Korea Biomedical Review

K-beauty brand Tonymoly taps IVE’s Liz as new ambassador

Tonymoly, the Korean cosmetics brand known for its playful packaging and youth-focused marketing, has named Liz of the K-pop ...
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SK bioscience secures EU project for patch-type flu vaccine

SK bioscience said the company and its partners -- IDT Biologika (IDT) and Australia’s Vaxxas -- have been selected to run a ...
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Curocell’s Rimqarto achieves 1st confirmed 5-year cure in high-risk lymphoma

A high-risk blood cancer patient has been declared cured after receiving Curocell’s Rimqarto (anitocabtagene autoleucel), a ...
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ER doctors slam government transfer reform as ‘disaster,’ call for immediate halt

Emergency medicine specialists have strongly opposed the government’s “pilot project for innovation in the patient transfer ...
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Samsung Medison teams up with vet association to build nationwide ultrasound training network

Samsung Medison and the Korean Animal Hospital Association (KAHA) signed a memorandum of understanding on Wednesday to establish a nationwide ultrasound education network for veterinarians.As pet owne ...
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[Reporter's Notebook] After years of billion-dollar licensing deals, Korea’s biotech boom faces its reckoning.

For years, Korea’s biotech sector has announced licensing agreements valued in the trillions of won, figures that can translate into hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars. The totals were o ...
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Korean Organization for Rare Diseases elects MS advocate Yoo Ji-hyeon as new president

Yoo Ji-hyeon, head of the Korean Multiple Sclerosis Society, has been elected president of the Korean Organization for Rare Diseases (KORD).KORD announced Tuesday that Yoo was elected during its regul ...
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AKOM flags rise in AI-generated ‘fake oriental doctors’ used in product ads

The Association of Korean Medicine (AKOM), a group of Korean medicine practitioners, has issued a warning following a series of cases in which AI-generated “fake oriental medicine doctors” were used t ...
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MFDS bets on early intervention to cut rare disease drug delays

The greatest challenge in developing treatments for rare diseases is not only scientific complexity. With small patient populations and limited clinical data, delays in development can directly mean l ...
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Bill seeks to shield doctors’ apologies from use as court evidence

Doctors’ expressions of regret after medical incidents may soon be legally protected from being used as court evidence under a newly introduced bill.The bill also proposes establishing an independent ...
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K-beauty ranks No. 1 in Japan’s imported cosmetics market for 4 consecutive years

K-beauty claimed the top spot in Japan’s imported cosmetics market again in 2025, marking its fourth consecutive year at No.
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Samjin Pharm rolls out brivaracetam epilepsy drug Bricetam

Samjin Pharmaceutical said Tuesday that it has launched Bricetam Tablets (brivaracetam), a third-generation epilepsy treatment.According to Samjin Pharmaceutical, Bricetam Tab maintains the mechanism ...