SEOUL, April 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung BioLogics, a biopharmaceutical unit of South Korea’s Samsung Group, said Friday that it has clinched a US$362 million deal to manufacture a candidate treatment for the novel coronavirus. Under the deal, Samsung BioLogics will start full-scale production of U.S. drug firm Vir Biotechnology’s candidate COVID-19 treatment that is [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean biopharmaceutical firm Celltrion Inc. said Monday that it is accelerating work on a treatment for the novel coronavirus as part of its efforts to address the global pandemic. The company was earlier selected as a preferred developer for a monoclonal antibody project to treat and prevent COVID-19 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A considerable number of doctors is South Korea feel they do not have enough time for consultation and to treat patients. According to a survey of 1,002 general practitioners and specialists by InterMD, an online website dedicated to doctors, 60.7 percent said they do not have enough consultation hours. [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Practitioners of western and oriental medicine are currently engaged in a heated debate over the treatment of infertility with oriental medicine. Those in the medical community are at odds over a recent research paper released by Kim Dong-il, a professor of oriental medicine at Dongguk University, at a forum [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Thursday it aims to push up the effective treatment rate for acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) over the 90 percent mark by 2023 by focusing on preventing infections and improving medical care. According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare, the government will strive for AIDS [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea ranks as one of the leading members among the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in the treatment of cancer, medical data showed Sunday. The 2019 Health at a Glance report released by the Paris-based organization said Asia’s fourth-largest economy had the highest five-year survival rate [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean researchers have developed a new process that can lead to better treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (TB), the country’s public health agency said Friday. The headway made by a team led by Kim Jeong-hyun has been successful in creating large numbers of macrophages from pluripotent stem cells, the [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — In the 12 months since new legislation on life-sustaining treatment came into effect, the percentage of patients deciding to suspend or abort life-sustaining treatment has increased by more than 29 times. A research team led by Prof. Heo Dae-seok at Seoul National University Hospital announced on Tuesday the results [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A record number of foreigners visited South Korea for medical purposes last year, as the country has been ramping up a drive to woo more foreign visitors, the health ministry said Wednesday. According to the ministry, 378,967 foreigners visited the country for medical services last year, sharply up 17.8 [...]
Iksan, Apr. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Iksan, North Jeolla Province will be opening a plant clinic at the Agricultural Technology Service Center on Friday. The clinic, comprised of a greenhouse treatment unit, recuperation unit, essential equipment, and two regular staff, will be in charge of treating plants damaged by diseases, pests, abnormal [...]