SEOUL, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Bioscience Co., a major South Korean pharmaceutical firm, said Monday it plans to invest 150 billion won (US$132 million) through 2024 to expand its production capacity of COVID-19 vaccines. SK Bioscience said the investment is meant to increase the production capacity of the production line based in Andong, [...]
GYEONGSAN, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study showed that in an ordinary environment, being exposed to bad odor-causing material for a long time can deteriorate immune function. Researchers from the Daegu Catholic University published an academic paper showing that when rats were exposed to bad odor-causing chemical materials, their immune function deteriorated. The [...]
SEOUL, June 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean pharmaceutical giant Celltrion Inc. said Monday that its COVID-19 antibody treatment has sharply reduced recovery time and the chance of a severe case. Celltrion announced top-line results from a global phase three clinical study of Rekirona, a pivotal part of the study to obtain more comprehensive safety [...]
SEOUL, June 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen COVID-19 vaccine supplied to South Korea was not produced in a troubled Baltimore factory that was forced to throw out about 60 million doses over possible contamination, the health ministry said Saturday. South Korea has been administering Janssen’s single-shot vaccine since Thursday to reserve forces, [...]
SEOUL, June 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Researchers from the Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine said Thursday that they had discovered evidence through a series of animal experiments indicating that acupuncture helps overcome depression. Rats suffering from depression were divided into three groups, with one group receiving no medical treatment and the other receiving acupuncture. The [...]
SEOUL, June 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans on Thursday began to get the Janssen COVID-19 vaccine provided by the United States, with many of them hoping for an imminent return to normal life. The Janssen vaccine, the fourth to be imported into South Korea after AstraZeneca, Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, is dubbed the “one-shot [...]
DAEJEON, June 10 (Korea Bizwire) — With the surge in sales of protective masks following the coronavirus outbreak, patents for technology designed to prevent these masks from causing environmental damage also jumped in number last year. The Korean Intellectual Property Office reported that 112 patents were submitted last year in relation to eco-friendly mask technologies, [...]
SEOUL, June 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Kim Ji-woo (alias), a 36-year-old office worker, found herself near the end of the line to get a COVID-19 vaccine, as she is not among the groups that are prioritized in the country’s nationwide inoculation plan. But she learned that the newly-launched “leftover” vaccine booking system was a way [...]
SEOUL, June 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The government has announced the launch of a ‘K-Cancer’ initiative to build big data records on the clinical information of the most common cancers for Koreans, including stomach cancer, colon cancer and lung cancer. The Ministry of Health nd Welfare gave a briefing about its public health data and [...]
SEOUL, June 3 (Korea Bizwire) — With more South Koreans getting vaccinated for COVID-19, convenience store chains are seeing a boost in Tylenol sales. 7-Eleven reported a 23.3 percent increase in Tylenol sales last month compared to the previous month. Tylenol sales between May 27 and 30, soon after the introduction of the reservation service [...]