Eradicating Covid-19 on a global level may be more difficult than exterminating smallpox but easier than polio, according to a recent study.The study, led by Professor Nick Wilson of Otago University in New Zealand and published in BMJ Global Health, reached such a conclusion by analyzing and compar
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) global Solidarity Plus clinical trial advanced to a new phase to test three more candidate drugs in treating hospitalized Covid-19 patients.WHO plans to run the Solidarity PLUS trial with hospitalized patients using artesunate, imatinib, and infliximab selected
GC said that it has obtained product approval from China’s National Medical Products Administration of China for GreenGene F, a hemophilia treatment. The company stressed that this is the first local recombinant hemophilia treatment to receive approval in China.GC received the approval after meeting
Lunit said Thursday that the medical artificial intelligence company and global medical device maker, Fujifilm, have co-developed an AI-based chest X-ray analysis system and won approval from Japan’s Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA).The company said that the newly certified product
government considers whether its “3-T” approach of trace, test, and treat is best for changing situations where new virus cases soar due to variants’ spread.Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum met with quarantine experts at the government complex in Seoul and exchanged opinions on changing the Covid-19 resp
Favoritism questions swirled around the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) after the regulator approved SK Bioscience’s phase 3 clinical trial of Covid-19 vaccine candidate GBP510 on Tuesday.On Thursday, a local news report said the ministry granted the green light even though the participant e
A research team at Severance Hospital has discovered that DDP-4 (Dipeptidyl peptidase-4) oral diabetes medication can slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease.The research team, led by Professors Lee Phil-hyu and Jeong Seong-ho, found that when patients with the early-phase Parkinson's disease to
The government will help more companies speed up the marketing of digital medical devices developed by new technology throughout the entire process of commercialization by linking permission to new medical tech assessments.The National Evidence-based Healthcare Collaborating Agency (NECA) and the Mi
Celltrion said that the Brazilian drug regulator granted emergency use authorization (EUA) for its Covid-19 antibody treatment, Regkirona, on Wednesday.The Brazilian food and drug safety agency, known by the acronym of ANVISA, announced that it would approve the use of Regkirona on high-risk adult p
The Japanese government led by Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga recently announced that it would tighten the fiscal policy, promoting biosimilar-friendly measures.Korean biosimilar manufacturers operating in Japan, such as Celltrion Healthcare and Dong-A ST, are likely to benefit from Japan’s new econo
A research team at Seoul National University said ribonucleic acid therapy (RNA) showed higher delivery efficiency to chondrocytes in cartilage compared to conventional antisense oligonucleotide in treating osteoarthritis (OA).The research team, led by Professor Kim Jin-hong of the university’s Biol
Drug cases are on the rise in Korea, as shown by the surge in confiscated psychotropic narcotics, officials said Tuesday.The interagency crackdown on illegal drug use in the first half of this year resulted in the arrest of 7,565 drug offenders, including 1,138 imprisoned, according to data from rel
Myongji Hospital established MJ Vaccine Institute and held the first Covid-19 vaccine symposium to celebrate its launch on Wednesday.The hospital, which distinguished itself as one of the centers to treat Covid-19, revealed its vision for the research and development of the Covid-19 vaccine based on
Celltrion said Wednesday that it has applied for changing the permission of its Covid-19 treatment, Regkirona (ingredient: regdanvimab), based on the interim results of a global phase 3 clinical trial.Through the new application, the company seeks to change the conditional approval to an official on
Korea's daily Covid-19 tally rose above 2,200 on Wednesday, marking the highest level since the start of the pandemic in January last year.The country added 2,223 Covid-19 cases, including 2,145 local infections, raising the total caseload to 216,206, according to the Korea Disease Control and Preve
JW Bioscience has proved the patentability of its source technology that can diagnose sepsis at an early phase in China, following the U.S. and Japan.The company, a subsidiary of JW Life Science, said Wednesday that it won a Chinese patent for its original technology to make an early diagnosis of se
A Korean research team has presented specific standards for air transport of a Covid-19 cluster infection group without additional infection.Professor Kim Ho-jung of emergency medicine at Bucheon Hospital of Soonchunhyang University and his colleagues published their experience transporting athletes
The fourth wave of Covid-19 is increasingly weighing on critical care, as the number of severely ill Covid-19 patients receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) doubled in a month.The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said there were 379 critically ill Covid-19 patients a
Celltrion Healthcare's biosimilar drug Herzuma (ingredient: trastuzumab) for breast and gastric cancer had more than 51 percent of the market share in Japan in June, overtaking the original therapies sold in the country.The company said Herzuma took the top place in Japan with the reliability proved
A research team at Yonsei University College of Medicine has discovered a new target anticancer drug lead that inhibits the activity of FAK (focal adhesion kinase) and FLT3 (FMS-like tyrosine kinase 3).The team expects that this substance will help develop targeted treatments for breast cancer and l