Following the government’s full lifting of the outdoor mask mandate on Monday, a provincial doctors’ group called for the health authorities to also stop the obligation to wear a mask indoors.It pointed out that the government has few good reasons to mandate the wearing of face masks indoors not lea
Researchers from Seoul National University College of Medicine (SNUCM) found that frequently consuming small amounts of alcohol increased the risk of developing gastric cancer.The study, led by Professor Kang Dae-hee, investigated 128,218 healthy middle-aged Korean adults aged 40 to 69 who participa
The severity of pregnant women infected by Covid-19 does not have a significant impact on the prognosis of newborns, according to a study.The research team at Korea University Anam Hospital released the result of its study, “Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes in Pregnant Women with Coronavirus Disease 2
Boryung said it received product approval from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety for Zepzelca (Ingredient: lurbinectedin), a small cell lung cancer (SCLC) drug licensed-in from PharmaMar, a Spanish-based pharmaceutical company, in 2017.Under the approval, hospitals can use the drug in treating pa
HK inno.N said it would develop an ointment with a JAK inhibitor mechanism to treat atopic dermatitis (AD).At an investor relations meeting on Wednesday, the Kosdaq-listed firm unveiled the status of major pipelines. In particular, the company introduced a new drug candidate IN-A002 in the JAK-1 inh
Celltrion said Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) has approved Vegzelma, a biosimilar referencing Avastin (ingredient: bevacizumab) to treat various cancers.The approval in Japan follows Celltrion obtaining marketing approval for Vegzelma from the European Commission (EC) in Augus
Korea added 14,168 new Covid-19 infections, including 220 cases from abroad, bringing the total caseload to 24,634,296, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA). The figure is the lowest since July 11, when the country reported 12,672 cases.The nation also reported 33 more
The number of foreign patients who had a cosmetic operation in Korea has plummeted during the Covid-19 pandemic. Industry insiders advise plastic surgeons to develop a more positive marketing strategy to restore the attraction of foreign patients.According to a report on VAT refunds for foreign plas
The International Vaccine Institute (IVI) is hosting its 21st international five-day vaccinology course at the SNU Faculty House Convention Center which will run through Friday this week.IVI's Director General, Dr. Jerome Kim, said the trainees had to focus on moving vaccines from “need” to “impact”
The National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) is under police investigation after the agency learned that its employee stole 4.6 billion won ($3.2 million) from creditors’ accounts, the largest embezzlement case in the agency's history.According to the NHIS, the employee, surnamed Choi, was in charge
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