SEOUL, June 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean biopharmaceutical maker Genexine Inc. said Thursday it has won approval to conduct a clinical trial for its potential coronavirus treatment in the United States. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave the green light for the phase 1 clinical trial of anti-cancer drug candidate GX-I7 for [...]
SEOUL, June 10 (Korea Bizwire) — An affiliate of South Korean biopharmaceutical firm Celltrion Inc. said Wednesday that it will begin a study on the treatment efficacy of its biosimilar Remsima on the novel coronavirus. Celltrion Healthcare, which handles Celltrion’s overseas business, said the trial study of Remsima, a biosimilar drug to treat autoimmune diseases, [...]
SEJONG, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The World Bank has added South Korea to a list of countries that provide emergency medical care to the global organization’s employees, South Korea’s finance ministry said Tuesday. The World Bank requires its workers who have an acute or life-threatening condition or injuries to receive immediate medical treatment in [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Remdesivir shortens recovery time for novel coronavirus patients, but the experimental drug conventionally used for treating Ebola has limited efficacy in severe cases, health experts said Monday. Last week, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, South Korea’s drug safety watchdog, approved the use of Remdesivir as a treatment [...]
SEOUL, June 5 (Korea Bizwire) — An online shopping channel selling thinner face masks crashed Friday as South Koreans rushed to buy the antivirus masks amid warmer weather. Mask manufacturer Welkeeps began sales of the “saliva droplet prevention” masks at 9 a.m., but its online server shortly was shut down as shoppers rushed to get [...]
SEOUL, June 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The temperature in South Korea’s southern inland area hit over 35 C Thursday, raising concerns over the wearing of face masks amid the new coronavirus pandemic. A heat wave advisory went into effect in Daegu, 302 kilometers southeast of Seoul, as well as the nearby counties of Cheongdo, Gimcheon, [...]
SEOUL, June 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A Seoul-based international vaccine research institute said Thursday that it will start clinical trials of a vaccine for the novel coronavirus in South Korea. The first and second phase clinical trials of the COVID-19 vaccine candidate, dubbed INO-4800, are expected to kick off here by the end of this [...]
SEOUL, June 3 (Korea Bizwire) — A Korean scientist has succeeded in curing Parkinson’s disease using a patient’s own stem cells for the first time in history. Prof. Kim Kwang-soo of McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School and his research team announced Tuesday that they had succeeded in a clinical treatment of transplanting stem cells extracted [...]
SEOUL, June 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Wednesday approved the use of remdesivir as a treatment drug for the new coronavirus, paving the way for inbound shipments of the new drug for the first time. The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said it has decided to allow special imports of the drug [...]
SEOUL, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean biopharmaceutical firm Celltrion Inc. announced Monday that positive results were shown for its treatment for the novel coronavirus in animal testing. The company said its antiviral antibody treatment showed a 100-fold reduction in the viral load of SARS-CoV-2, the virus known to be causing COVID-19, in an [...]