Kyung Hee University Medical Center (KHUMC) said it would conduct a series of joint studies, including one on the treatment effect of medical cannabis with Hemp & R Bio and GI Vita.On Wednesday, the three institutions’ representatives met at the hospital president’s office to sign a business coopera
A controversy erupted over GC's failure to develop a plasma treatment for Covid-19 during the latest parliamentary audit of the Ministry of Health and Welfare.During the audit process, Rep. Baek Jong-hean of the ruling People Power Party said that upon reviewing additional data from the Ministry of
The accident and sickness allowance is a system that compensates for income so that workers can focus on treatment if they have difficulty conducting economic activities due to injuries or diseases unrelated to their work.This system is considered an important social safety net because it responds t
The Fair Trade Commission (FTC) has decided to notify the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety of its detection and disposal of illegal rebates in the pharmaceutical and medical device sectors within 30 days.The FTC said it would revise “guidelines on notifying ill
Chong Kun Dang Pharmaceutical said Thursday it received approval for LucenBS (ingredient: ranibizumab), a biosimilar referencing Lucentis to treat wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD), from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety.LucenBS has secured all five indications of Lucentis -- neovascular
There are many food stories that sound factual but are actually myths. One good example of a myth is asking people to wait for about two minutes after opening a canned coffee. The apparent logic here is that leaving it open for around two to five minutes could reduce the furan levels in a canned cof
In August, drones came to the forefront as convenience stores in Korea started pilot testing drone delivery to remote areas. However, this is just the beginning, as the Ministry of Land Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) is conducting demonstration projects to expand the use of drones in Korea.In
Samsung Biologics said it signed a contract manufacturing organization (CMO) agreement worth 420 billion won ($296 million) with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK).The contract period is from Oct. 11, 2022 to Dec. 31, 2030.However, Samsung Biologics refused to disclose which drug the deal covers, as requested by
Starting from November, Korea will fully resume its visa-waiver program, after suspending it in early 2020 to prevent Covid-19 from spreading.The visa-free system allows entry into the country for tourism, visiting relatives, field trips, inspections, and short-term business without a visa.Korea had
Kim Yon-su, president and CEO of Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH), has reiterated his opinion that the government should increase the enrollment quotas at medical schools.“As the population aging progresses rapidly, I think the demand for medical personnel is also increasing,” Kim said Wedn
It’s already been nearly a decade since I began to attend the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nev. However, it was more than three decades ago that I first got interested in the annual gathering of global appliance makers and their cutting-edge products.CES, which made it
Moderna Wednesday announced the new clinical data on its bivalent Omicron-containing booster, mRNA-1273.214.According to the data, the company confirmed that people who received mRNA-1273.214 as a second booster shot had a superior neutralizing antibody response against Omicron BA.1 compared to thos
A research team at Ajou University School of Medicine has confirmed that physically frail elderly people suffer greater adverse health effects when they have other cognitive, mental, and social functioning problems than those without them.The team, led by Professor Lee Yun-hwan of the Department of
Helixmith said on Thursday that it has acquired a Russian patent for a next-generation gene therapy candidate, pMUN+VM202, to treat neuropathic pain.The investigational neuropathic pain treatment combines insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1) and hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) genes. Accordingly, pMUN
The number of foreign patients who come to Korea for medical tourism is increasing due to the easing of Covid-19 quarantine measures.Rep. Suh Young-seok of the opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) said Wednesday that the number of foreign patients totaled 181,481 last year, up 34.8 percent fro
GI Innovation said on Thursday that it has received orphan drug designation (ODD) from the U.S. FDA for its Merkel cell cancer (MCC) drug, GI-101.MCC is a rare skin cancer which appears as a flesh-colored or bluish-red nodule, on the face, head or neck with a tendency to spread quickly to other part
Pfizer's Ibrance (palbociclib), the first CDK4/6 inhibitor that rewrote the history of treating metastatic hormone receptor-positive/human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 negative (HR+/HER2-) breast cancer, seems to have failed to enter the early treatment market.Professor Angela DeMichele of the
Korea's daily Covid-19 cases continued to hover around 30,000 for the second consecutive day.On Wednesday, Korea added 29,503 new Covid-19 infections, including 72 cases from abroad, bringing the total caseload to 25,194,177, according to the KDCA.Wednesday's figure is down 3,745 from a day ago and
About half of the patients suffering from hair loss in Korea are women.According to data by the National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) submitted to Rep. Kim Won-i of the Democratic Party of Korea, the number of people who received treatment for pathologic hair loss in 2021 was 244,609, of which 10
A local research team has discovered that a real-time local system (RTLS) can effectively prevent hospital infections.Professors Kim Min-hyung and Park Yun-soo of the Department of Infectious Disease at Yongin Severance Hospital released their research results, which confirmed the RTLS installed in
