Korea's new Covid-19 cases rose to the highest Thursday figure in two months as officials brace for winter resurgence.According to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA), Korea added 55,437 new Covid-19 infections, including 39 cases from abroad, bringing the total caseload to 26,412
Ten Korean oncologists put their names on the list of the world’s most influential researchers, heightening the status of the country’s medicine.On Wednesday, Clarivate Plc, a global academic information analysis company, announced the list of Highly Cited Researchers (HCR), a who’s who of researche
Dong-A ST said it has completed the global phase 3 clinical trial of DMB-3115, a biosimilar referencing Janssen’s plaque psoriasis treatment Stelara (ingredient: ustekinumab).The company initially initiated the global phase 3 clinical trial of DMB-3115 in the U.S. in 2021 and expanded it to eight ot
SK Bioscience, one of Korea’s leading vaccine makers, said it donated 3 billion won ($2.2 million) to the International Vaccines Institute (IVI) on Wednesday to advance global vaccine research and development.The donation will be used to support vaccine R&D, equipment, and device purchases, it added
Philips Korea said Thursday that it has appointed Park Jae-in, former general manager (GM) at Abbott Korea, as its new CEO.New CEO Park will also serve as head of Philips Korea’s health systems business division, which provides professional healthcare solutions, the company said.Park has more than 2
CHA Vaccine Institute announced it is developing a mixed vaccine to prevent Covid-19 and influenza at the 2022 Hwasun International Vaccine Forum last Friday.The research institute said the combination vaccine aims to improve convenience and preventive effects for the elderly. The candidate substanc
The Ministry of Education said 2,317 out of 508,030 students who applied for the college scholastic ability test (CSAT), scheduled for Thursday, had tested positive for Covid-19 and were undergoing mandatory quarantine as of midnight Tuesday.The figure is a drastic increase from 2021 when only 96 te
Shares of GC MS were bullish on Wednesday after health officials confirmed the third monkeypox case in Korea.At the market close on Wednesday, the company's shares ended at 6,000 won ($4.53), up 3.45 percent from the previous trading day.Investors mistakenly considered GC MS as a monkeypox-related s
A survey showed that Korean medical institutions recognize the need for and importance of introducing ESG management. Still, fewer than half of them have personnel and departments exclusively responsible for it.The Korean Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI) released the results of its surv
LegoChem Bioscience said it signed an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) joint research and development agreement with NextCure, a U.S. pharmaceutical company.Under the accord, the two companies plan to discover new ADC anticancer drugs by utilizing Next Cure's B7-H4 antibody and LegoChem's ADC platform
Lunit, a company specializing in medical artificial intelligence (AI) solutions, said on Wednesday that it acquired the operating rights in a bid for the Breast Screening New South Wales (BSNSW) state program in Australia.BSNSW is an Australian state-run program that provides free breast cancer scre
Roche Korea’s Tecentriq (atezolizumab) has expanded its indication to postoperative adjuvant therapy for the first time among lung cancer immunotherapies but fell short of expectations, industry watchers said on Wednesday.Last Friday, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety approved the use of Tecentri
Humasis, an in vitro diagnosis kit maker, saw its sales drop sharply in the third quarter.According to industry watchers on Wednesday, the conflict between the company and its minority shareholders has also expanded to a management dispute, deepening worries about corporate competitiveness.Humasis u
President Yoon Suk-yeol pledged Korea's active contribution to strengthening international health solidarity during a session focusing on health at the G20 Indonesia Summit."The preciousness of freedom and the importance of solidarity were reminded once again at a time when the global community is r
Macrogen, a Korean genome analysis company, held a groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday to commence construction of the “nation's largest” genome foundry, Macrogen Sejong Campus, in Sejong City for innovation in genome analysis.Macrogen Chairman Seo Jung-sun and Global Business CEO Lee Su-kang were am
Researchers at the Catholic University of Korea said they discovered a novel cytokine immune protein, p40, and EB13, that can control immune T cells for the treatment of intractable autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis.The interleukin (IL)-12 cytokine family is associated with T cells that
Lance Little, head of Roche Diagnostics Asia Pacific, said the diagnostics industry should put priority on providing patient-centric services at an online conference on Tuesday.The company hosted the conference under the theme, “Partnering patients to revolutionize care in the Asia Pacific” involvin
As advances in medical technology identify one genetic mutation after another in lung cancer, the early diagnosis of rare lung cancer and the development of targeted treatments are progressing.Regulators recently approved Rybrevant (amivantamab) as the target treatment for EGFR (Epidermal Growth Fac
Middle Eastern countries including such as the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia are becoming major importers of Korean biopharmaceutical products.According to the Korea Customs Service's import and export statistics on Tuesday, exports of medical supplies, including pharmaceuticals and di
Korea's new Covid-19 tally bounced back to above 70,000 for the first time in two months on Tuesday.According to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA), Korea added 72,883 new Covid-19 infections, including 50 cases from abroad, bringing the total caseload to 26,290,877.The figure on