The Ministry of Health and Welfare has recognized Korean students graduating from 159 overseas medical schools in 38 countries as eligible to take the Korean Medical Licensing Examination (KMLE), data by a lawmaker showed. Graduates of these foreign medical schools still need to take and pass a sepa
Professor Jung Ki-suck, the former head of the National Advisory Committee on Infectious Diseases Crisis Response, will take over as President of the National Health Insurance Service (NHIS), a position that has been vacant for four months.NHIS is the operator of Korea's national health insurance pr
The government will build the Global Bio Campus, which will train bio-manufacturing workers in five areas for middle- and low-income countries.The five locations are Songdo (Incheon), Siheung (Gyeonggi Province), Osong (North Chungcheong Province), Hwasun (South Jeolla Province), and Andong (North G
Healing Paper CEO Hong Seung-il, who has operated the beauty and medical information platform Gangnam Unni, which shares plastic surgery reviews, was also sentenced to prison for violating the Medical Service Act at an appeals trial.On Thursday, the Seoul Central District Court’s Criminal Appeals Di
The Yoon Suk Yeol administration has announced its economic policy for the second half of this year, raising expectations about its role as pump-priming water for the bio industry’s recovery.On Tuesday, the government held the 18th Emergency Economic and Public Livelihood Council chaired by Presiden
A study conducted by the National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) showed that fourth booster doses of Pfizer and Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccines have little or no effect in preventing Covid-19 infections in people aged over 50 and older.Kim Jai-yong, Director of Big Data Research Division at the NHIS, s
The Korean pharmaceutical industry is closely monitoring whether the WHO will designate aspartame as a possible carcinogen because chewable tablets and syrups for colds and digestion often contain aspartame.The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), affiliated with the WHO, said it woul
Cancer is a global health challenge that affects millions of lives every year. To combat this disease and reduce its impact, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) conducts cutting-edge research, provides evidence-based recommendations, and fosters collaborations worldwide.As an inte
Mirae Asset Venture Investment Co., the general partner (GP) of the government's ambitious K-Bio and Vaccine Fund, is reportedly returning its qualification after failing to attract investment for the fund, Money Today first reported on Friday."We have received an intention from Mirae Asset Venture
Expanding the number of doctors was not the answer to solving the imbalance in regional medical care and human resource allocation between departments, even in Japan, which implements a regional enrollment quota system for medical schools.That was part of Japan’s experience addressing the problem of
Due to the transition of the global Covid-19 pandemic into an endemic phase, there was a significant 70.1 percent rise in the number of international patients seeking medical treatment in Korea in 2022 compared to the previous year, government data showed.On Thursday, the Korea Health Industry Devel
The medical material that recorded the highest number of insurance claims was “disposable cupping cups,” while what marked the top in value terms was “devices for endoscopic procedures.”Cupping therapy, practiced in oriental medicine clinics, involves local suctions on the skin with heated cups, mos
A project to match senior doctors with local public healthcare institutions will begin in July in earnest to help narrow the medical divide between regions.The Ministry of Health and Welfare held a meeting with the Korean Medical Association (KMA) and the National Medical Center (NMC) on Tuesday to
Two treatments for children with rare diseases -- Qarziba (dinutuximab) and Bylvay (odevixibat) -- have been selected as targets for the “approval- evaluation-negotiation linkage system,” a pilot program to shorten reimbursement screening for expensive drugs.According to materials obtained by the he
The government and businesses are jointly stepping up efforts to advance Vietnam's medical artificial intelligence market, drawing attention from interested parties.According to the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) and other industry sources Monday, Korean medical AI companies accompani
The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said it will urgently introduce an additional 20,000 doses of the vaccine Jynneos, manufactured by Danish biotech firm Bavarian Nordic, to provide a stable, long-term response to the mpox outbreak.The new batch of vaccines was produced in Novemb
The government has expressed an intention to consider the Korean Medical Association (KMA) proposal to increase the medical school enrollment quota by reducing that for oriental medicine schools.In a parliamentary debate on Wednesday, KMA proposed specific methods to expand the number of medical sch
The government announced its intention to introduce a "birth notification system" that would mandate medical institutions to report births, following an infanticide case in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province.The move came after the Board of Audit and Inspection (BAI) reported that over 2,000 Korean infants ha
The infectious disease status of Covid-19 will likely be lowered from level 2 to 4 this month. It means the pandemic goes on par with regular influenza.Park Hyang, director-general for public health policy at the Ministry of Health and Welfare, said so during a meeting with journalists on Wednesday
As the government and the medical community start discussions to expand the medical school enrollment quota in earnest, calls are mounting for reducing the number of oriental medicines practitioners to increase that of physicians.Those who make such claims say it is inevitable to put more medical ma