The Korea Exchange (KRX) will review and decide on whether to delist Kolon Tissugene, SillaJen, and Qurient in October, as the three companies have submitted all the details of the implementation of improvement plans. The three companies had received a grace period from the KRX to improve their busi
With a “bill on assisted death with dignity” proposed, an expert pointed out that for patients’ death with dignity, the parties involved should strengthen palliative care instead of discussing physician-assisted suicides.Professor Lee Myung-ah of the Department of Oncology at Catholic University of
PARP inhibitors, which had emerged as the most common targeted therapy for unresectable ovarian cancer, could increase death risk in patients who experienced several chemotherapies, a recent study showed, forcing developers to withdraw their indications.AstraZeneca reportedly distributed an official
Deep Bio said it signed a partnership with Visiopharm, a Danish pharmaceutical company, to supply DeepDx Prostate, its deep learning-based prostate cancer pathology image analysis software.Under the agreement, Deep Bio will be able to expand pathologists' access to advanced AI pathology solutions by
Myongji Hospital said it signed an agreement with Next&Bio to jointly establish an organoid bank at the New Horizon Healing Center of the hospital on Friday.Organoid Bank collects and stores tissue simulators, called "organoids," produced using patients' physical tissues. Patient-derived organoids,
A team of researchers at Seoul National University Bundang Hospital said they discovered that a thinner retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) was associated with a higher risk of cognitive impairment in a large cohort study.It is the first time in Korea that a local study identified the relationship betw
Korea has decided to maintain its rules for wearing indoor masks, the prime minister said Friday.“Wearing masks indoors, along with hand washing and periodic ventilation, is still the best way to prevent Covid-19 infection,” Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said during a government response meeting.Han s
More than 97 percent of Koreans have Covid-19 antibodies, according to a government survey.However, the quarantine authorities stressed the importance of continuous quarantine, noting that antibodies might lower the rate of exacerbation, but they do not increase the defense against the virus.The Cen
MSD Korea said on Friday that Keytruda (ingredient: pembrolizumab) obtained domestic approval as a combination therapy with chemotherapy, with or without bevacizumab, as the primary treatment for patients with persistent, recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer.Consequently, Keytruda has now been ap
A recent study said that the risk of developing shingles increases among adults 50 and older with the experience of infection by Covid-19.A research team led by Dr. Amit Bhavsar, director of clinical research and development at GSK, released its research results on the incidence rate of shingles aft
HanAll Biopharma and Yuyu Pharmaceutical are accelerating efforts to develop dry eye treatments, witnessing a global increase in the prevalence of the disease, also known as xerophthalmia.According to a study published in the Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, a research journal of optometrists, t
MiCo BioMed, an in-vitro diagnostic medical device maker, said it obtained the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety’s export approval for its monkeypox test kit on Wednesday.MiCo BioMed developed the test kit, called “'Veri-Q MCMPx-VS,” through the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency’s 2016 rese
Researchers of the Urology Department at Asan Medical Center (AMC) said they have discovered a way to improve symptoms caused by interstitial cystitis or bladder pain syndrome by administering mesenchymal stem cells derived from human embryonic stem cells.Interstitial cystitis, which is accompanied
It is becoming increasingly important for individual researchers or research institutes to conduct research after proposing research topics. This is because the results of the study are reflected in clinical treatment guidelines or incentivize the development of new drugs and medical devices. In the
A Pakistani professor from a Swiss university said consanguineous marriages were the best resource to study recessive disorders because it is easier to identify new genes in this population.Muhammad Ansar from the University of Lausanne presented on the discovery of new recessive disease genes and t
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) said it will resume on-site inspections of overseas biopharmaceutical manufacturing plants, currently suspended due to the Covid-19 pandemic, starting from 2023.The MFDS revised the “Pre-Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) Evaluation of Biopharmaceuticals” r
Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Hanmi Pharmaceutical’s U.S. partner, said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee (ODAC) voted nine to four against poziotinib, a lung cancer drug candidate, saying benefits of the drug did not outweigh risks.Poziotinib aims to treat
The government plans to completely lift the remaining obligation to wear face masks outdoors as early as this week, as the Covid-19 viral wave is slowing down.Although the government lifted the obligation to wear face masks outdoors in May, it kept mandatory outdoor masks when participating in gathe
Dupixent (dupilumab), the first approved biological drug for treating atopic dermatitis, has not just improved symptoms in oral corticosteroid-dependent asthma patients but demonstrated the effect of reducing steroid use.Sanofi said so, releasing its three-year, long-term data on severe asthma patie
The Korean market for ginkgo leaf extracts that improve blood circulation disorders and cognitive impairment is growing rapidly.According to UBIST, a drug market research firm, domestic sales of Ginkgo biloba extract preparations grew from 40.4 billion won ($28.6 million) in 2017 to 56.6 billion won