SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean health care authorities on Sunday discussed ways to minimize possible fallout from a looming strike by a nationwide union of nurses and medical workers this week. On Saturday, members of the Korean Health and Medical Workers’ Union, which has some 30,000 nurses and medical workers at 61 [...]
JEONJU, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – A cosmetic product derived from royal jelly, patented by South Korea’s Rural Development Administration (RDA), has demonstrated remarkable effectiveness in reducing wrinkles, according to skin experiments conducted by the agency. The RDA announced on Wednesday that its royal jelly-infused cosmetic had been registered as a functional anti-wrinkle product with the [...]
Yuhan’s Leclaza (lazertinib) (Image provided by Yuhan Corporation) SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – In a significant breakthrough for South Korea’s pharmaceutical industry, Yuhan Corporation’s non-small cell lung cancer treatment has cleared a crucial hurdle with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). On August 20, the FDA approved the combination therapy of Yuhan’s [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study has revealed a significant change in the eating habits of Seoul’s residents over the past decade, with a notable decrease in fruit consumption and an increase in meat intake. According to a report titled “Analysis of Seoul Citizens’ Dietary Habits and Policy Directions” released by the Seoul [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Kim, a Seoul resident who has long avoided dental check-ups, recently began exploring dental insurance options after experiencing swollen gums and sensitive teeth. With individual inlays and crowns costing hundreds of thousands of won, the potential treatment expenses are daunting. However, Kim faces an ethical dilemma after hearing advice from [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean medical community is sharply divided over the nursing bill that calls for greater roles for nurses, with doctors threatening to stage anti-government rallies in case of its enactment, officials said Tuesday. In June, the ruling People Power Party and the main opposition Democratic Party each proposed a [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s health authorities said Tuesday they began requiring people with mpox symptoms who arrived from eight African nations to report to officials, while redesignating mpox as an infectious disease subject to border screening. The move comes after the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) vowed last week [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Health authorities said Friday they plan to supply treatments for 260,000 COVID-19 patients, as the nation saw a surge in cases due to a summer wave. “We have started contacting global pharmaceutical companies after recognizing that treatments are being used more widely than before, and the supply will start [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – As South Korea grapples with an aging population, the market for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) medications is projected to reach 200 billion won by 2026, nearly doubling from its 2018 value, according to a recent report. The forecast, published in ASTI Market Insight by the Korea Institute of Science and [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of foreign medical doctors in South Korea has been on a steady increase, data showed Saturday, amid a prolonged walkout by doctors and trainee doctors here over a government-proposed spike in the medical school quota. The report comes amid plans by the health ministry to allow foreign [...]