Korea gives license to Euvichol-S, simplified formulation of oral cholera vaccine

The International Vaccine Institute (IVI) and EuBiologics Co have announced the licensure for export by the Korean Minis...

January 2, 2024 | Tuesday | News
“Pharma companies in South Korea will need to invest in skill development”

How is the contract manufacturing/development sector evolving in Korea? How is West leveraging opportunities in this spa...

January 5, 2024 | Friday | Opinion
“The Open Innovation Program has become a trend in the molecular diagnostics industry”

Molecular diagnostics (MDx) is a powerful tool in healthcare. Could you explain why it's considered the most effective m...

January 11, 2024 | Thursday | Opinion
Korea's LegoChem Biosciences inks $1.7 B pact with J&J for ADC development

South Korea's LegoChem Biosciences (LCB) has entered into a license agreement with Janssen Biotech, Inc. (Janssen), a Jo...

December 28, 2023 | Thursday | News
Dx&Vx to develop bio-healthcare big data platform with IT firm LG CNS in Korea

South Korea-based firm Dx&Vx will develop a bio-healthcare big data platform utilising artificial intelligence (AI)&...

December 20, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Canadian healthcare startup Lydia AI expands reach in Korea

Lydia AI, a leading Canadian health artificial intelligence (AI) company, has announced its strategic collaborations wit...

December 18, 2023 | Monday | News
South Korea's Lunit buys NZ-based Volpara Health Technologies for $193 M

South Korea-based startup Lunit, a leading provider of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered solutions for cancer diagnos...

December 15, 2023 | Friday | News
Korea, Japan and China pledge to cooperate closely on healthcare

Second Vice-Minister of Health and Welfare in South Korea, Park Minsoo attended the 16th Tripartite Health Ministers' Me...

December 13, 2023 | Wednesday | News
CEPI supports novel mRNA vaccine development in Korea to protect against future Disease X

Norway-based Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) has partnered with Korea’s Chungbuk National U...

December 12, 2023 | Tuesday | News
Korea to inject more than KRW 250 billion in Bio-health sector next year

The Ministry of Health and Welfare of South Korea government recently held the ‘K-Bio Investment Conference&r...

December 8, 2023 | Friday | News
GC Biopharma establishes mRNA production facility in Korea

GC Biopharma, a South Korean biopharmaceutical company, has completed the construction mRNA (messenger ribonucleic acid)...

December 4, 2023 | Monday | News
CEPI, IVI and MRC Unit The Gambia to bolster clinical research capacity in West Africa to combat regional viral threat

The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), the Republic of Korea-based International Vaccine Institute ...

November 30, 2023 | Thursday | News
DxVx plans clinical trials of cancer vaccine in Asia, including Korea and China

South Korea-based DxVx will conduct its own clinical trials of OVM-200, an anti-cancer vaccine from Oxford Vacmedix (OVM...

November 27, 2023 | Monday | News
Korea-UK advanced biotech cooperation to strengthen technological partnership

A number of Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) on advanced biotechnology cooperation in the fields of synthetic biology, b...

November 24, 2023 | Friday | News
Korea accelerates innovations in vaccines and immunology

The International Vaccine Institute (IVI) and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have signed...

November 23, 2023 | Thursday | News
Korea and Sri Lanka strengthen foundation for greater cooperation in healthcare

The Ministry of Health and Welfare (MoHW) in Korea, the Korea Foundation for International Healthcare (KOFIH) ...

November 22, 2023 | Wednesday | News
SK bioscience and Hilleman Laboratories to develop Zaire Ebola Virus vaccine

South Korea-based SK bioscience has entered into a development licensing agreement with Hilleman Laboratories, in Singap...

November 22, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Korea highlights golden future of wearable devices in healthcare

A research team from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Pohang University of Science and Technology ...

November 20, 2023 | Monday | News