Boryung, formerly Boryung Pharmaceutical, said Monday that its new anticancer drug, BR101801, has been designated as a developmental orphan drug by the Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety.The designation was made to address the unmet medical needs of peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL), a rare can
The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) announced on Sunday that it will postpone lowering the infectious disease status of Covid-19 from Level 2 to Level 4.If the pandemic is downgraded, mask mandates will be lifted from vulnerable facilities, case counting will be suspended, and the
Both assailants involved in the recent knife attack at Seohyeon Station in Bundang, Gyeonggi Province, last Thursday, and at a high school in Daejeon on Saturday, had a history of mental illness but refused treatment, local news reports said.Some local psychiatrists said the nation’s Mental Health A
Ahn-gook Pharmaceutical has received a corrective order and a fine of 500 million won ($384,600) from the Korea Fair Trade Commission (FTC) for its kickback scheme.The commission said Monday that it imposed a corrective order and a fine of 500 million won on Ahn-gook Pharm for providing cash and goo
"This month alone, I took on 70 million won ($53,800) in new debt. I've been doing this for three years. I can't hold on any longer. I feel like dying. Why did I jump into the nursing hospital business?"A nursing hospital operator, saying he had survived for three years even after being hit by the C
The following article has been provided by Vetter Pharma International GmbH as part of its public relations activities. Korea Biomedical Review has no relationship with and bears no responsibility for the contents and opinions in it. – Ed.Across the clinical manufacturing landscape, one priority is
Ono Pharmaceuticals' colorectal cancer drug Braftovi (encorafenib) has been recognized as appropriate for reimbursement by the Pharmaceutical Benefits Evaluation Committee 18 months after it passed the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA)'s Cancer Disease Review Committee.The commit
CG Invites said Friday that its stocks have been relisted on the Kosdaq market with the changed name from Crystal Genomics to CG Invites.At an extraordinary shareholder meeting in June, Crystal Genomics changed its name to CG Invites due to a change in its largest shareholder to New Lake Invites Inv
Medical device software accounted for 61 percent of all designated innovative medical devices through last month.The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said it is exploring ways for innovative medical devices to enjoy advantages in public tenders.The ministry said Friday that it has designated 13 prod
Amid the signs of Covid-19’s resurgence, the medical community calls for prudence in adjusting its infectious disease status and easing quarantine measures.On Thursday, the Korean Medical Association (KMA) president visited the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) and called for a caut
SINGAPORE -- The medical device industry is undergoing a remarkable transformation. As technology continues to evolve at an unprecedented pace, it's not just the medical devices that are getting smarter but also how they are conceptualized, designed, and brought to market.One such transformative app
BMS Korea said Friday that its oral treatment for plaque psoriasis, Sotyktu (deucravacitinib), has obtained approval from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety.Sotyktu is a first-in-class selective TYK2 inhibitor that moderates the activity of the IL-23/IL-17 pathway, known to play a central role in
The Institut Pasteur Korea said Thursday that it opened Korea’s first global infectious disease specimen resource bank, which will specialize in collecting and distributing infectious disease specimens.The Specimen Resource Bank was licensed on July 24 as a human derivatives bank that legally secure
The 25th World Scout Jamboree in Saemangeum, North Jeolla Province, raises concerns as many participants suffer from heat-related illnesses.The provincial doctors’ group and other organizations are providing medical support, but there have been calls for an immediate suspension of outdoor activities
The International Society for Quality in Health Care (ISQua), a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting improvement in healthcare, will bring its 39th annual conference to COEX, southern Seoul, this year. All eyes will be on Korea from Aug. 27-30 as speakers from international organizations, i
Dongwha Pharm said Friday it has signed an agreement to acquire a 51 percent stake in Trung Son Pharma, a Vietnamese pharmacy chain operator, to enter the Southeast Asian pharmaceutical and beauty market in earnest.Established in 1997, Trung Son is a pharmacy chain operator operating more than 140 p
SINGAPORE -- As the global health landscape undergoes a seismic shift, one condition is quietly, yet relentlessly, asserting itself as the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region—cardiovascular disease (CVD).The silent epidemic of CVD in Asia is not just a matter o
Vivozon Pharmaceutical said it has applied for a preliminary review of the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) to approve Unafra (opiranserine), a non-narcotic painkiller.Unafra is an investigational non-narcotic injection-type pain reliever that mitigates moderate or severe pain. It is intended
A forum is in store to examine the rapidly developing medical artificial intelligence (AI) and digital therapeutic devices (DTx) fields.Kakao Healthcare said it would host the “2023 Global Digital Healthcare Symposium” with Yonsei University Health System (YUHS) on Aug. 30. The symposium is designed
A rare disease drug developed using artificial intelligence has been used in the clinical site to treat patients. Market expectations are high as it confirms the possibility of developing new drugs using AI.Pharos iBio said Thursday that it received approval for the therapeutic use of PHI-101, a tre