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
Two years have passed since the Ministry of Health and Welfare set about to train physician-scientists in the country by introducing the “Program to Foster Convergent Physician-Scientists” in 2019.The government’s program was designed to help talents interested in primary medicine take the path of m
Establishing environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) management strategy is drawing attention as a critical task for biopharmaceutical companies.The Korea Biotechnology Industry Organization (Korea BIO) concluded at its "2022 Bio Industry New Year Forum" last Friday designed to share E
The medical community recently inaugurated a society to research how to apply metaverse, a convergence of virtual and physical space, to the healthcare sector.On Thursday, professors from the Seoul National University College of Medicine launched the “Medical Metaverse Research Society.”The group ai
The government has not decided whether to provide a fourth jab to high-risk groups, Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum said Friday."There is an opinion that people in the high-risk group should receive a fourth vaccination," Kim said during an appearance on Yonhap News TV, a local news channel. "We will ma
As the Covid-19 pandemic is again ravaging the global community due to the spread of the Omicron variant, Korea's in vitro diagnostic medical devices are in the spotlight again amid rising demands.According to the Korea Customs Service, exports of antigen and antibody diagnostic kits amounted to $44
Hong Seung-il, CEO of Healing Paper, which operates GangnamUnni, a mobile app for plastic surgery reviews, received suspended imprisonment in the first trial for illegally attracting patients through the app.Hong lured 9,215 patients to 71 hospitals by selling the hospitals’ beauty procedure coupons
Coreline Soft said it has finalized a contract to supply its AI solutions for lung cancer screening to Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori (INTM), a state-run cancer center in Milan, Italy.With this contract, Coreline Soft will supply aview:LCS, its AI chest diagnosis solution, to INTM and a lung cancer s
Lee Jae-myung, the presidential candidate from the ruling Democratic Party, recently announced that he would allow national health insurance to cover hair loss treatment, wooing young voters in their 20s and 30s suffering from thinning hair. His election pledge has been evaluated as the most popular
SK Plasma said that it has signed a contract with Khairi S.A., a South American pharmaceutical sales company, to export 38.4 billion won ($31.8 million) of blood products.Under the accord, Khairi will have the right to supply SK Plasma's blood products, such as LIV-r Inj. and albumin, to eight count
Samsung Biologics said Friday that it had decided to acquire all 10,341,852 shares of Samsung Bioepis owned by Biogen, a multinational pharmaceutical company, for $2.3 billion.After Biogen requested Samsung Biologics to buy out their shares, the two companies finalized the deal.Biogen had owned 50 p
The government granted health insurance benefits for Bausch Health Korea’s glaucoma treatment Vyzulta Eye Drops 0.024% (ingredient: latanoprostene bunod), and Kolon Pharma’s psoriasis treatment Skilarence Enteric Coated Tab. 120mg (dimethyl fumarate) from February.Also, the government expanded the r
The government expects the Lunar New Year holiday to be a watershed in the spread of the Omicron variant but will not introduce stricter social distancing steps after the period."We will operate without reinforcing social distancing measures as much as possible," Ministry of Health and Welfare Spoke
The Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI) said Thursday that it would recruit companies to move into the C&D Incubation Center located in Boston CIC (Cambridge Innovation Center), the U.S., from Thursday to Feb. 11.It is part of the government’s “K-Blockbuster Support Project,” which a
A joint research team has released a short-term clinical result confirming the efficacy of Novartis' gene therapy Zolgensma (ingredient: onasemnogene abeparvovec) in treating Korean patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).The real-world evidence (RWE) study, published in the online edition of Br