A Ministry of Food and Drug Safety data showed that Takeda Pharmaceutical Korea registered the most patents with the ministry in May.According to the ministry’s drug information website, 14 pharmaceutical companies registered 39 patents last month. Takeda Pharmaceutical Korea registered 10 patents t
LG Chem said Thursday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted an additional Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) status to its LB54640, which treats genetic obesity due to proopiomelanocortin (POMC) deficiency.In September 2020, the U.S. regulator also designated LB54640 as a rare drug to tr
The National Cancer Center (NCC) has selected bio big data company, 3BIGS, as the advanced operator of its Multidimensional Data Utilization System for Cancer Patients project this year.The Ministry of Health and Welfare plans to establish a K-Cancer integrated big data system linking cancer treatme
Hugel said Thursday that it has obtained product approval from Health Canada for its botulinum toxin (BTX) formulation, Letybo, which treats forehead wrinkles.The company had completed an on-site inspection of the Geodu plant, Hugel's botulinum toxin production base, to obtain a Canadian product lic
The Korean government emphasized the importance of accumulating big data for cancer research, but its failure to support manpower and resources has made the task extremely slow, experts said.Such criticism came at an international symposium, “AI and Big Data in Cancer: from Knowledge to Action,” hos
Researchers at Gangnam Severance Hospital have confirmed that mutations in the female hormone-related gene (ESR1) accelerate breast cancer recurrence, inhibit endocrine therapy, and affect the survival rate.Estrogen, the female hormone, is one of the main factors that cause breast cancer. Estrogen r
CG Bio said Thursday that the company signed contracts totaling 5.6 billion won ($4.3 million) with CarePlusOne of Taiwan and OTIMA of Brazil to export its anti-adhesion drug, Mediclore.Anti-adhesion agents prevent the adhesion of tissues or organs. After surgery, medical professionals insert it int
Lunit, a medical artificial intelligence (AI) company, said that it submitted a registration statement to the Financial Supervisory Service and started the initial public offering (IPO) process for listing on the Kosdaq market.The company plans to offer 1,214,300 million shares at 44,000-49,000 won
A majority of intern physicians run non-work-related errands for seniors, do extra work without pay, and find it almost impossible to take sick leave, a survey found.As senior physicians greatly influence interns’ careers, interns cannot complain about unfair work. However, in a group chat where int
Korea’s major pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical companies have published reports on their sustainability activities, including corporate social responsibility (CSR) and environment, social, and governance (ESG).On Wednesday, Hanmi Pharmaceutical issued the “2021-22 CSR Report” to explain the comp
The government said Wednesday that it would run a pilot project, allowing sick or injured workers in six localities to rest and receive part of their income as sick pay from July 4.The six areas are Jongro-gu in Seoul, Bucheon in Gyeonggi Province, Cheonan in South Chungcheong Province, Suncheon in
The Seoul National University Bundang Hospital (SNUBH) set up a "K-Bio Health Regional Center" in a ceremony Tuesday in line with a government project supporting the commercialization of biohealth technology.SNUBH President and CEO Paik Nam-jong, Seongnam Mayor Eun Soo-mi, Ryu Hae-pil, director of S
Korea’s suicide rate declined slightly in 2020 from 2019, but the country still recorded the highest rate among OECD member nations, with men more likely to take their lives than women, a government report said.According to the 2022 Suicide Prevention White Paper released by the Ministry of Health a
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety will limit the use of Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor, a treatment for inflammatory diseases, on older adults and other high-risk groups only when existing treatments prove ineffective.“For patients 65 and older, high-risk cardiovascular groups and those with malign
Physicians in Seoul have sued Doctor Now, a telemedicine service provider, for letting users choose which prescription drugs they want to receive at home.The doctors’ group also urged the government to withdraw the temporary Covid-19 policy that allowed telehealth, saying it caused more confusion in
Researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have developed a gene-editing system (CRISPR/Cas9) that can perform intranuclear gene editing only in diseased cells.The gene scissors system is an effective tool for performing sophisticated gene editing by combining a si
The Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA) has been analyzing how new reimbursements for antidiabetic combination therapies mixing oral SGLT-2 and DPP-4 inhibitors would affect the national health insurance financing.If the national health insurance covers SGLT-2 inhibitors in combina
Curocell said its investigational CAR-T therapy anbal-cell (ingredient: anbalcabtagene autoleucel) showed an 82 percent complete response rate in patients with relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma (LBCL).Professor Kim Won-seog of hemato-oncology at Samsung Medical Center, who was the principal
Baxter Korea said Wednesday it highlighted the benefits of expanded hemodialysis (HDx) using its Theranova at a symposium for nephrologists during the 42nd International Academic Conference of the Korean Society of Nephrology (KSN 2022).Professor Choi Hoon-young of Gangnam Severance Hospital present
Hanall Biopharma said it would exclusively sell Stavaster (ingredient: Rosuvastatin), a hyperlipidemia treatment developed by Sandoz Korea, Novartis' subsidiary for generic and biosimilar business.Hanall Biopharma will exclusively sell and promote Stavaster, and Sandoz Korea will supply it.Korea’s r