Researchers at Seoul St.Mary’s Hospital have found that the risk of developing psoriasis increases when patients have metabolic syndrome.The team, led by Professor Lee Ji-yeon of the Department of Dermatology, concluded so after analyzing the National Health Insurance Service data on 5,644,324 adult
Quarantine officials talked about the possibility of returning to daily life on Friday, saying they will manage Covid-19 like the seasonal flu."Although the number of new virus cases keeps increasing, we have decided to gradually lift the quarantine regulations and try again to restore daily life --
Immunomic Therapeutics, a subsidiary of HLB, said it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s approval to conduct the phase 1 clinical trial of ITI-3000, a Merkel cell carcinoma treatment.ITI-3000 is an anticancer vaccine made by combining LAMP1 (lysosomal-associated membrane protein) with t
Researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have developed a computational antibody design and used it to develop a neutralizing antibody that exhibits excellent effects against all Covid-19 variants, including Omicron.SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes Covid-19 infecti
What aftereffects bother people most who were infected by Covid-19 but cured of the disease?A research paper published in the latest issue of the Korean Journal of Internal Medicine offered some clues to this question. The author is Kim Yun-jeong, a professor of infectious disease at the Catholic Un
Aptamer Sciences said on Friday that it signed a CDMO (contract development and manufacturing organization) agreement with China’s Asymchem for developing an anticancer drug.The deal involves GMP process development and production of clinical samples of AST-201, an aptamer-drug conjugate (ApDC)-base
A joint research team has confirmed the therapeutic effects and side effects of carotid artery radiation embolization in single-module liver cancer of five centimeters or larger is similar to liver resection surgery.Liver cancer is the seventh most common cancer in Korea. According to the National C
SK Bioscience said Turkey’s health authorities granted GMP certification to its vaccine plant, raising the chance of exporting self-developed vaccines.On Friday, the company said that the Turkish Medicines and Medical Devices Agency renewed GMP certification on the L House’s vaccine facility, manufa
MSD’s anti-PD-1 immunotherapy Keytruda (pembrolizumab) offered much more benefit than Takeda’s Adcetris (brentuximab vedotin) in progression-free survival and quality of life in relapsed/refractory classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL), a study showed.The latest issue of Blood Advances, published by the
Huons Global said it has completed restructuring its medical device business division by merging its subsidiary, Huons Medicare and Huons Medical, into Huons Meditech.Huons Meditech named Lee Sang-man as the company's first CEO. The company said that Lee would expand target markets at home and abroa
The government is likely to approve more Covid-19 self-test devices to meet the spiking demand for Covid-19 tests, sources said.Korea Biomedical Review learned on Friday that the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) would authorize some Covid-19 home test kits soon.“There are companies that appli
Amid the moves to ease quarantine controls in some European countries, a ranking quarantine official made it clear Thursday that Korea cannot adopt such a policy, saying, “Our situation is different from them.”“We are taking into account foreign countries’ quarantine policy. However, it is kind of h
The two leading presidential candidates and their camps exchanged verbal battles during the Lunar New Year holiday over foreign residents’ health insurance coverage.On Sunday, Yoon Suk-yeol, the standard-bearer of the conservative opposition People Power Party (PPP), said he would strengthen the reg
A research team presented a biomarker that could predict the treatment response of the lenalidomide maintenance therapy widely used in multiple myeloma (MM) for the first time.The team found that progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) were meaningfully short in MM patients with hi
Shinpoong Pharmaceutical has completed an overseas clinical trial of antimalarial treatment Pyramax (ingredient: artesunate/pyronaridine), drawing attention to the study results.According to clinicaltrials.gov, the status of the Phase 2/3 study NCT05192265 for malaria indication has been updated as
The Korean pharmaceutical industry rolled out four home-grown new medicines in 2021. Industry watchers are paying attention to which company will introduce a new drug in 2022.Observers said companies conducting or finishing phase 3 trials to finalize the safety and efficacy might release new drugs t
Yuyu Pharmaceutical has launched Nagran Oral Disintegrating Tablet (Ingredient: Naratriptan), the first generic drug for GSK’s Naramig, a migraine treatment.Patients can use orally disintegrating tablets to relieve migraine headaches rapidly. The company has increased convenience by allowing patient
inno.N said Thursday that it has signed a contract with Malaysia’s Pharmaniaga Logistics to export its gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) therapy, K-CAB, to the Southeast Asian country.Under the accord, Pharmaniaga will have the exclusive right to distribute K-caps in Malaysia for five years. Th
Hugel said it obtained product approval from the French drug ministry (Agence Nationale de Sécurité du Médicament) for Letybo, its botulinum toxin formulation, for treating forehead wrinkles last Thursday.The approval follows Hugel receiving a recommendation for approval of the product approval for
Food and Drug Safety Minister Kim Gang-lip visited Humasis, a diagnostic agent manufacturer, in Gunpo, Gyeonggi Province, on Wednesday.Kim was accompanied by Jeong Jae-ho, director of the Medical Device Management Division at the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS), and four executives from Huma