The incidence of depression in patients suffering from pain is increasing, a study said. Depression is also associated with mortality, so it is necessary to manage depression in patients with pain conditions.A team of researchers from Seoul National University Bundang Hospital analyzed data from the
Optipharm, a company specializing in biotechnology, said on Tuesday that a monkey transplanted with a pig's kidney achieved a survival record of 221 days, which is approximately twice as many days of the previous domestic survival record of 114 days.The results demonstrate the possibility of enterin
The Gyeonggi Province Forest Environment Research Institute said it has filed a patent for using Humulus Japonicus, a plant found in East Asian wilderness, to treat hair loss.The plant, known for its rapid growth and prolific reproduction, has been designated as an ecological disturbance species sin
Companies under Hyundai Group and Hyundai Motor Group -- such as Hyundai Mobis, Hyundai Department Store, Hyundai Motor, and HD Hyundai -- are actively expanding their healthcare business by entering diverse sectors, including digital healthcare, health functional foods, and medical robots.Most rece
Korean researchers have developed a wireless device transplanted into the bodies of cardiovascular disease patients to measure pressure, flow rate, and temperature in their cardiovascular systems in real-time.A research team, led by Professor Kwon Kyung-ha of the Department of Electric and Electroni
Korea ranked fifth in the “national share” of the worldwide clinical trial registration numbers, breaking the previous record.The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety and the Korea National Enterprise for Clinical Trials (KoNECT) announced the “Approval of clinical trials for pharmaceutical products in
Major global pharmaceutical companies are introducing decentralized clinical trials (DCT) to reduce the drug development period, cut costs, and improve patient access to clinical trials.However, Korea has yet to come up with a related regulatory regime, making the nation’s status disadvantageous as
Decentralized clinical trials (DCTs) are already in vogue overseas, but the new trend is still in the pilot project stage in Korea. Why is the gap so wide?"Difference of viewpoint” is the reason, according to Professor Yu Kyeong-sang of the Department of Clinical Pathology at Seoul National Universi
Fourteen years and six months vs. one year.According to the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, it takes at least 14-and-a-half years to develop a new drug.In detail, five years are needed to select candidate substances, one-and-a-half years for preclinical trials, six years for clinical trials, and t
“Nations that permitted DCT (Decentralized Clinical Trials) practice will continue to speed up their trial completion rate, delivering life-saving therapies to patients quicker. Korea (and other nations with DCT hesitancy) should seriously consider these technologies, or they risk falling behind the
Twelve study papers written by Korean research institutions were included in the 500 excellent papers in 2021 selected by the international academic journal Nature. Seoul National University (SNU) ranked 59th, the highest among Korean research institutions.On Tuesday, the Korea Biotech Policy Resear
"To prevent Covid-19 infection in the hospital, visits to the monitoring room will be banned from May 29, 2020."That was a notice posted at a clinical trial center of a university hospital during the Covid-19 pandemic. As such, there have been a series of cases in which patients cannot visit clinica
The National Epilepsy Care Center rehomed Lily, Korea's first epilepsy helper dog, to an epilepsy patient.According to the center, while there were helper dogs for visual, hearing, and physical disabilities in Korea, the National Epilepsy Care Center was able to successfully train and rehome an epil
HLB Life Sciences has applied for a conditional permit for the targeted anticancer drug, rivoceranib, designated as a rare drug for adenoid cystic carcinoma in the development stage by the regulatory authorities in November.In a public filing on Thursday, the company said it has submitted an applica
Next&Bio, a precision medicine platform based on organoids, will make a poster presentation of a study confirming the possibility of establishing a patient sample-based pancreatic and biliary tract cancer organoid model.The presentation will be made at the American Society of Clinical Oncology's Dig
Biobank, a bank of human body derivatives under Seoul Clinical Laboratories (SCL), has won the “ISO 20387:2018” international certification from the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) as the first such Asian organization.A2LA is the world’s largest certification body recognized
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
SCM Lifescience has failed to prove the efficacy of its acute pancreatic treatment candidate in the domestic phase 1/2a clinical trial. Moreover, the company revised the disclosure of clinical results on the same day, causing stirs, according to industry sources. In a public notice on Wednesday, SCM
Middle-aged people who sleep less than six hours during weekdays can reduce their risks of depression by catching up on sleep at weekends, a recent study showed.A research team, led by Professor Oh Yoon-hwan of family medicine at Chung Ang University Gwangmyong Hospital, released the paper “Associat
LG Chem said it would enter the local wound dressing market, providing various skin care solutions from cosmetic fillers and skin boosters to wound dressings.The company said Monday it would start selling Kiomer-3 and Kiomer-Plus, wound dressing materials for medical professionals that are used to p
