GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) said it selected Kwangdong Pharmaceutical, instead of SK Bioscience, to sell its quadrivalent influenza vaccine Fluatrix Tetra in Korea.On Tuesday, GSK said it signed an agreement with Kwangdong Pharmaceutical for a joint sale of Fluatrix Tetra.Fluarix Tetra added one more stra
VUNO Med®–DeepCARS™, AI-based cardiac arrest prediction software, has won approval from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, the company said Tuesday.Vuno said its UNO Med®–DeepCARS™ predicts the risk of cardiac arrest based on vital signs like blood pressure, pulse rate, respiratory rate, and body
The government is scrambling to secure more hospital beds due to a surge in severe Covid-19 patients.The Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters reported 420 severe Covid-19 patients on Tuesday, increasing 21 from the previous day. It marked the highest number of patients in critica
Sanofi-Aventis Korea has updated the newly confirmed long-term safety data of Dupixent (ingredient: dupilumab) in treating adult patients with atopic dermatitis in Korea.The recent update was based on the confirmed safety profile up to three years of an open-label extension study conducted on 2,677
The government's policy on the biopharmaceutical industry will play a pivotal role in occupying the global bio market amid its rapid growth fueled by the Covid-19 pandemic, a state-funded institute said.The Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI) published a report on the “next normal” o
Daratumumab, new targeted cancer therapy for multiple myeloma, could reactivate the hepatitis B virus, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital said Tuesday.I was the first such finding in the world, the hospital added.A research team studied 105 multiple myeloma patients who went through Daratumumab treatment fro
Medytox may have felt it worthwhile to file a lawsuit against Daewoong Pharmaceutical with the International Trade Commission (ITC) and nullify the ITC ban on Daewoong’s imports in a settlement with its U.S. partner Allergan and Daewoong’s partner Evolus.Medytox announced it would enter another lega
Vivozon said that it has resumed its phase 3b clinical trials for using Opiranserin, its non-narcotic analgesics, in treating bunionectomy.The company had temporarily halted the trial due to difficulties recruiting patients during the Covid-19 outbreak in the U.S. in August of last year. The company
The world needs Covid-19 treatments now more than ever due to the continuing increase of Covid-19 cases, but it will take a considerable time to commercialize Korea’s second Covid-19 treatment, industry watchers said.Among locally developed Covid-19 treatments, Celltrion’s Regkirona (ingredient: reg
A joint research team has found a mechanism for applying statins, a widely used hyperlipidemia treatment, to treat KRAS (kirsten rat sarcoma virus) mutant cancer.To find the method, the team -- led by Dr. Kim In-san, head of the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) Theragnosis Research C
Samsung Medical Center (SMC) said Tuesday that the hospital has conducted the largest number of abdominal aortic aneurysm repairs on Marfan syndrome (MFS) patients in the world.MFS is a congenital connective tissue disease that affects the cardiovascular system. It can cause fatal complications like
Samsung Biologics has recently won the cell line patent invalidation trial filed in China against the Swiss multinational biotech company, Lonza, it was learned.In January, the company filed a trial for invalidation of cell line-related patents with China's National Intellectual Property Administrat
Amivantamab, approved by the U.S. FDA as the first targeted treatment for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) Exon 20 insertion (Exon20ins) mutations in May, has proved its efficacy.EGFR Exon20ins mutations are known to show inherent resistance to tyrosine
The global regenerative medicine industry is growing rapidly, and the Asia-Pacific region is a major center of growth for the sector driven primarily by the recently added new Korean and Taiwanese clinical trials, a report said.There are 1,320 industry-sponsored regenerative medicine and advanced th
Korea's health authorities changed their previous stance and said they might consider drawing up the "With Corona" plan in late September or October. The "With Corona" plan refers to the shift of the quarantine system to severe patients while letting most others live a normal life.Appearing at the N
Vuno said Monday that Pusan National University Hospital (PNUH) has introduced its artificial intelligence-based medical voice recognition solution VUNO Med-DeepASR.The platform is a clinically tailored voice recognition solution with 99 percent of the training data concentrating on thousands of h
Abion revealed its growth strategies and future plans in an online news conference on Monday ahead of its upcoming IPO in the Kosdaq market. “With our differentiated R&D strategies, Abion will achieve technology transfers through continuous studies,” CEO Shin Young-key said. “By going public on the
A revised bill of the Medical Service Act mandating surveillance cameras in hospital operating rooms has passed the review of the legislative subcommittee of the National Assembly’s Health and Welfare Committee.The bill calls for installing CCTV cameras inside the operating room and shooting surgery
Researchers at Asan Medical Center have found that patients at a pre-hypertensive stage -- systolic 130~139mmHg and diastolic 80~89mmHg -- have a 1.37 times higher risk of developing coronary atherosclerosis than those with normal blood pressure.Coronary arteriosclerosis is a condition in which chol
Philips Korea said that its CEO Kim Dong-hee would also run Philips Asia Pacific's health systems business division from Monday.Kim is a healthcare professional with long-term experience in specialized medical devices. In addition, she has more than 17 years of global leadership experience, covering