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Samsung to nurture biotech as next growth engine after chips: Lee
May 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
FDA suspends COVID-19 diagnostic kit of S.Korea’s SD Biosensor
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recommended that consumers discard select models of Pilot COVID-19 self-diagnostic test kits sold on t...
May 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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SK Biopharmaceuticals gets marketing approval for epilepsy drug in Israel
South Korea’s SK Biopharmaceuticals said on Wednesday that the Israeli Ministry of Health has approved the company's new drug application (NDA...
May 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Merck to build biopharma raw material plant in Korea
Global pharmaceutical company Merck is considering a plan to establish a biopharmaceutical raw material production facility in Daejeon.South Korean ...
May 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Daewoong Pharma to build third botulinum toxin plant for $746 mn
South Korea’s Daewoong Pharmaceutical next year will open a third plant to greatly expand annual output of its botulinum toxin Nabota at a cos...
May 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Celltrion applies for Phase 3 clinical trials in Europe for biosimilar
South Korea’s Celltrion Inc. is speeding up global clinical trials of its biosimilar of the multiple sclerosis (MS) treatment Ocrevus (active ...
May 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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SK Bioscience to invest $1.8 billion, seeks M&As for inorganic growth
SK Bioscience Co., the drug-making unit of South Korea’s SK Group, plans to spend 2.4 trillion won ($1.8 billion) over the next five years and...
Apr 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Kakao Healthcare teams up with US digital, biohealth firms
Kakao Healthcare, a digital healthcare platform unit of South Korea's Kakao Group, has teamed up with US digital and health companies such as DexCom...
Apr 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Daewoong to transfer techs for autoimmune disease to US pharma
South Korea's Daewoong Pharmaceutical announced on Friday that it has signed a technology export contract for the clinical development and commercia...
Apr 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bionote, Covetrus sign distribution agreement diagnostic products for animals
BioNote, South Korean developer of diagnostic reagents for animals, announced on Tuesday that it has signed a supply contract with Covetrus, a US-ba...
Apr 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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CG Bio establishes US corporation to develop tissue products
South Korean bio-regenerative medical firm CG Bio has launched a new US corporation CG MedTech, to focus on the development and marketing of tissue ...
Apr 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Lotte Biologics invests in S.Korean bio-venture Pinotbio
South Korea’s Lotte Biologics Co. said on Friday that it has made an equity investment in Pinotbio, Inc. for the development of antibody-drug ...
Apr 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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S.Korea's Kainos Medicine exports AIDS treatment technology to China
South Korean new drug developer Kainos Medicine Inc. announced on Friday that it had signed a technology transfer agreement with Chinese pharmaceuti...
Apr 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Celltrion Healthcare enters top 10 in hospital prescriptions in Turkey
South Korean biopharmaceutical company Celltrion Healthcare Co. on Thursday said it ranked in the top 10 out of 400 companies last year on the Turki...
Apr 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Export of Korean medical devices to Vietnam to be easier
South Korea's Ministry of Food and Drug Safety announced on Thursday that the public procurement regulations of the Vietnamese government, which had...
Apr 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Welt gets second digital therapeutic device approval in S. Korea
South Korea's Ministry of Food and Drug Safety announced on Wednesday that it has approved the cognitive therapy software "WELT-I" developed by We...
Apr 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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AbClon shows promising results in clinical tests of leukemia treatment
South Korean companies are standing out in the global competition to develop chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) treatments, dubbed "dream" a...
Apr 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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GeneOne Life Science gets patent for coated microneedle tech in China
South Korea’s biopharmaceutical company GeneOne Life Science Inc. on Tuesday said it received a patent from the China National Intellectual Pr...
Apr 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Daewoong Pharma, UK firm to jointly develop autoimmune disease drug
South Korean drugmaker Daewoong Pharmaceutical Co. said on Tuesday that it has signed a cooperation agreement with Sygnature Discovery, a British ne...
Apr 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Lotte Biologics to invest additional $48 mn in US plant
South Korea’s Lotte Biologics Co. held a plaque ceremony on Monday to commemorate the acquisition of a pharmaceutical production plant from Br...
Apr 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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S.Korea’s KOTRA to aid domestic pharmaceutical firms in Japan entry
The government-run (South) Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) announced on Tuesday that it will hold an export consultation meeting for...
Apr 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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S.Korea's Celltrion Healthcare launches Vegzelma in US
South Korea's Celltrion Healthcare Co. on Monday said it launched on the US market Vegzelma, a biosimilar of Bevacizumab, a medication for colorecta...
Apr 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Vaxcell-bio's NK cell therapy wins therapeutic approval for liver cancer
South Korean anti-cancer immunotherapy company Vaxcell-Bio Therapeutics announced on Friday that its natural killer (NK) cell therapy, Vax-NK/HCC, h...
Apr 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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S.Korea’s first-generation bio companies set up support fund for new ventures
South Korea's first-generation bio companies and Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) have created a bio investment fund to support ventures in the field ...
Apr 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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HLB starts Phase 3 clinical trials for ophthalmic disease treatment in US
South Korea's pharmaceutical company HLB Therapeutics Co. announced on Thursday that it has started patient administration of "RGN-259," a treatment...
Apr 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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S.Korea's iNtRON launches halal test kit to target Middle Eastern market
South Korean biotech firm iNtRON Biotechnology Inc. is focusing on the Middle Eastern market with the introduction of its "LiliF Halal Real-time PCR...
Apr 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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SK Biopharmaceuticals wins Red Dot award for 2 devices
South Korea’s SK Biopharmaceuticals on Tuesday said two of its self-developed wearable devices won the main prize in the health care category ...
Apr 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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S.Korea sees release of generic diabetes drugs after Forxiga patent expires
South Korea's pharmaceutical companies are competing to sell generic drugs to raise their presence on the domestic market for diabetes treatment wit...
Apr 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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JW Pharma to use zebrafish in new drug development
South Korean drug developer JW Pharmaceutical has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Zefit, a domestic non-clinical trial institu...
Apr 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Verismo's CAR-T therapy designated fast-track status by FDA
Verismo Therapeutics, a US affiliate of South Korean pharmaceutical firm HLB Co., has received fast-track designation from the US Food and Drug Admi...
Apr 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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