Korea’s healthcare exports soared 30.3 percent to a record high in the first half of 2021, compared to a year earlier, government data showed.According to data by the Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI), the nation’s shipments of healthcare products amounted to $12.45 billion in the
The government said Wednesday that it would not change the current strict social distancing measures in the greater Seoul area related to private gatherings to contain the fourth wave of Covid-19 infections as soon as possible.Provincial and municipal administrations are considering taking “plus alp
Hospital care coordinators’ medical consultations are deemed “unlicensed medical practices,” and their job duties should be redefined, the National Assembly’s think tank said.National Assembly Research Service (NARS) said some registered nurses and nursing assistants worked as hospital care coordina
Korea has confirmed 2,109 more cases of four major variants of the Covid-19 virus over the past week, including 1,928 cases of the highly transmissible Delta variant, health officials said Tuesday.The cumulative caseload of variants’ infections reached 8,125, with the number of Delta cases tallied a
President Moon Jae-in said Tuesday that the government would complete giving the first Covid-19 shot to more than 20 million people to vaccinate 36 million by the upcoming Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving Day) on Sept. 21.President Moon added that the government would reduce inconvenience and overhaul t
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
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
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
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
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 (
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has revised its emergency use authorization (EUA) for Lilly’s baricitinib and authorized it as a Covid-19 treatment.Baricitinib, developed by Eli Lilly as a treatment for rheumatoid arthritis, is sold under the brand name Olumiant. The FDA granted EUA for the co
Countries with relatively high vaccination rates are pedaling back from preparations for a normal life and toughening quarantine controls due to the quick spread of the Delta variant.The U.S. Biden administration’s promise -- to get 70 percent of Americans vaccinated against Covid-19 for “summer of
Korea's daily Covid-19 tally hit a new high on Wednesday, forcing the government to consider implementing stronger quarantine measures next week if the current distancing scheme fails to curb the virus spread.The country added 1,896 Covid-19 cases, including 1,823 local infections, raising the total
Janssen’s Covid-19 vaccine recipients reported the largest number of Covid-19 breakthrough infections among the fully vaccinated, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said in a regular briefing on Tuesday.A Covid-19 breakthrough infection refers to a Covid-19 case in a person two w
The Korea Pharmaceutical and Bio-pharma Manufacturers Association (KPBMA) said the revision of the Pharmaceutical Affairs Act to restrict generic drugs would be an inflection point to bring about a paradigm shift in the biopharmaceutical industry.The KPBMA made these and other points in its latest p
Korea’s self-sufficiency ratio of active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) has dropped by more than half over the last few years, as the country increasingly relies on China for drug substances, a report said.According to the Korea International Trade Association's (KITA) report on changes in the glo
The government will soon supplement its immunization schedule, as Moderna has informed it of changes in its schedule to supply 40 million vaccine doses, officials said Tuesday."Recently, Moderna has notified us that they will have to adjust the supply schedule due to production disruption," Prime Mi
Research Investment for Global Health Technology (RIGHT) Fund said Tuesday that it would provide an additional 13.6 billion won ($11.8 million) to help finance 10 newly selected research projects concerning infectious diseases this year.According to the RIGHT Fund, it has selected three new research
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said Monday that it has uncovered 482 websites that advertised illegal proxy purchase of foreign treatments for tinnitus, sleep disorder, and other diseases.The ministry has also blocked access to these sites and banned the drugs’ imports by requesting the Korea
As the fourth wave of Covid-19 shows few signs of easing, health officials expressed concerns Monday that the Delta variant, which has strong contagious power, will soon emerge as the dominant strain in Korea, too."Last week, the detection rate of the Delta variant rose to 48 percent of all infected