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Bio & Pharma

  • Bio & Pharma

    EuBiologics gets WHO certification for cholera vaccine facility

    South Korea's EuBiologics Co. announced on Friday that the vaccine bulk production facility at its Chuncheon Plant No. 2 for the oral cholera vaccin...

    May 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

    1 Min read

  • Bio & Pharma

    OCI eyes acquisition of US biopharmaceutical company

    OCI Holdings Co., South Korea’s largest polysilicon maker, is looking abroad to acquire a biopharmaceutical company in the US in a consortium, ...

    May 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

    1 Min read

  • Bio & Pharma

    MedInTech attracts $14.6 mn series B investment

    MedInTech Inc., South Korea's medical smart endoscopes startup, announced on Monday that it attracted a series B investment of 20 billion won ($14.6 ...

    May 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

    1 Min read

  • Bio & Pharma

    Samsung Medison buys AI medical startup Sonio

    South Korea’s Samsung Medison, a medical equipment subsidiary of the global memory chipmaker Samsung Electronics Co., is taking over France&rsq...

    May 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

    1 Min read

  • Bio & Pharma

    S.Korean anti-obesity drugmakers eye niche demand

    The global weight management market has entered a new chapter following the arrival of blockbuster weight-loss medication Wegovy, and South Korean la...

    May 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

    4 Min read

  • Bio & Pharma

    Samsung Life Science invests in US biotech firm Latus Bio

    Samsung Life Science Fund, managed by Samsung Group’s venture investment arm, has invested in US biotechnology firm Latus Bio Inc. during the l...

    May 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

    3 Min read

  • Bio & Pharma

    Lunit, Radiobotics team up to enter EMEA markets

    South Korean medical AI company Lunit announced on Thursday that it partnered with the Danish musculoskeletal AI diagnostics company Radiobotics ApS ...

    May 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

    1 Min read

  • Bio & Pharma

    Celltrion to supply Remsima, Herzuma to Peru

    South Korea's Celltrion Inc. announced on Thursday that it secured a contract to supply its biosimilars for autoimmune disease treatment and anticanc...

    May 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

    1 Min read

  • Bio & Pharma

    JLK to supply medical AI solutions in Indonesia

    South Korea’s JLK Inc., an AI-based stroke care platform maker, announced on Tuesday that it signed a business agreement with medical consultin...

    Apr 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

    1 Min read

  • Bio & Pharma

    NGeneBio to transfer NGS tech to UAE company

    South Korean medical diagnostic company NGeneBio Co. announced on Tuesday that it signed a contract with the United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based medical...

    Apr 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

    1 Min read

  • Bio & Pharma

    Korean botox sales gain momentum in US, China

    South Korea is ramping up exports of botulinum toxin to the US and China, the world’s two top consumers of the neurotoxin protein, with its pri...

    Apr 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

    2 Min read

  • Bio & Pharma

    HK inno.N to release K-CAB in MENA market

    South Korean bio-health company HK inno.N announced on Tuesday that it signed a contract with Saudi Arabian local pharmaceutical company Tabuk Pharma...

    Apr 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

    1 Min read

  • Bio & Pharma

    Samsung Bioepis gets OK to sell Stelara biosimilar in Europe

    South Korea's Samsung Bioepis has received approval from the European Commission to sell Pyzchiva, a biosimilar of the autoimmune disease Stelara. Th...

    Apr 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

    1 Min read

  • Bio & Pharma

    Celltrion releases Remsima SC in Denmark

    South Korea's Celltrion Inc. announced on Thursday that it released its autoimmune disease treatment Remsima SC (infliximab) in Denmark. Remsima SC i...

    Apr 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

    1 Min read

  • Bio & Pharma

    Korea’s Celltrion, SK Biopharmaceuticals benefit from direct US sales

    Celltrion Inc. and SK Biopharmaceuticals Co. are witnessing improving sales revenue and profitability by selling their products through their own mar...

    Apr 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

    3 Min read

  • Bio & Pharma

    Bio startup ArtBlood attracts $4.8 mn investment

    South Korean bio startup ArtBlood, specializing in blood production for transfusion, announced on Tuesday that it successfully secured an investment ...

    Apr 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

    2 Min read

  • Bio & Pharma

    KKR, Hanmi heirs likely to join hands for controlling stake

    The two sons of Hanmi Pharmaceutical Group’s founding family, who were approved as board members of the holding firm Hanmi Science Co. at its s...

    Apr 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

    3 Min read

  • Bio & Pharma

    Genesystem enters Indian tuberculosis treatment market

    Genesystem, a South Korean biotech company said on Tuesday that it will export 20 on-site tuberculosis (TB) diagnostic devices and 6,000 TB test kits...

    Mar 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

    1 Min read

  • Bio & Pharma

    Global quest to find modern elixirs enters new chapter

    NEW YORK/ BOSTON – Longevity has long been the dream of humankind. China’s first emperor Qin Shi Huang was obsessed with finding magic el...

    Mar 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

    4 Min read

  • Bio & Pharma

    Medytox to supply $73 mn botulinum toxin to Brazilian firm

    South Korea's biopharmaceutical firm Medytox Inc. announced on Tuesday that it signed a contract with Brazilian pharmaceutical company Blau Farmaceut...

    Mar 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

    1 Min read

  • Bio & Pharma

    Samsung begins new drug development for rare diseases

    Samsung Bioepis Co., a biosimilar development unit of South Korea’s top conglomerate Samsung Group, has begun its new drug development business...

    Mar 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

    3 Min read

  • Bio & Pharma

    SK Bioscience exports Sky Cellflu to Thailand

    South Korea's SK Bioscience Co. announced on Thursday that it has shipped about 440,000 doses (for single-dose administration) of its cell-cultured i...

    Mar 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

    1 Min read

  • Bio & Pharma

    Drug maker Boryung targets its highest-ever sales in 2024

    Boryung Corp., formerly Boryung Pharmaceutical Co., aims to join the 1 trillion won ($748 million) sales club this year, driven by new chronic diseas...

    Mar 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

    3 Min read

  • Bio & Pharma

    Samsung invests in BrickBio in US

    Samsung Group announced on Tuesday that its Life Science Fund has invested in the US-based antibody-drug conjugates (ADC) and gene therapy technolog...

    Mar 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

    1 Min read

  • Bio & Pharma

    Reversing age possible in a decade: Harvard Prof. David Sinclair

    Humans will be able to control biological age and reverse their age in 10 years with advancements in medical science and live up to around 120, about...

    Mar 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

    long read

  • Bio & Pharma

    Celltrion'a autoimmune disease drug Zymfentra makes US debut

    South Korean biopharmaceutical giant Celltrion Inc. said on March 17 that it has launched its new autoimmune disease treatment Zymfentra in the US ma...

    Mar 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

    1 Min read

  • Bio & Pharma

    Vivid Health gets seed round from Kakao Ventures

    Vivid Health, a South Korean startup that operates an obesity treatment management platform announced on Wednesday that it got a seed round investmen...

    Mar 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

    1 Min read

  • Bio & Pharma

    Celltrion ships initial supply of Zymfentra to US

    South Korea's Celltrion Inc. announced on Wednesday that it shipped the first supply of its subcutaneous injection type of the autoimmune disease tre...

    Feb 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

    1 Min read

  • Bio & Pharma

    GC Biopharma aims to boost Alyglo sales sixfold in the US

    CHEONGJU, North Chungcheong Province -- South Korea’s major pharmaceutical company GC Biopharma Corp. aims to raise the sales of Alyglo, its im...

    Feb 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

    2 Min read