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Bio & Pharma
ABL Bio lands $2.8 billion license-out deal with GSK
ABL Bio Inc., a South Korean biotech company, will license out its proprietary blood-brain barrier shuttle platform, called the Grabody-B, to UK-bas...
Apr 07, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
US Chamber of Commerce sees Korea’s business penalties as trade barrier
The US Chamber of Commerce, the country’s largest lobbying group, told Washington that South Korea’s penalties on businesspeople are amo...
Mar 23, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean Investors
Samsung to invest $10 million in US-based C2N Diagnostics
Samsung Group companies will jointly invest $10 million in C2N Diagnostics LLC, a U.S.-based company specializing in blood-based Alzheimer’s d...
Mar 13, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
Koh Young gets OK from FDA for brain surgery robot
Koh Young Technology Inc., a South Korean developer of 3D optical inspection devices used in electronics manufacturing, said on Monday it got 501K...
Jan 21, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
TALOS dives deeper into brain aneurysm icebergs
A single neurosurgeon dedicates his or her entire professional career to performing surgeries on an average of fewer than 10,000 patients with...
Dec 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
GC Biopharma acquires ABO Holding for $96 mn
South Korea’s GC Biopharma Corp. said on Thursday it acquired the US-based medical-grade source blood plasma company ABO Holding Inc. The...
Dec 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Indian stock market gears up for leap: NSE CEO
India’s stock market is gearing up for a leap thanks to an influx of retail investors seeking better returns and the lower barriers for small ...
Oct 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Celltrion's anti cancer drugs hold 90% market share in C.America
South Korea’s Celltrion Inc. said on Friday that its cancer treatments have captured a 90% market share in several Central American countries....
Oct 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Near Brain gives hope to millions of stroke patients worldwide
Strokes are the second leading cause of death and the third leading cause of disabilities globally, according to the World Health Organization.To fi...
Sep 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
OpenResearch gets $7.5 mn seed round
OpenResearch, an AI search service founded by former Kakao Brain CEO Kim Il-Doo, said on Thursday that it got a seed round 10 billion won ($7.5 mill...
Sep 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Hudson AI dreams of a world without language barriers
South Korean startup Hudson AI is striving to break language barriers with its artificial intelligence-powered voice dubbing technology, enabling gl...
Sep 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Kakao to merge dk techin and Kakao Brain
South Korea's Kakao Corp. said on August 23 that its mobile solution development subsidiary dK Techin Corp. will merge with its AI technology affili...
Aug 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
GC Biopharma sells HK subsidiary to CR Pharm Group for $254 mn
South Korea’s GC Biopharma Corp. announced on Wednesday that it signed a share purchase agreement (SPA) to sell all its shares in its Hong Kon...
Jul 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
GC Biopharma exports Alyglo to US
South Korea’s major pharmaceutical company GC Biopharma Corp. announced on Monday that it shipped the initial volume of Alygro, its immunoglob...
Jul 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
Korea’s Koh Young to launch brain surgery robot in US in 2025
Koh Young Technology Inc., a South Korean developer of 3D optical inspection devices used in electronics manufacturing, aims to launch a brain surge...
May 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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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)
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Bio & Pharma
SK C&C wins Korea’s nod for brain infarct diagnosis AI solution
SK Inc C&C (SK C&C), the information technology service unit of South Korea’s SK Group, said on Thursday it has secured medical device...
Feb 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Kakao Brain releases medical GenAI tech for free
Kakao Brain, an artificial intelligence (AI) R&D subsidiary of South Korea's Kakao Corp., announced on Tuesday that it has uploaded the Labeler ...
Feb 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Kakao launches AI-based blood sugar management solution
South Korea’s Kakao Healthcare Corp. has introduced an artificial intelligence-based blood sugar management solution targeting the global digi...
Feb 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
South Korean apps for foreigners' daily life, travel on the rise
The South Korean mobile app market is seeing fast growth of platforms targeting foreign users in the country alongside their increasing demand for a...
Jan 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Biopharma M&As: Next big thing for South Korean manufacturers
When Orion Corp., known for its signature snack cake Choco-Pie, announced a $415 million deal to acquire biotech startup LegoChem Biosciences Inc. l...
Jan 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
GC Biopharma gets FDA approval for Alyglo
South Korea’s GC Biopharma Corp. announced on Monday that it received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the immuno...
Dec 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
GC Biopharma breaks ground on blood product plant in Indonesia
South Korea’s GC Biopharma Corp. broke ground on Wednesday on Indonesia’s first blood product plant through technology transfer.Indonesi...
Dec 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
SK C&C to promote AI healthcare for brain diseases
South Korea's SK C&C announced on Thursday that it signed a strategic business agreement with Neurophet, a cloud-based AI platform for brain ima...
Nov 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
JLK supplies AI stroke solutions to Philippines
JLK Inc., South Korea's stroke diagnosis specialist company, announced on Thursday it implemented two artificial intelligence (AI) stroke diagnostic...
Nov 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Curocell to localize blood cancer drug by 2025
South Korean biotech company Curocell Inc. on Sunday said it will apply for approval from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety in September next yea...
Oct 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Vuno's brain imaging AI medical device secures FDA certification
South Korea's medical device startup Vuno announced on Tuesday that its AI-powered brain quantification device Vuno Med-DeepBrain has received the 5...
Oct 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
SK Plasma gets investment from Indonesian fund
South Korea’s SK Plasma on Tuesday said it signed a term sheet, or a nonbinding agreement on the basic terms and conditions of an investment, ...
Oct 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Naver Smart Store's 100 mn won club reaches 45,000 members
Around 45,000 sellers on South Korea's Naver Smart Store as of June raked in annual sales of 100 million won ($72,250) or more, or 7.9% of the overa...
Sep 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
NGeneBio applies for US patent of early diagnosis tech of dementia
South Korean medical diagnostic company NGeneBio Co. announced on Thursday that it has completed the US patent application for its technology relate...
Sep 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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