SEOUL, March 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s outbound shipments of medical products to the European Union (EU) more than doubled on-year in 2020, data showed Friday, with Seoul seeking to further expand exchanges with the EU to cope with the coronavirus pandemic. Exports of pharmaceutical products and medical instruments came to US$4.67 billion in [...]
SEOUL, March 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is posed to speed up the rollout of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine as part of its inoculation campaign as the European Union’s medicines regulator assessed that there is no link to blood clots found in some recipients. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) announced Thursday (local time) that [...]
SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has revealed that men who work lengthy overtime hours are more likely to be obese. Researchers from the College of Medicine of Catholic University of Korea analyzed the correlation between work hours and obesity for 2,592 male salaried workers aged between the ages of 19 and [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) — With South Korea’s major hospitals starting COVID-19 vaccinations for their healthcare workers, the so-called low dead space (LDS) syringe has contributed to greatly increasing the number of vaccinated people per vial of the vaccine. The Seoul National University Hospital vaccinated a total of 3,240 people with 277 vials of [...]
SEOUL, March 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s health care and cosmetics exports soared more than 38 percent to an all-time high in 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic, industry data showed Thursday. The country’s overseas shipments of pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and medical devices stood at US$21.70 billion last year, up 38.3 percent from the previous year [...]
SEOUL, March 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will expand the use of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine to people aged 65 and older to ramp up the vaccine rollout as new overseas studies showed its effectiveness, health authorities said Thursday. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) initially excluded administering vaccines developed by British-Swedish pharmaceutical [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s health authorities are likely to approve AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine for people aged 65 and older this week following the publication of new data overseas showing effectiveness. An independent panel under the health ministry has concluded that the AstraZeneca vaccine is OK for older people, following in the [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study showed that heavy drinking among family members increases the rate of alcohol use disorder (AUD) for university students. Researchers from the Gangneung Asan Hospital in the eastern city of Gangneung conducted a survey of 1,256 students from universities within the region, including 800 male students and [...]
CHUNCHEON, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The hydrocarbon particles contained in fine dust can hinder the growth and development of fetuses, a recent study showed. The study, carried out by researchers at Kangwon National University and Yonsei University, confirmed that two-dimensional graphene oxide is toxic to stem cells and leads to premature differentiation. Two-dimensional graphene oxide [...]
SEOUL, March 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Thursday it will spend over 2 trillion won (US$1.78 billion) over the next 10 years to help local pharmaceutical companies develop new medicines that generate annual sales of over 1 trillion won. The country’s ambitious 2.18 trillion won project, which starts in July this year, will [...]