The government said that Korea is estimated to have a 94.9 percent Covid-19 antibody positivity through vaccinations and natural infections.On Tuesday, the Central Disease Control Headquarters released the Covid-19 antibody positivity survey report results.The results were from a pool of 1,612 peopl
For patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), the 2022 NCCN guideline recommends tests for a mutation in PD-L1, a biomarker for immunotherapy, and EGFR, ALK, KRAS, ROS1, BRAF, NTRK1/2/3, MET exon 14 skipping and RET mutations for targeted therapy so that patients can receive optimal customiz
Myongji Hospital's Natural Medicine Research Institute said it has signed a business agreement with Cosmax NBT, a health functional food company, to research and develop a natural product-based health functional food.The hospital aims to supply natural product-based health functional food for people
Life Semantics said it is speeding up clinical trials for patients with respiratory diseases with Redpill Breath, a digital prescription treatment for respiratory rehabilitation.Redpill Breath is respiratory rehabilitation software that helps people with respiratory diseases to rehabilitate themselv
The stigma of one’s local community being discriminated against as a Covid-19 infection area affected the mental health of adolescents negatively, a study found.The National Medical Center’s research team released their study, “Factors Related to Anxiety and Depression Among Adolescents During COVID
Shinpoong Pharmaceutical, already working on multinational phase 3 trials of antimalarial treatment Pyramax in Covid-19 patients, said it would begin a new phase 2 study in Korea.The company said that the new study aims to confirm Pyramax’s effect against the Omicron variant.On Monday, the Ministry
HK inno.N said Tuesday that it has discovered next-generation immune-cancer antibodies in collaboration with Y Biologics. It added that the two companies would use this discovery to expand their research portfolio in antibody treatments and cell therapies such as CAR-T and CAR-NK.Antibodies are prot
The government said Friday that it would work out institutional and cultural measures to allow Covid-19 patients to automatically take a leave of absence instead of lifting quarantine obligations for those who test positive for the virus.It will decide whether to lift the quarantine obligation for c
Medical AI solution provider Coreline Soft said Monday that the company has started a cooperative relationship with medical AI platform company Promedius to advance AI solutions and expand market share.Coreline Soft has supplied its AI diagnostic solution as a national lung cancer screening support
Samsung Biologics said it would participate in the world’s largest biopharmaceutical exhibition, "2022 BIO International Convention,” from June 13-16 in San Diego, Calif., organized by the Biotechnology Innovation Organization.BIO holds the annual event in major U.S. cities with bio-clusters, provid
Dongkook Pharmaceutical said Monday it has signed a business agreement with Efil Bioscience to promote their joint research into new drugs.The two companies aim to develop promising new drugs, derive one or more non-clinical candidate substances by the end of this year, and conduct non-clinical rese
A research team at Yonsei University has revealed the immunological mechanism and cause of tuberculosis exacerbation in patients infected with the virus following mycobacterium tuberculosis infection.Tuberculosis is the most serious infectious disease among the three major diseases designated by the
Korean specialists in gastric cancer released the results of a large-scale investigator-initiated cancer study, drawing the attention of oncologists worldwide.The researchers unveiled the first report of the K-Umbrella study in patients with advanced gastric cancer (AGC) at the annual meeting of the
Pfizer Korea halted the supply of Vyndaqel Cap. 20 mg (Ingredient: Tafamidis), a transthyretin amyloid polyneuropathy (ATTR-PN) treatment, due to quality issues.The drug, which delays peripheral nerve damage in adult patients with stage 1 symptomatic polyneuropathy, has no substitute drug with the s
The Institute of Basic Science (IBS) said Monday that its researchers have revealed that Merlin, a protein in vascular cells, is a key material that makes a restraining adjustment of angiogenesis through animal experiments.Angiogenesis is a process whereby new blood vessels grow from existing mature
Ilooda said Monday that Acutron, its high-frequency electrosurgical device and dedicated electrodes, has received 510(k) approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).The 510(k) is a premarket submission made to FDA to show a device is safe and effective, substantially equivalent to a le
Among cancer patients who use complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) outside of mainstream healthcare, 16 percent said they have taken fenbendazole, an anthelmintic used against parasites in animals, a study found.Professor Kim Jung-sun of hemato-oncology at the Chungnam National University Se
Experts will gather in Seoul this month to discuss the importance of regulatory science in the bio-health industry and strategies for further advancement.The Korean Society of Food, Drug and Cosmetics Regulatory Sciences (KFDC) said at a news conference on Friday that it would hold a conference on r
The government plans to survey 10,000 patients to make guidelines for treating long Covid, lasting aftereffects seen by many recovered people.Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said Friday that the government decided to conduct the survey as a proper investigation has been insufficient despite many people
Ipsen Korea said it aims to provide a better treatment option for Korean renal cell cancer patients with a Cabometyx and Opdivo combination therapy after receiving approval to use the treatment as first-line therapy."Kidney cancer is a type of cancer difficult to detect at an early stage, and chemot