The oriental medicine community has called for putting traditional medicine practitioners into the medical field to fill the healthcare vacuum caused by striking doctors. On Thursday, however, the Ministry of Health and Welfare drew a line on the issue, saying, “We can’t do that.”In response to the
Samsung Bioepis said it has made significant progress with its autoimmune disease treatment biosimilar, SB17, suggesting its potential use across all indications treatable by the original drug, Stelara.Stelara is an interleukin (IL)-12, 23 inhibitor developed by Janssen. It is used to treat inflamma
Proponents of the medical school enrollment quota increase have maintained that Korea needs to lower doctors’ income to an optimal level by expanding the number of physicians and avoiding falling into a “medical school black hole.”The "medical school black hole" in Korea refers to a phenomenon where
Myongji Hospital has begun performing TAVI (transcatheter aortic valve implantation), one of the most difficult cardiovascular procedures.The hospital was certified as a TAVI provider by the Ministry of Health and Welfare last year and has since been performing TAVI procedures in earnest, with Profe
Nine-thousand-two-hundred-and-seventy-five trainee doctors have resigned at 100 major training hospitals nationwide, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said Thursday. Those who left their workplaces numbered 8,024.The ministry announced the result of its field checks on doctors’ collective action at
In a move to combat the rising threat of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the Asia-Pacific region, Korea Biomedical Review (KBR) has announced its partnership with the APAC CVD Alliance on Thursday. Yang Kyung-cheol, CEO and publisher of KBR, and Dr. Krishna Reddy Nallamalla, CEO of ACCESS Health Int
Dongkook Pharmaceutical said it signed a memorandum of understanding with Oncovix to commercialize functional materials at its headquarters office in Cheongdam-dong, southern Seoul, last Friday.Through this agreement, the two companies will jointly develop new drugs with antibacterial and anti-infla
JW Medical said Thursday that it launched the ARIETTA 750 DeepInsight (AR750DI), a premium ultrasound imaging device incorporating high-resolution image-realizing technology.Developed by Japan’s Fujifilm, AR750DI is a premium ultrasound medical device that applied Deep Insight technology to the exis
The government says it will consider using physician assistant (PA) nurses to fill the healthcare gap caused by the mass resignation of junior doctors, but most hospitals do not see it as a realistic option.That’s because PAs are already working in hospitals, but the legality of their practice is am
As tensions between the U.S. and China in the healthcare industry escalate, the U.S. is intensifying its scrutiny of Chinese companies, extending beyond the biotech sector into medical devices.The U.S. FDA has recently issued a warning to medical device manufacturers to re-examine the work of third-
CAR-T (chimeric antigen receptor-T cell) therapy, often referred to as the dream cancer drug, is a treatment for patients with cancers for which there are currently no other options.What are the results of CAR-T treatment for cancer patients who are at a dead end, then?"At least, the current data sh
Boditech Med said Wednesday that it has acquired a 3.03 percent stake in 4TEEN4 Pharmaceuticals GmbH (4TEEN4), a German company focusing on developing therapeutics and diagnostic biomarkers for treating cardiogenic shock.Along with the equity investment, Boditech Med has entered into a license agree
The government has moved toward restricting overseas travel for interns and residents who resigned in protest to the increase in medical school enrollment quota, causing controversy.Under the new measure, doctors who tendered their resignations in a collective action must have a recommendation lette
Samsung Bioepis has begun clinical development of its next flagship pipeline, a biosimilar of Keytruda (pembrolizumab).Samsung Bioepis said Wednesday that the company had initiated a global phase 1 clinical trial of SB27, a Keytruda biosimilar, and its 11th biosimilar pipeline.Samsung Bioepis will r
Korean medical experts have welcomed the introduction of Pfizer’s Zavicefta (ingredient: ceftazidime/avibactam), a new antibiotic treatment for infections caused by multi-drug resistant organisms, including carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE).During a press conference organized by Pfizer K
Hugel said Tuesday that it has won the first round of lawsuit against the head of the Seoul Food and Drug Safety Office to rescind the latter’s administrative order to revoke the license of its botulinum toxin product, Botulax, and stop its manufacturing and sales.On Feb. 8, the Seoul Administrative
Korea Pharma received the domestic bridging clinical study report (CSR) of its iron deficiency treatment, KP-01, and disclosed it on Monday.The bridge clinical trial of KP-01 was conducted in Korea after the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety approved the investigational new drug (IND) application in
In the midst of a deepening dispute between the Korean government and medical professionals over medical school quotas, an unprecedented number of resident doctors and medical students are turning their attention to the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE), signaling a potential mass
AstraZeneca's third-generation EGFR TKI, Tagrisso (osimertinib), has demonstrated advanced efficacy in treating stage-3 non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in the chemoradiotherapy (CRT) setting. EGFR TKI refers to epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor.AstraZeneca said Monday, lo
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