The government plans to tighten conditions on health insurance benefits for the dependents of foreign subscribers to health insurance to prevent them from getting a free ride.For instance, the authorities are considering limiting it to those who “live in Korea for six months or more.”According to so
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety on Wednesday distributed a new safe use standard for prescriptions and administrations of one kind of ADHD drug and three prescription antitussives among narcotics for medical use.The ministry said narcotic ADHD treatments containing methylphenidate would be subj
Dx&Vx said it signed a business agreement with Jointown Medical Devices Group, China's largest pharmaceutical and medical device distributor, to develop, supply, and distribute in vitro diagnostic medical devices.Under the accord, Dx&Vx will take charge of R&D, production, and supply of various in v
Aston Science said on Wednesday that it obtained approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for phase 2 clinical trials of its therapeutic cancer vaccine AST-301 on patients with triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC).The company said it confirmed the excellent safety, immunogenicity, and sur
With the National Assembly’s regular session approaching, political circles are voicing for more state-run medical schools while the government emphasizes consensus with the medical community.Both ruling and opposition lawmakers are pushing for new public medical schools.However, regarding the locat
As the consumption of respiratory medications, including cold medicines, spiked in the first half due to the spread of the Omicron variant, some industry officials said the government should exclude respiratory drugs from the price-volume agreement (PVA).However, the government said it would keep re
Kangstem Biotech said Wednesday it has confirmed the safety and effectiveness of its atopic dermatitis stem cell treatment, Furestem-AD Inj, in three-year interim results of the long-term study (K0102-E) of phase 3 clinical trials (K0102).The study adhered to the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety gui
Hanmi Science, the holding company of the Hanmi Group, said it would absorb its affiliate Hanmi Healthcare to lead the rapidly changing global healthcare market by acquiring a solid growth engine.Hanmi Science held a board of directors meeting on Tuesday and announced that it had decided to proceed
MSD Korea celebrated expanded insurance benefits for its anti-PD-1 immuno-cancer drug, Keytruda, for the secondary treatment of bladder cancer patients who failed in platinum-containing chemotherapy treatments in an online news conference Tuesday.In a presentation titled "UC (You see) more tomorrows
The ongoing Covid-19 resurgence will likely decline this week or next, but the number of severe cases and deaths could continue to increase for two to three more weeks, officials said Tuesday."As the pace of the recent epidemic slows, there is a chance that it will turn into a downtrend this or next
PharmGen Science said Tuesday that it has secured bioequivalence for 19 ingredients in 29 major products, expecting additional revenue of 20 billion won ($14 million).It said that this additional revenue forecast stems from the government's tightened drug regulations.In June 2020, the government ann
A research team at Seoul National University Hospital has discovered that the CA19-9 level, used as a diagnostic index for pancreatic cancer, is closely related to upper urothelial cancer, cancer occurring in the kidney.Urinary tract epithelial cancer develops in the epithelial cells of the urinary
Korea needs to change the paradigm of vaccine development radically to shorten the development time under a global pandemic scenario, a government report said.The Korea Health Industry Development Institute released a report on the nation’s clinical trial strategy for vaccine development to respond
Murad Jacob "Jack" Kevorkian, or “Dr. Death,” caused great controversy in the U.S. in the 1990s by championing terminal patients’ right to die by physician-assisted suicide – and assisting at least 130 patients to that end.In conclusion, Koreans are unlikely to see a local version of Dr. Death.An op
E&S Healthcare said on Tuesday that it won the Best Abstract and Best Paper award for presenting the world's first blood-based breast cancer diagnostic kit, the DxMe BC kit, at the 2022 American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC).E&S Healthcare, a company specializing in biomarker and in vitr
Daewoong Pharmaceutical is expected to start a phase 3 trial of Enavogliflozin (pipeline name: DWP16001), an SGLT-2 inhibitor to treat diabetes, in China in September.According to ClinicalTrials.gov, a registry of clinical trials run by the U.S. National Institutes of Health, information about Daewo
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections increased after Korea started to ease social distancing rules such as mandatory mask-wearing, a study showed.A research team at Yonsei University College of Medicine published their study, titled “Respiratory Syncytial Virus Outbreak Without Influenza in
April Bio said Tuesday that it had signed a technology license and joint research and development contract with Yuhan Corp. to develop a new drug candidate.Under the accord, the two companies will conduct joint research to develop a new treatment candidate for a dual- and long-acting fusion protein
The ongoing resurge of Covid-19 will peak this week and turn downward, but Korea may face another “big wave” in October and November, a top quarantine advisor to the government said on Monday.Jung Ki-suck, head of the National Advisory Committee on Infectious Disease Crisis Response, predicted so at
Korean researchers said they developed a home-based exercise program (HEP) with an augmented reality (AR) system to improve balance in patients with stroke.Many stroke patients have difficulties in their daily lives due to impaired balance, finding it hard to walk properly. They also become easily e