Emergency rooms (ERs) in Korean hospitals are already busy taking care of Covid-19 patients, fever patients, and general patients requiring urgent care, but they now have to provide care for drunkards.Local governments are increasingly installing “a drunkard emergency medical center,” which protects
Obese people paradoxically showed decreased mortality after cancer surgery, a Korean study said.The paradox of obesity – that obese patients have a better prognosis after surgery for coronary artery disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and chronic renal failure than those with normal weig
Vuno, a medical artificial intelligence solution provider, said Wednesday that Scientific Reports, an SCI-class journal published by Nature, has published a research paper on its AI technology that detects heart failure by analyzing electrocardiogram (ECG) data.Vuno and a team led by Professor Lee H
Noul has acquired European in vitro diagnostic medical device certification (CE-IVD) for two types of miLab cartridge solutions.The CE-IVD certification products are miLab Cartridge CER, a cartridge solution for cervical cytology, and miLab Cartridge BCM, a cartridge solution for blood cell morpholo
SK Bioscience, a subsidiary of SK Chemicals, said it failed to develop an injection-type, homegrown, trivalent rotavirus vaccine.In a public filing on Monday, the company said it would give up on a multinational phase 3 trial of P2-VP8, an injection-type rotavirus vaccine.The interim results of the
NeoImmuneTech said it would disclose the interim results of a trial of NT-I7 (efineptakin alfa), a T-cell amplifier, in combination with an immune checkpoint inhibitor at the annual meeting of the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) in the U.S. in November.NeoImmuneTech’s study was selected a
Although the Covid-19 resurgence has turned to a decreasing trend, health authorities expressed concerns on Tuesday that the number of severe cases and deaths will continue to increase until the beginning of next month.According to health officials, the Covid-19 infection reproduction index (R0), wh
Hanmi Pharmaceutical and its U.S. partner Spectrum have completed preparations to launch Rolontis in the U.S. market by confirming the product’s American name and beefing up local sales and marketing personnel.They expect Rolontis, or Rolvedon in U.S., will win the FDA’s approval on Sept. 9.“The FDA
A joint research team of professors at three hospitals has developed an algorithm that effectively controls blood sugar levels in type 2 diabetes patients.Diabetes has two main categories -- type 1, in which insulin-secreting cells are destroyed, and insulin is not secreted, and type 2, in which ins
Pfizer Korea submitted an application to the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) for authorization for a Covid-19 vaccine booster that fights the Omicron variant.On Monday, the MFDS said it started reviewing Pfizer Korea’s application for an import of Comirnaty 2 Inj. 0.1 mg/mL.Comirnaty 2 Inj.
Korean epilepsy patients are traveling abroad to undergo surgery due to the government’s lack of support, a lawmaker said.Rep. In Jae-keun of the Democratic Party released the analysis of the Ministry of Health and Welfare’s data on epilepsy patients.Epilepsy is the No. 2 cause of death among neurol
Celltrion said it would release the results of phase 3 trials of two biosimilars at two European conferences in September.The two biosimilars are CT-P43 referencing Stelara (ingredient: ustekinumab) and Vegzelma (bevacizumab) referencing Avastin.During the 31st European Academy of Dermatology and Ve
AstraZeneca’s Forxiga has once again demonstrated the substance’s effect on reducing cardiovascular events in patients with more than 40 percent ejection fraction, diluting the value of ejection fraction in the treatment of heart failure.Ejection fraction measures the amount of blood the heart's lef
The telemedicine market in China expanded 8.5 times in six years after Beijing allowed remote medical consultation between a doctor and a patient.As of June, China had more than 1,700 online hospitals nationwide.On Monday, the Federation of Korean Industries (FKI), a business lobby group, released a
Chong Kun Dang presented the preclinical research results of CKD-510, confirming the possibility of developing it as atrial fibrillation treatment at the 2022 European Society of Cardiology (2022 ESC) in Barcelona, Spain, from Aug. 26-29.According to the company, CKD-510 is a next-generation drug
A joint research team, including the Catholic University of Korea, Catholic Medical Center (CMC), has developed a holographic microscope to observe a living mouse’s brain neural networks at 3D high resolution without removing its skull.Light visualizing deep body tissues requires accurate measuremen
An advisory panel of private experts to the Prime Minister's Office has recommended the government scrap the pre-entry test requirement, replacing them with post-arrival tests."We believe that the government should abolish the rule requiring the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test within 48 hours o
BARCELONA, Spain – AstraZeneca’s SGLT-2 inhibitor Forxiga (ingredient: dapagliflozin) proved its effectiveness in reducing cardiovascular death or heart failure (HF) in patients with a mildly reduced or preserved ejection fraction (EFmrEF or HFpEF) in phase 3 DELIVER study.Forxiga created new clinic
GSK Korea has recently released a clinical trial result, which confirmed the effectiveness of its new hair loss treatment, Avodart (ingredient: dutasteride), on the male pattern alopeciaIn the multinational phase 3 trial on 917 male patients, Avodart demonstrated a significant improvement effect in
GC Labs said Monday that it welcomed three infectious disease experts from Ethiopia and Tanzania participating in its tuberculosis program (TB) as part of the 2022 Lee Jong-wook Fellowship Program for disease research specialists.The "Lee Jong-wook Fellowship" is a training program provided by the K