SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Mediterranean food, with abundant fiber and unsaturated fat, can lower the risk of breast cancer by suppressing obesity, a study indicated Tuesday. A joint research team from Severance Hospital and Chaum Life Center offered a Mediterranean diet to 35 patients with stage 1 to 3 breast cancer for eight [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Medical Center, one of South Korea’s top general hospitals, said Monday it had introduced a home training program based on augmented reality (AR) technology for the rehabilitation of stroke patients. The program uses a sensor attached to an AR monitor installed in patients’ homes. The sensor automatically checks [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of people living in South Korea that have tested positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have drastically fallen since the coronavirus outbreak, primarily due to the suspension of HIV-exclusive testing programs and anonymous examinations at most public health clinics, a report said Sunday. The Korea Disease Control [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean biopharmaceutical firm Celltrion Inc. has opened a research and development (R&D) office in Boston to help accelerate its new drug development capabilities in the United States, according to company officials Monday. Celltrion completed the establishment of the Boston R&D office earlier this year and hired local office [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Celltrion Inc., a major South Korean biopharmaceutical firm, said Friday it has secured a 110 billion-won (US$83 million) drug substance supply deal from Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. for use in producing the Israel-based generic drugmaker’s migraine medicine. Under the contract manufacturing organization (CMO) deal, Celltrion will provide drug substance [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — SD Biosensor Inc., a South Korean developer of COVID-19 test kits, said Thursday it has signed a deal worth 148.3 billion won (US$112.3 million) to supply COVID-19 test kits to Japan. SD Biosensor said it will provide two types of test products — a type that can diagnose both [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — American billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates said Wednesday he hopes to see “a more generous” South Korea in its global aid contribution to help address global health challenges and provide the right help to those in need in developing nations. Gates, a co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates on Tuesday called for South Korea to become a “leader” in global health cooperation to help end infectious diseases like COVID-19. “Korea is poised to be a leader in this work,” Gates said in his address to the parliamentary budget committee at the National Assembly, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Academy of Medicine of Korea has presented an analysis that confirmed a correlation between menstrual abnormalities and COVID-19 vaccination, thereby improving the potential for the provision of compensation for those suffering from these health issues. With respect to the potential for damage compensation concerning post-vaccination abnormal uterine [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Biologics Co., the biotech arm of South Korea’s Samsung Group, said Friday it has tentatively agreed to work with multinational pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca on biopharmaceutical contract manufacturing. The company said in a regulatory filing that it signed a letter of intent on the cooperation in a deal valued [...]