The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety is expected to recall acetyl-L-carnitine (ALC), a cognitive function enhancer, and order drugmakers to stop making ALC-containing medicines in September, an MFDS official said.Shin Kyeong-seung, director of the MFDS’ pharmaceutical safety evaluation department, h
Korea's new Covid-19 cases jumped to a four-month high Tuesday due to summer vacation and increasing reinfections, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said.According to the KDCA, the country added 149,897 new Covid-19 infections, up from 55,292 the previous day and 111,785 a week earlier
The drug regulator is taking steps to revoke the indication of acetyl-L-carnitine, a cognitive function enhancer.On Friday, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety suspended the prescription and dispensing of acetyl-L-carnitine-containing medicines and recommended using alternative drugs.Earlier, the M
Korea reported four deaths from Covid-19 among children aged younger than 10 in July alone, government data showed.The total number of child deaths from Covid-19 has gone up to 27, as of midnight Sunday.According to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA), two children aged nine or yo
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said that it has begun a preliminary review of Comirnaty, Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine developed to fight the Omicron variant.Pfizer Korea applied to the ministry on Friday for a preliminary review on clinical trial data of the Omicron-targeting Comirnaty vaccine.Th
Ten hypertension generic drugs containing azelnidine in the calcium channel blocker (CCB) class, including Intro Bio Pharma’s Intro Azelnidipine, are eligible for reimbursement, the health insurance review agency said.The Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA) released the results of
The quarantine authorities on Thursday lowered their forecast for the peak of daily Covid-19 cases to 150,000.“According to several mathematical analysis groups, the majority opinion is that the peak will come in August,” said Lee Sang-won, head of the epidemiological investigation and analysis team
With the cumulative number of Covid-19 cases surpassing 20 million, the government said that it will promote a “targeted quarantine,” which aims to intensively manage only venues with a high risk of infection.“We have two years and seven months of experience with Covid-19 and a lot of data,” Second
The accumulated Covid-19 caseload in Korea neared 20 million on Tuesday, meaning that almost two of five Koreans have tested positive for the virus.The country reported 111,789 more new virus cases on Tuesday, raising the total caseload to 19,932,439, according to the Korea Disease Control and Preve
The government has been dragging its feet to review insurance benefits for Roche’s new spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) oral drug Evrysdi (ingredient: risdiplam) for over a year because it wants to review it together with expanded insurance coverage for the existing SMA drug Spinraza (nusinersen), sour
Starting Monday, the government stopped conducting daily health monitoring phone calls to high-risk Covid-19 patient groups, including those over 60 or immunocompromised people undergoing at-home treatment.The government had classified those over 60 and immunocompromised people as the intensive at-h
The government is looking for ways to reduce the cost of Covid-19 testing as asymptomatic people complain about paying a considerable sum."We will come up with a plan to ease the economic burden and announce it soon," Second Vice Minister of Health and Welfare Lee Ki-il said during a press briefing.
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) expects to receive certification as a World Health Organization Listed Authorities (WLA) by the end of this year.WLA is a system where the WHO evaluates and certifies the performance of pharmaceutical regulatory agencies. This year, the global health agenc
A renowned epidemiological expert said Thursday that the peak of the Covid-19 resurgence might come earlier than expected, but the maximum daily tally would be lower than the estimation in the original worst-case scenario."Based on various shreds of evidence, I think the country will not see a daily
The government is stepping up efforts to develop the biopharmaceutical sector into the country's next growth engine with various support plans, ranging from tax reduction to clinical trial support.For starters, it will provide Korean companies that purchase overseas vaccine technology companies with
Korea’s daily Covid-19 cases bounced back above 100,000 on Wednesday, as the BA.5, an Omicron subvariant, has emerged as the dominant strain.The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) confirmed 100,285 new virus cases, raising the cumulative caseload to 19,446,946. Wednesday's number is
Compared to other OECD member nations, Koreans use more health and medical services, and the nation has more medical equipment but fewer health workers, such as doctors and nurses.The Ministry of Health and Welfare released its analysis of Korea’s health and medical indicators in the “OECD Health St
The Joint Committee with Migrants in Korea (JCMK) on Tuesday called for beginning discussion in earnest on legalizing unregistered migrant workers in response to the Covid-19 resurgence and labor shortage.In a statement, the committee cited the parliamentary interpellation session on Monday, in whic
Korean people think they might have cardiovascular or cerebrovascular diseases someday but know little of the rules of life to prevent them, according to a recent survey.The result was disclosed by an opinion poll released by the Korean Society for the Prevention of Cardiocerebrovascular Disease (KS
The nation’s new Covid-19 daily tally bounced back to nearly 100,000 on Tuesday, as BA.5 subvariant accounted for 56.3 percent of the total infections, local and imported.The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) confirmed 99,327 new virus cases, raising the cumulative caseload to 19,34