korean company licensed out to a Taiwanese biopharma firm, obtained approval from Taiwan Food and Drug Administration.GC Biopharma said it was the largest seasonal flu vaccine supplier to the Pan-American Heal