Onconic Therapeutics said its double-inhibition targeted anticancer drug, OCN-201, has won the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety’s approval for a domestic phase 2 clinical trial as an investigational new drug (IND) to treat ovarian cancer.OCN-201 is a double-inhibiting targeted anti-cancer drug (Poly
Korean health authorities have set about to take safety steps in response to foreign information that a new nitrosamine impurity has been detected in aciclovir medicines. Aciclovir is an antiviral medicine that treats infections caused by the herpes virus -- cold sores and genital herpes --, chicken
The results of surgeries performed during the Covid-19 pandemic were not significantly different from those before the pandemic, a study showed.A research team at Asan Medical Center’s surgery department published the paper, “Surgical safety in the COVID-19 era: present and future considerations,” i
For the first time since the outbreak of Covid-19, a large group of international travelers will visit Korea to enjoy Korean healthcare and wellness services.Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) said around 800 people from Mongolia and Kazakhstan would visit Korea for medical and wellness care in group
Doctors operating obstetrician and gynecologist (OB/GYN) clinics expressed outrage Monday toward MSD Korea's decision to raise the price of Gardasil 9, a vaccine to prevent cervical cancer, in the second half, following a similar price hike last year.On May 9, MSD Korea decided to increase the suppl
Zuellig Pharma Solutions Services Korea (SSK), an affiliated company with Zuellig Pharma Korea, has been embroiled in civil and criminal lawsuits over allegations of unfair labor practices and layoffs for over a year.While the Korean judiciary system has yet to decide on the matter, SSK CEO Erwan Vi
VUNO said Wednesday that its AI-based chest X-ray image reading aid, VUNO Med-Chest X-ray, has obtained medical device certification from the Saudi Food and Drug Administration.It is VUNO's first case of obtaining a medical device license in the Middle East, based on which the company plans to enter
The quarantine authorities said Wednesday that they have confirmed the first monkeypox case.According to the KDCA, the patient, who arrived at Incheon International Airport from Germany at 4 p.m. Tuesday, has tested positive for the virus. The person has been in isolation treatment at Incheon Medica
The quarantine authorities are considering expanding the fourth Covid-19 vaccine shots to all people based on domestic quarantine situations and research results at home and abroad, officials said Tuesday."If the immunity level falls quickly, a virus resurge can also come quickly. However, we could
JLK said it signed an exclusive contract with Doctor Net, Japan's largest remote imaging company, to supply MEDIHUB CXR, its lung disease solution.MEDIHUB CXR is a solution that won first place in the 2019 Clinton Foundation bid in the U.S. and received emergency approval from Japan's Pharmaceutical
Medical IP, a digital twin-based medical AI solution provider, said it signed a memorandum of understanding with the Korean Association of Anatomists (KAA) to develop the medical industry by making the most of its digital twin technology.The MOU seeks to promote the digital-twin materialization of a
Vivozon said that it received approval from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) for the phase 1 clinical trial plan (IND) of its addiction prevention drug, VVZ-2471.VVZ-2471 is an oral drug that has shown analgesic efficacy and effects on drug addiction caused by morphine and painkillers. In
Kangstem Biotech said Monday that it has voluntarily withdrawn a phase 1 and 2a clinical trial investigational new drug (IND) approval for "FURESTEM-OA Kit Inj.," a candidate material for stem cell-based osteoarthritis (OA) treatment.The company decided to withdraw its plans after determining that i
The Korean Pharmaceutical Association (KPA) announced that it would fight against the government’s decision to temporarily allow the sales of over-the-counter (OTC) drugs through vending machines as a notable example of a regulatory sandbox.On Monday, the Ministry of Science and ICT said the ministr
Samsung Bioepis chose Samil Pharmaceutical, a strong player in eye disease treatments, to enter the Korean Lucentis biosimilar market for the first time. Lucentis is a treatment for various ophthalmic diseases.The partnership will make Samil a key rival against Chong Kun Dang in Lucentis biosimilar
A research team at Uijeongbu St. Mary’s Hospital has confirmed that those who had had a stroke suffered more anxiety and depression than those who had not, showing a higher risk of suicide.The team, led by Professor Lee Kyung-wook of the Department of Psychiatry, concluded so after analyzing the Nat
Roche has been pursuing “agile transformation” to make the organization and business operation speedy and flexible.Roche Korea, the Korean offshoot of the Swiss multinational healthcare company, followed suit and introduced a new business model last year to help provide patient/client-centered care.
A research team at the Catholic University of Korea Yeouido St. Mary’s Hospital has developed "Eyenet," an intraocular lens (IOL) simulator that allows patients to experience vision through a multifocal IOL before eye surgery.Their study was published in the March issue of Translational Vision Scien
As the government extended the seven-day quarantine mandate for Covid-19 patients for four more weeks last Friday, officials said they could lift the mandate before June 17 if only six indicators meet their criteria.However, on Monday, experts expressed negative views on terminating the mandatory qu
Syntekabio said Monday that it completed domestic patent registration for its neoantigen immunotherapy information delivery system and method utilizing a molecular dynamics big data-based artificial intelligence model called "NEO-ARS.”Neoantigens are mutant peptides that do not appear in normal cell