Korea marked the first trade surplus in pharmaceutical products last year since the nation began compiling related data in 1998, the government said.On Sunday, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety released the data of Korea’s output, export, and import of medicines in 2020.The data showed that the n
Large domestic pharmaceutical companies are likely to continue their growth pattern as they increased sales in the second quarter despite slight drops from the first three months.Hanmi Pharmaceutical, Daewoong Pharmaceutical, Samsung Biologics, GC Pharma, and Hanmi Pharmaceutical began to release th
The fiasco over carcinogen-containing valsartan drugs that broke out three years ago changed the prescription market for valsartan-based antihypertensive single and combination drugs.In July 2018, the Ministry of Food and Safety had prohibited sales of 174 valsartan-based hypertension treatments aft
As criminals use more sophisticated tools, scientific investigation is increasingly becoming important. As a result, the number of autopsies, which can provide conclusive evidence in criminal investigation, is rising, too.The National Forensic Service (NFS) takes more than 9,000 requests for autopsi
The outpatient prescription of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors in the first half of 2021 in Korea increased 12 percent from the same period of last year to reach 64.3 billion won ($55.9 million).According to the outpatient prescription report of UBIST, the gap between AstraZeneca’s
Global researchers have discovered a relationship between Covid-19 and persistent cognitive disorder, including the acceleration of Alzheimer’s pathology and symptoms for the first time.At the online conference of the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) 2021 on Thursday, research
nation’s health authorities are at the brink of quarantine as they struggle to contain the fourth wave, with their vaccination schedule delayed due to supply disruption at makers.However, the government’s Covid-19 czar ensured Friday that there would be no serious vaccine supply problems."About 1.3
Korea’s Covid-19 diagnostic kit makers are shifting from detecting the virus to confirming the formation of virus-neutralizing antibodies among vaccinated people as the pandemic prolongs, industry insiders said Friday.The biggest reason is the uncertainty of generating the antibodies, as people test
The European Medicines Agency announced that it would require pharmaceutical companies to provide a “plain language summary” (PLS) when disclosing clinical trial information from next year to promote the participation of patients and the general public in clinical studies.To meet the requirement, mu
JW Pharmaceutical said Friday that the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety has approved two Livalozet products – 2/10 mg and 4/10 mg -- pitavastatin-based combination drugs for dyslipidemia.The ministry based its approval on phase 3 clinical trial of Livarozet in 25 hospitals, including Gangdong Sacred
Pfizer Korea said that its ALK (anaplastic lymphoma kinase)-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treatment Lorviqua 25mg and 100mg had received approval from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety.While the ministry approved the drug to treat adult patients with ALK-positive advanced NSCLC, hos
More universities and local governments are pushing for establishing new medical schools.However, the Korean Medical Association (KMA) said the nation needs legislation to shut down insolvent medical schools and curb expanding new medical schools.The doctors’ group also asserted that the nation need
A research team of Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital has developed a model that predicts rectal cancer using patients' radiological, pathological, and clinical data.The selected cohort model of 489 patients had rectal cancer surgery from 2009 to 2015. To develop the predictive model for recurrence in rectal
Pharmaceutical companies manufacturing novel oral anticoagulants (NOAC) showed contrasting results in outpatient prescriptions in the first half of 2021, a market surveyor said Thursday.Some domestic NOAC generic makers have been expelled from the market, while original NOAC developers absorbed the
The health authorities are going all out to curb new virus cases to levels before the start of the fourth viral wave, but the beginning of the vacation season is complicating their tactics.The country added 1,674 Covid-19 cases, including 1,632 local infections, raising the total caseload to 195,099
Radiologists can make more effective analyses of chest X-rays by using artificial intelligence, according to a joint study by the Korean AI company Lunit and the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) of Harvard Medical School.The research result was published in European Radiology, Europe’s most reno
The government said it has secured 120 million low-dead space (LDS) syringes for smooth Covid-19 vaccinations in the third quarter.The Covid-19 Vaccination Promotion Task Force said it prepared a stable supply of LDS syringes for the third quarter through a four-party collaboration with the Ministry
With the Covid-19 pandemic continuing for over a year and a half, the number of patients reporting “long Covid” symptoms that linger even after recovery from Covid-19 infection is rising.Long Covid, also known as post-Covid-19 fatigue syndrome, refers to a case where related symptoms persist for mor
The prescription of chronic disease drugs Celltrion acquired from Takeda Pharmaceuticals decreased in the first half of this year from a year ago.According to UBIST, a drug market research firm, the total prescription amount of drugs Celltrion took over from Takeda Pharmaceutical stood at 33.4 billi
The government has decided to restrict the entry of international students departing from countries with widespread Covid-19 variants until the nation vaccinates 70 percent or more of the population.It will also require all international students to undergo at least three polymerase chain reaction (