A survey has found that seven out of 10 hypertension patients in Korea do not measure their blood pressure at home.It is important to know and practice the correct method to measure blood pressure at home because home measurement of blood pressure is useful for managing BP and improving patients’ dr
Middle-aged women with high diastolic blood pressure are 1.7 times likelier to develop breast cancer, so they need to be more careful with their usual BP control, a study said Wednesday.Hypertension and breast cancer are two of the most prevalent chronic diseases globally. Moreover, according to the
Celltrion said Wednesday that the company has secured a more stable basis of sales by winning patent rights for RemsimaSC, its autoimmune disease treatment, in an increasing number of countries.Celltrion has applied for patents for the formulation and the administration method of RemsimaSC in the U.
Lunsumio, Roche Korea’s lymphoma treatment, has become the first drug designated as the subject of the government’s Global Innovative products on Fast Track (GIFT).The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said Tuesday that it had picked Lunsumio Inj. as the first product of the government’s GIGT system
No fewer than 92 percent of Korean doctors think pharmaceutical companies’ digital marketing activities enhanced in the non-contract era help them prescribe drugs, according to a survey.The largest number of respondents selected Daewoong Pharmaceutical as the drugmaker that conducts digital marketin
Helixmith said on Wednesday that it obtained a human cell management license from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) to accelerate its contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) business portfolio in cell gene therapies.The human cell management license was newly established
CHICAGO, Ill. -- By Lee Han-soo/Korea Biomedical correspondent – GE Healthcare, which is planning a spinoff from GE on the first week of January next year, showed off over 40 medical imaging solutions to improve patient outcomes and increase healthcare efficiency at the Radiological Society of North
Korea's new Covid-19 cases spiked to over 71,000 on Tuesday amid concerns that daily infections could sharply rise again ahead of the winter months.The country reported 71,476 new COVID-19 infections, including 84 cases from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 27,031,319, according to data from
CHICAGO, Ill. -- By Lee Han-soo/Korea Biomedical correspondent – Lunit is well-known among the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) community for its top-notch artificial intelligence (AI) technology in the field of medical imaging.The company was one of the first Korean AI medical imaging c
What measures prevent the departure of exhausted medical personnel due to the prolonged Covid-19 pandemic? Is there a way to make patients who left the hospital due to Covid-19 visit the hospital again?In answer to these questions, “trust” was cited as a virtue that hospitals in the post-Covid-19 er
Health officials from ASEAN countries gathered to discuss enhancing healthcare systems with a special focus on developing universal healthcare coverage (UHC) and health security with the help of Korea’s expertise at a meeting in Seoul on Tuesday.The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) pro
Medical professionals and other healthcare experts agree on the need for Korea to introduce telemedicine but disagree on “how.”A recent survey by the National Evidence-based healthcare Collaborating Agency (NECA) confirmed it, with respondents agreeing on some issues but showing differences in other
VUNO, a Seoul-based medical AI solution company, said Tuesday that it won approval for VUNO Med-Fundus AI, an AI-based fundus reading device, from Taiwan’s Food and Drug Administration(TFDA).The company said VUNO Med-Fundus AI, designed for diagnosis of retinal diseases based on fundus images, was t
CHICAGO, Ill. -- By Lee Han-soo/Korea Biomedical correspondent -- Medical IP said it introduced new technologies to help advance the radiology industry during the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 2022, being held in Chicago, Ill., the U.S. until Thursday this week. The company's technolo
Handok will likely suffer a significant drop in turnover next year, as AstraZeneca decided to retrieve the sales rights of some rare drugs Handok introduced and marketed in Korea, according to industry sources on Tuesday.The estimated sales drop will amount to 50 billion won ($37.3 million), account
CTC Bio said on Tuesday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Co-Evolution Network LLC (CoNet LLC), a Japanese company, to develop cannabidiol (CBD) oral dissolving films (ODF).CBD refers to a substance that is utilized and distributed by excluding hallucinogenic drugs and is u
Despite Korea's new Covid-19 cases falling below 25,000 approximately half of the previous day (47,028), government officials remain alert over the virus's possible resurgence during the winter.On Monday, Korea reported 22,327 new Covid-19 infections, including 53 cases from overseas, bringing the t
About 30 percent of cancer-related content on social media, including YouTube, is misinformation not verified medically, a recent study showed.A research team, led by Professor Kwon Jeong-hye of the Hemato-oncology Department at Chungnam National University Sejong Hospital, said Monday that it publi
Celltrion said Monday it proved the effectiveness and safety of RemsimaSC (pipeline name: CT-P13 SC), an autoimmune disease treatment, in two global phase 3 trials. RemsimaSC is a subcutaneous injection (SC) form of infliximab, widely used in TNF-α inhibitor market. It is the world’s first inflixima
GC Pharma said on Monday that its neutropenia treatment, Neulapeg (ingredient: pegteograstim), confirmed effectiveness in a phase 2 study on patients with recurrent and refractory multiple myeloma.Neulapeg is a second-generation neutropenia treatment, which is an anticancer adjuvant that prevents he