A new treatment method developed by domestic researchers and improved overall survival (OS) of progressive biliary tract cancer patients in primary treatment has won approval from the government’s regulator.On Thursday, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety approved the combination therapy of Imfinzi
SK Bioscience's Covid-19 vaccine, SKYCovione, is struggling to sell in Korea because of the introduction of bivalent booster vaccines by multinational pharmaceutical companies, such as Moderna and Pfizer, government data showed.According to the "Covid-19 Vaccination Safety Report," released by the K
Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH) said it received a research grant of about 7 billion won ($5.2 million) from the U.S. National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to carry out the "KOMOGEN-D" project, a large-scale depression gene research for Korean women.According to SNUH, the funding is t
Myongji Hospital said it received the "American Hospital Association Excellence Award for Healthcare Workers" award for its "RISE (Resilience through Individual and Systematic Empathy)" program during the 2022 International Hospital Federation (IHF) Congress held in Dubai, the UAE, on Thursday.The a
People with mental disorders fall into crimes due to poor medical structure, a report pointed out, calling for the authorities to prevent this by providing opportunities to treat and manage problems consistently.The Korea Institute of Criminology and Justice made these and other points in its recent
Genome & Company, specializing in microbiome therapeutics, said on Friday that it published study results showing Bifidobacterium longum and Bifidobacterium bifidum bacteria located in the gut were associated with protecting against diet-induced obesity.The research team analyzed intestinal microorg
There are several facts about the origin of restaurants that are little known. One of them is that, in the old days, a restaurant was a “food name,” not a place. In Paris in the 18th century, a restaurant referred to bouillon or a clear broth. The broth was called a restaurant meaning “food that res
Merck Korea, a leading science and technology company, said on Thursday that it appointed Christoph Hamann as general manager of Merck Biopharma Korea.Hamann previously served as managing director of Malaysia and general manager of Merck Biopharma in Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei.Since joining Mer
Closing the curtains on the first DTx Asia which was held in Seoul on Tuesday and Wednesday, Korea Biomedical Review pulled aside three experts in the DTx space to discuss the growing interest in DTx technologies and its outlook for the APAC region.Head of Welt USA Danny Kim, Click Therapeutics Dire
The government said it would reinvestigate the proportion of Korean people who have antibodies against Covid-19, amid experts’ warning that daily cases could exceed 200,000 this winter.The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) announced on Thursday that it would conduct the second and t
Processa Pharmaceuticals, the U.S. partner of Yuhan Corp., has released part of the U.S. phase 2a clinical trial result data of YH12852 (PCS12852), a candidate substance to treat gastrointestinal diseases.Yuhan said Thursday that Processa has secured positive clinical results concerning improving ga
Bepirovirsen, which showed a possibility as hepatitis B’s complete cure in the interim analysis of phase 2b clinical trial results in June, saw its efficacy fall by at least 60 in recent data.Still, GSK said it expects Bepiroviren to become a treatment option providing a complete functional cure for
A local court has judged that even if a patient dies after administering immunotherapy, one cannot always predicate it as a side effect or medical workers' malpractice.Andong Branch of Daegu District Court recently dismissed all claims for damages filed against a hospital by the bereaved family of a
Kuhnil Pharmaceutical said it signed a license and export contract for Rosumega, its dyslipidemia treatment, with Siegfried Rhein, a Mexican pharmaceutical company.Under the accord, Kuhnil will export Rosumega finished products to Mexico through Siegfried Line.Siegfried plans to start the licensing
KT, a South Korean telecommunications giant, said it will invest $2 million (2.7 billion won) in Sonde Health, a U.S. voice biomarker development company, and start business cooperation.Under the agreement, KT plans to use Sonde Health's technology to upgrade its AI voice-based businesses such as ca
Celltrion said it recorded 645.6 billion won ($471.4 million) in consolidated sales in the third quarter, up 60.6 percent from a year earlier.The company also registered 213.8 billion won in operating profit, an increase of 28.1 percent.With the cumulative sales up until the third quarter standing a
Shinpoong Pharmaceutical said Thursday it has sought a regulatory nod to change the phase 3 clinical trial plan using Pyramax, its antimalarial treatment, as a Covid-19 treatment.The primary endpoint of the existing clinical trial plan was set up as the proportion of subjects in hospitalization or d
Johnson & Johnson’s Head of JLABS in Asia Pacific, Sharon Chan, moderated DTx Asia’s afternoon session on day two regarding digital therapeutic start-ups in the APAC region on Wednesday at the Novotel Ambassador Hotel in Seoul.JLABS is an incubator for start-ups in the pharmaceutical, medical device
The government has decided to respond to the recent Covid-19 resurgence without upgrading social distancing measures by increasing the use of oral medicines and protecting facilities vulnerable to infection.Confirming that a Covid-19 resurgence is in progress, the Central Disease Control Headquarter
The Korean biopharmaceutical industry is actively recruiting foreign executives to launch their products in the global market.According to industry watchers, Korean biopharmaceutical companies are pursuing new drug development and commercialization overseas rather than in Korea due to excessive dome