Korea's daily Covid-19 tally rebounded to over 50,000 on Tuesday amid concerns over a possible outbreak of a twindemic of the pandemic and seasonal influenza this winter.According to the KDCA, Korea added 58,379 new Covid-19 infections, including 68 cases from abroad, bringing the total caseload to
LG Chem has acquired the domestic rights for Vimovo (ingredient: naproxen and esomeprazole), an arthritis treatment developed by AstraZeneca.Vimovo is a product launched in Korea by AstraZeneca Korea in 2012, and has been jointly sold by LG Chem since the early stages of the drug's launch.However, A
After the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety pulled a knife again to rectify the practice of "indirect export" by botulinum toxin makers, the stock prices of the three related companies plummeted on Tuesday.As the Korea Exchange (KRX) decided to suspend the companies' stock trading, the incident's rep
Retail investors of GeneOne Life Sciences said the company was losing its credibility because it failed to meet the Covid-19 pipeline development schedule and its contract manufacturing organization (CMO) sales target.In November 2021, the company announced a capital increase of about 113.8 billion
JW Group said on Tuesday that it signed a joint research contract with Kure.AI Therapeutics, a U.S. bio-venture company, to develop innovative anticancer drugs based on artificial intelligence (AI).Under the agreemment, JW Pharmaceutical and JW CreaGene will start research and development of three n
ST Pharm’s operating profit declined somewhat in the third quarter, drawing the industry's attention.In a public notice, the company said it recorded sales of 60.8 billion won ($42.7 million) and a net profit of 9.9 billion based on the consolidated balance sheet in the July-September quarter.They m
Opdivo (nivolumab), anti-PD-1 immunotherapy co-developed by Ono Pharmaceutical and BMS, has taken its first step as a complete recovery partner for early non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients in Korea.Last Wednesday, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety approved the combined administration of
Bukwang Pharmaceutical said it recently sought the local marketing approval for Lurasidone, a new drug for schizophrenia and bipolar depression developed by Japan's Sumitomo Pharmaceutical.The application follows Bukwang’s 2017 deal with Sumitomo to secure the drug's exclusive development and distri
Orum Therapeutics, specializing in tumor-directed targeted protein degraders (TPDs), said on Tuesday that it completed the first patient dose with ORM-5029 in a U.S. phase 1 clinical trial for patients with HER2-expressing advanced solid tumors.ORM-5029 is one of two lead programs from the company’s
Korea's top quarantine advisor predicted that the mask duty could be completely lifted after the next Covid-19 outbreak during the winter season as long as a completely new variant does not appear."The idea that we can take off our indoor masks next spring if there are no completely new variants has
BMS Pharmaceutical Korea has obtained permission for a series of blood cancer treatments this year, increasing its weight in the domestic market.Starting with a nod for the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia, Onureg (azacitidine), in March, it obtained approvals for Inreㅠic (pedratinib), a treatmen
KAIST said on Monday that its joint research team identified the overexpression of mt-dsRNAs as a biomarker which can aid treatments of the rare and incurable autoimmune disease, Sjögren's syndrome.Sjögren's syndrome invades exocrine glands such as tear glands and salivary glands. Occular and oral d
Ferring Pharmaceuticals' recent decision to suspend global shipments of Menopur, an infertility treatment, is likely to bring a shortage of the drug in Korea, officials said.The news comes after Business Insider reported that Elizabeth Garner, Ferring's chief science officer, reportedly sent out an
The Halloween festive night in Itaewon suddenly turned tragic on Saturday after hundreds of people were caught up in a fatal crowd crush incident, killing at least 154 people and injuring 149 others.Among the deceased were 26 foreigners from 14 countries. Five were from Iran, four from China, four f
Gangnam Severance Hospital said on Monday that it was possible to control long-term convulsions and improve cognitive development in Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS) patients after sequentially applying various therapies.LGS is an intractable epilepsy with various causes of brain structural abnormaliti
At the scene of the deadly stampede in Itaewon over the weekend, initial responses were dismally insufficient, failing to provide proper first aid to severely injured people, an emergency medicine expert said.“In a disastrous situation, the role of the nearest hospital and that of the next-phase hos
Korean psychiatrists raised serious concerns over the online videos showing the tragedy of the crowd crush in Itaewon on Saturday night, saying such footage could inflict additional psychological trauma on the bereaved family.According to emergency officials as of 9 a.m. on Monday, 154 people, mostl
An Israeli health expert said preventing 19A serotype was an important factor to consider when using pediatric pneumococcal vaccines.Pfizer Korea invited Professor Ron Dagan of Pediatrics and Infectious Diseases at the Ben-Gurion University to speak on the latest regional epidemiological data on pne
OliPass, a Korean company specializing in RNA treatment platform, received an upfront fee of $3 million (4.3 billion won) from Vanda Pharmaceuticals, a U.S. biopharmaceutical company, regarding a joint research and development contract for a new RNA-based treatment.On Sept. 29, the two companies sig
As Korea is seeing a slow increase in daily new Covid-19 cases, quarantine authorities have expressed concerns about the rise in severity and fatality rate from the virus."On Friday, the number of new Covid-19 infections was around 35,000, and the R0, or an estimated reproductive rate of how many pe