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Ildong mulls seeking COVID-19 pill approval from Korea first
Jul 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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COVID-19
Korea firms’ Shanghai plants to remain disrupted long on lockdown
South Korean companies’ production in Shanghai is expected to remain disrupted long on the lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19, raising con...
Apr 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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SK Bioscience to sell Novavax COVID-19 vaccine in Thailand, Vietnam
SK Bioscience Co., a biopharmaceutical unit of South Korea’s SK Group, said on Friday it has acquired non-exclusive rights to sell US-based Nov...
Dec 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea approves export of Samsung Biologics-made Moderna vaccine
South Korea approved exports of Moderna Inc.’s COVID-19 vaccine produced by Samsung Biologics Co. in a move that will help the country’s ...
Dec 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea’s reopening stocks jump on easing Omicron woes
South Korea’s reopening stocks surged on Dec. 3 as US President Joe Biden’s plans to curb the Omicron variant of COVID-19 exclude lockdow...
Dec 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Celltrion to export COVID-19 treatment to Europe in 2021
South Korea’s pharmaceutical giant Celltrion Inc. is set to export its COVID-19 treatment Regkirona to Europe by the end of this year as it see...
Nov 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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SK seeks to make Pfizer, Merck COVID-19 pills in CMO deals
SK Inc., the investment and holding company of South Korea’s SK Group, is seeking to make COVID-19 treatment pills developed by Pfizer Inc. and...
Nov 17, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Celltrion wins COVID-19 treatment approval from Europe
South Korea’s pharmaceutical giant Celltrion Inc. has won final approval for its COVID-19 treatment Regkirona from the European Commission, a d...
Nov 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung Biologics-made Moderna vaccine available to Koreans this week
Moderna Inc.’s COVID-19 vaccine first produced by Samsung Biologics Co. under a contract manufacturing organization (CMO) service will be avail...
Oct 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung Biologics gears up to produce mRNA drug substance
South Korea’s Samsung Biologics Co. is gearing up for the drug substance (DS) sector of the messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA)-based COVID-19 va...
Sep 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea electronics, auto sectors hit by triple whammy
South Korea's electronics and auto industries, the two main pillars of Asia’s fourth-largest economy, are losing growth momentum. Demand is slo...
Aug 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
Korean won at 11-month low as foreigners dump $6.1 bn in stocks this week
The South Korean won tumbled to a near 11-month low as foreign investors dumped $6.1 billion in local stocks this week much more than their total sel...
Aug 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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SK Bioscience to kick off phase 3 vaccine trials
SK Bioscience Co. has received approval from South Korea’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) for phase 3 clinical trials of its COVID-19 ...
Aug 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean govt to spend $1.9 billion to become world’s leading vaccine maker
The South Korean government will invest 2.2 trillion won ($1.9 billion) by 2025 to become a top five vaccine producer in the world. President Moon Ja...
Aug 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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War for bio talent intensifies as S.Korea works on mRNA vaccines
As concerns rise over a resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic, the war for talent in South Korea’s pharmaceutical industry is intensifying as the...
Aug 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Celltrion to enter clinical trials of new COVID-19 treatment
South Korean biosimilar maker Celltrion Inc. will launch the first-phase clinical trials of its new COVID-19 treatment candidate next month, followin...
Aug 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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COVID treatment deals drive Samsung Bio’s record quarterly earnings
South Korea’s Samsung Biologics Co. posted its highest quarterly revenue and operating profit, thanks largely to a number of long-term manufact...
Jul 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Strong Korea Q2 growth keeps rate hike stance despite COVID-19 risks
South Korea's economy reported strong growth on healthy private consumption in the second quarter, keeping expectations of an interest rate hike late...
Jul 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Biotech
Korea’s new PCR kits, devices to speed COVID-19 detection
South Korea’s biotechnology companies are releasing polymerase chain reaction (PCR) kits and equipment to detect COVID-19 infections within an ...
Jul 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Celltrion’s COVID-19 treatment reduces incidence of severity by 70%
Celltrion Inc. on July 13 said that its COVID-19 treatment Regkirona has proven effective in reducing the incidence of severe cases of the virus by 7...
Jul 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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COVID-19 blues? Pandemic makes SD Biosensor Korea’s top-grossing bio firm
Multinational biopharmaceutical companies have dominated the world’s diagnostics market for years. However, the coronavirus pandemic, which sta...
Jul 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Eyegene to kick off Korea’s first mRNA clinical trial
Eyegene Inc. will be South Korea’s first vaccine maker to conduct clinical tests of messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) COVID-19 vaccines. Ealier...
Jul 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea’s pharma consortium to develop mRNA vaccines by 2022
South Korea will develop its own messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) vaccines by next year with plans to annually manufacture 100 million doses from 20...
Jun 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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CureVac may pick Korea as Asian base for COVID vaccine production
German biopharmaceutical company CureVac N.V. may choose South Korea as one of its global production bases for the COVID-19 vaccine following Korean ...
Jun 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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SK Bioscience secures up to $173.4 mn from CEPI for vaccine development
SK Bioscience Co. has secured additional funding for phase III clinical trial of GBP510, its COVID-19 vaccine candidate jointly developed with the In...
May 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung Biologics to make Moderna’s mRNA vaccine from Q3
Samsung Biologics Co. will be manufacturing the US company Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine (mRNA-1273) from the second half of this year in Korea. A...
May 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean pharmas may turn into global vaccine makers on Biden remarks
South Korea’s biosimilar and pharmaceutical companies are looking at a growing chance of emerging as a global hub for manufacturing vaccines fo...
May 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Genexine exports COVID vaccine candidate to Indonesia
Genexine Inc., one of the five South Korean pharmaceutical companies whose COVID-19 vaccine candidates have entered clinical trials, will export its ...
Apr 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean PEFs raise bets on pandemic-hit aircraft sector
The aviation industry, one of the hardest-hit sectors by the global pandemic, is now whetting the appetite of South Korean private equity firms which...
Apr 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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SK Bioscience halts flu vaccine output to focus on COVID vaccines
South Korea’s SK Bioscience Co. is suspending production of SKYCellflu, an influenza vaccine, to focus on manufacturing COVID-19 vaccines inste...
Mar 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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