Health2Sync and Novo Nordisk enhance insulin administration via digital diabetes care in Korea

Health2Sync, Asia's leading digital chronic disease management platform, has announced the successful integration of Sma...

July 9, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Korea's Celltrion announces US launch of denosumab biosimilars for osteoporosis treatment

Celltrion has announced that STOBOCLO® (denosumab-bmwo) and OSENVELT® (denosumab-bmwo), biosimila...

July 8, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Singapore-Korea partnership to apply AI in hair follicle regeneration research

Singapore-based startup NYB.AI and Pnaseer Inc., a startup based in South Korea, have announced a strategic partnership ...

July 8, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Korea to develop AI-based diagnostic reagents for high-risk pathogens

Attoplex Inc., a South Korea-based startup specialising in in vitro diagnostic (IVD) medical devices, has signed a Memor...

July 3, 2025 | Thursday | News
Lunit and Microsoft collaborate to advance AI-driven cancer diagnosis

South Korea-based Lunit, a leading provider of artificial intelligence (AI) for cancer diagnostics and therapeutics, has...

July 3, 2025 | Thursday | News
Korea's Seegene launches STAgora, new platform for infectious disease analytics

South Korea-based Seegene Inc., a global leader in molecular diagnostics (MDx) solutions, has announced the launch of ST...

July 2, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Korea's Chungnam National University inks MoU with global mass spectrometry leader Sciex

Sciex, a global leader in life science analytical technologies, has signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)...

July 1, 2025 | Tuesday | News
SK bioscience completes expansion of new vaccine production facility in South Korea for global market

SK bioscience, a global innovative vaccine and biotech company based in South Korea, has secured a large-scale co...

June 30, 2025 | Monday | News
SK Biosciences partners with PhnyX Lab to streamline drug discovery research using AI

South Korea-based SK Biopharm has signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with AI corporation PhnyX Lab in ...

June 27, 2025 | Friday | News
Korea approves US-based Quanterix's biomarker assay for Alzheimer's disease detection

US-based Quanterix Corporation, a company fueling scientific discovery through ultrasensitive biomarker detection, has a...

June 25, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Ono Pharma and Vertex to commercialise Povetacicept in Japan and South Korea for nephropathy treatment

Japan-based Ono Pharmaceutical Co., and Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, in the US, have announced an exclusive coll...

June 24, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Novogene establishes new subsidiary in Korea to accelerate multi-omics research

Novogene, a global leader in next-generation sequencing (NGS) and multi-omics solutions, has announced the establishment...

June 23, 2025 | Monday | News
Korean biopharma firm Celltrion opens new UK headquarters in Uxbridge

Celltrion UK has officially opened its new UK headquarters at the Charter Building in Uxbridge, UK, reinforcing the comp...

June 19, 2025 | Thursday | News
Korea's Lotte Biologics signs tripartite MoU to develop antibody-drug conjugates toolbox

Lotte Biologics, Axcelead Drug Discovery Partners, Inc., and Kanaph Therapeutics Inc. have signed a tripartite Memorandu...

June 18, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Samsung Biologics launches drug screening services, Samsung Organoids

South Korea-based Samsung Biologics, a leading contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO), has announced...

June 16, 2025 | Monday | News
Korea's Mezzion expands Udenafil pipeline to target multi-billion dollar kidney disease market

South Korea-based Mezzion Pharma Co., a leader in rare disease therapeutics, has announced the expansion of its udenafil...

June 13, 2025 | Friday | News
Cytiva completes projects in Asia, US & Europe with $1.6 B strategic investment

Cytiva, a Danaher company and global life sciences leader, has completed significant expansion projects in several locat...

June 13, 2025 | Friday | News
Korean firm Daewoong Pharmaceutical advances drug discovery programmes

Swedish biotech company Salipro Biotech AB has entered into a research collaboration with South Korea headquartered Daew...

June 10, 2025 | Tuesday | News
South Korea's AriBio licenses Alzheimer’s drug to Arcera in $600 M deal

AriBio Co., a South Korean biopharmaceutical company specialising in neurodegenerative diseases, and a Swiss pharmaceuti...

June 10, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Korea University partners with US-based Seer to develop AI-driven diagnostics for cancers in young adults

US-based Seer, Inc. and Korea University have announced the launch of a population-level study aimed at identifying nove...

June 4, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Milestone partnership highlighting Korea’s expanding influence in global biotech innovation

MarkHerz Inc., a South Korea-based biotechnology startup specialising in AAV-based gene therapies targeting cardiovascul...

June 3, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Korea's Dx&Vx accelerates development of universal COVID-19 vaccine

Bio-healthcare company Dx&Vx (DXVX) has accelerated the development program for a universal COVID-19 vacci...

May 29, 2025 | Thursday | News
BioIVT LLC and Handok Biotech sign agreement to advance innovation in South Korea

US-based BioIVT, a global research partner and biospecimen solutions provider for drug and diagnostic development, has a...

May 28, 2025 | Wednesday | News
AVING News Interview: BioSpectrum Asia's Insights from ICPI Week 2025

It was a privilege to share BioSpectrum Asia’s vision and editorial focus with AVING News during ICPI Week 2025 in...

May 23, 2025 | Friday | Opinion
AVING News interacts with Dr Manbeena Chawla, Executive Editor, BioSpectrum Asia at ICPI Week 2025

  ICPI Week 2025 Wrap-Up ICPI WEEK 2025 WRAP-UP | BY MANBEENA CHAWLA, EXECUTIVE EDITOR, BIOSPECTRUM ASIA ...

May 23, 2025 | Friday | Opinion
Korea's MediThinQ enters China for deploying wearable surgical displays in operating theatres

MediThinQ, the South Korean startup specialising in wearable extended reality (XR) surgical displays, has announced a st...

May 21, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Korea steps up support for expanding traditional medicine overseas

The Ministry of Health and Welfare (MoHW), South Korea government and the National Institute for Korean M...

May 19, 2025 | Monday | News
Thermo Fisher opens Cell and Gene Therapy Vision Centre in South Korea

Thermo Fisher recently celebrated the opening of its new Cell and Gene Therapy (CGT) Vision Centre in South Korea. The c...

May 17, 2025 | Saturday | News
Korean startup Rznomics partners with Eli Lilly to commercialise RNA-editing therapeutics

Rznomics Inc., a South Korea-based biopharmaceutical startup specialising in RNA-based therapeutics, has entered in...

May 16, 2025 | Friday | News
TriLink BioTechnologies and International Vaccine Institute ink MoU to support development of mRNA-based vaccines

US-based TriLink BioTechnologies, a Maravai LifeSciences company and global provider of life science reagents and s...

May 15, 2025 | Thursday | News
Agilent partners with Ubix Therapeutics to advance transformative cancer research in South Korea

Agilent Technologies Inc. has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Ubix Therapeutics to accelerate highly tar...

May 15, 2025 | Thursday | News
Biocom California fosters collaboration with KoreaBIO for new opportunities in life sciences sector

Biocom California, the association representing the California life science industry, and KoreaBIO, a life science trade...

May 13, 2025 | Tuesday | News
South Korea-based Vuno's AI-powered cardiac arrest risk management system earns CE MDR and UKCA certifications

Vuno, a leading South Korean medical artificial intelligence (AI) startup, has announced that its flagship AI-powered ca...

May 12, 2025 | Monday | News
New project to advance vaccine uptake and address AMR in the Philippines

South Korea-based International Vaccine Institute (IVI) in collaboration with International Centre for Antimicrobial Res...

May 9, 2025 | Friday | News
Lunit to power Germany’s largest private radiology network with AI imaging

South Korea-based Lunit, a leading provider of artificial intelligence (AI) for cancer diagnostics and therapeutics, has...

May 9, 2025 | Friday | News
“Korean life science companies concentrate on low-carbon manufacturing processes”

What criteria were used to select keynote speakers and feature pavilions this year, and what message are you aiming to c...

May 7, 2025 | Wednesday | Opinion
SK bioscience joins Korea's national initiative to develop Avian Influenza Vaccine

SK bioscience, a global innovative vaccine and biotech company committed to promoting human health from prevention to cu...

May 7, 2025 | Wednesday | News
ICPI WEEK 2025 in Korea wraps up with 41,720 visitors and $1.265 B in export consultations

ICPI WEEK 2025, Asia’a leading industrial B2B exhibition, successfully concluded its four-day run at KINTEX (Korea...

May 1, 2025 | Thursday | News
Global CDMO AGC Biologics supports South Korea's Novelty Nobility to develop antibody drug candidate

US-based AGC Biologics, a global Contract Development and Manufacturing Organisation (CDMO), has announced a multiphase ...

May 6, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Scientists in Korea develop retinal therapy to restore lost vision​

Researchers at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have successfully developed a novel ...

May 5, 2025 | Monday | News
“South Korea is rapidly emerging as a global biotech powerhouse”

How do you see this milestone positioning the company in the biotech landscape, and what are your immediate priorities p...

May 1, 2025 | Thursday | Opinion
The Rise of K-Biotech

South Korea’s biopharma market, at $22 billion, ranks as the thirteenth largest globally, reports Intralink Korea....

May 1, 2025 | Thursday | Analysis
Korea announces new partnership to expand adult vaccination

The British Embassy in Korea, the British Chamber of Commerce in Korea, and GSK Korea have signed a three-way Memorandum...

April 28, 2025 | Monday | News
BioSpectrum Asia picks top 3 pharma & biotech exhibitors at ICPI Week 2025

ICPI WEEK 2025, a comprehensive event bringing together component and materials companies across pharmaceuticals, biotec...

April 26, 2025 | Saturday | News
Lotte Biologics begins full-scale operation of ADC manufacturing facility in US

South Korea-based Lotte Biologics has signed a manufacturing agreement with an Asia-based biotech company for ...

April 24, 2025 | Thursday | News
SimonMed Imaging partners with Korea's Lunit to bring new era of AI-powered breast cancer detection

SimonMed Imaging, one of the largest and most advanced outpatient medical imaging providers in the United States, has an...

April 24, 2025 | Thursday | News
ICPI WEEK 2025 opens at KINTEX, South Korea at largest-ever scale

ICPI WEEK 2025, a comprehensive event bringing together component and materials companies across pharmaceuticals, biotec...

April 22, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Korea's DAAN Biotherapeutics and GC Cell join hands to advance CAR-T and CAR-NK cell therapies

South Korea-based DAAN Biotherapeutics, a leading innovative drug development company specialising in T-Cell recept...

April 21, 2025 | Monday | News
Korea's LG expands advanced materials business globally focusing on antimicrobial properties

South Korea-based LG Electronics is accelerating the global expansion of its advanced materials business with LG PuroTec...

April 17, 2025 | Thursday | News
US-based biotech startup Cellino announces inaugural expansion into Asia-Pacific region

Cellino, a biotechnology company pioneering autonomous biomanufacturing for personalised regenerative medicine, has anno...

April 15, 2025 | Tuesday | News
KOREA PHARM & BIO 2025 to showcase next-generation biotechnologies

KOREA PHARM & BIO 2025, the 15th International Pharmaceutical & Bio-Pharma Exhibition, will be held at KINTEX 2 ...

April 12, 2025 | Saturday | News
KOREA LAB 2025 to emerge as largest edition in exhibition’s history

KOREA LAB 2025, the 19th International Laboratory, Analytical Equipment, and Biotechnology Exhibition, will be held at K...

April 12, 2025 | Saturday | News
KINTEX to hold 2025 ESG Sustainable Packaging Fair from April 22 to 25, in South Korea

The 2025 ESG Sustainable Packaging Fair will be held for four days from April 22 (Tuesday) to 25 (Friday) at KINTEX 1st ...

April 12, 2025 | Saturday | News
COPHEX 2025 to highlight key technologies in pharmaceutical, biotech and cosmetics industries

COPHEX 2025, the International Pharmaceutical, Bio, and Cosmetics Technology Exhibition, organised by Kyungyon Exhibitio...

April 12, 2025 | Saturday | News
Showcase of Cutting-Edge Cold Chain Technologies at KINTEX on April 22 in South Korea

The 3rd Korea Int’l Cold Chain Exhibition (KOREA COLD CHAIN 2025), where the latest technologies and solutions in ...

April 12, 2025 | Saturday | News
CI KOREA 2025 leaps forward as global cosmetics industry innovation platform

Celebrating its 10th anniversary, “CI KOREA 2025,” an exhibition taking place at KINTEX 2 from April 22-25, ...

April 12, 2025 | Saturday | News
Premier Exhibition for Chemical Processing Industry to open in South Korea on April 22

The 17th Korea International Chemical Processing Industry Exhibition (KOREA CHEM 2025), the leading event showcasing cor...

April 12, 2025 | Saturday | News
Korea's Seegene unveils next-gen fully automated PCR solution Cureca

Seegene Inc., a global leader in molecular diagnostics (MDx), is advancing its vision for innovation in laboratory ...

April 10, 2025 | Thursday | News
Korea's GC Biopharma receives regulatory approval for world's first recombinant anthrax vaccine

GC Biopharma has announced that the Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) has approved its anthrax vaccine...

April 9, 2025 | Wednesday | News
GSK signs £2 B deal with Korean startup ABL Bio for treatment of neurodegenerative diseases

South Korea-based startup ABL Bio Inc. has announced a worldwide licensing agreement enabling GlaxoSmithKline Pharm...

April 7, 2025 | Monday | News
Korea's Lunit partners with National Cancer Institute to advance AI-powered biomarker research

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

April 1, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Korea's Seegene to accelerate medical innovation using Azure OpenAI and HPC technology

On March 26, Microsoft (MS) CEO Satya Nadella arrived in Korea for the Microsoft AI Tour in Seoul, a forum that brought ...

March 27, 2025 | Thursday | News
Korea and Romania to strengthen cooperation in healthcare

The Ministry of Health and Welfare, South Korea recently held a bilateral meeting with Alexandru Rafila, Minister of Hea...

March 26, 2025 | Wednesday | News
South Korea's LigaChem Bio invests $25 M in UK-based Iksuda Therapeutics

South Korea-based LigaChem Biosciences has announced a $25 million strategic investment in its partner, Iksuda Therapeut...

March 25, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Shimadzu Scientific Korea strengthens cooperation between industry and academia

Shimadzu Scientific Korea Corporation (SSK), a subsidiary of Japan-headquartered firm Shimadzu in South Korea, and Chung...

March 24, 2025 | Monday | News
US-based Alamar Biosciences expands commercial support in Asia Pacific region

Alamar Biosciences, a US-based company powering precision proteomics to enable the earliest detection of disease, has an...

March 20, 2025 | Thursday | News
HiRO and Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital to advance drug development in Korea

Harvest Integrated Research Organization (HiRO), a boutique global CRO, has signed an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) ...

March 21, 2025 | Friday | News
Vatech and Pearl join forces to revolutionise dental diagnosis with AI integration

South Korea-based Vatech, a global leader in dental imaging solutions, and Pearl, a frontrunner in dental AI technology ...

March 20, 2025 | Thursday | News
Novotech strengthens clinical trial capabilities in South Korea

Novotech, a global leading full-service clinical Contract Research Organization (CRO), and Acrostar, a provider of Site ...

March 19, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Lunit secures 5-year contract with SEHA in UAE for AI-based breast cancer screening programme

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

March 19, 2025 | Wednesday | News
LOTTE BIOLOGICS signs a strategic partnership agreement with Asimov

LOTTE BIOLOGICS has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Asimov, a company headquartered in Boston, Massachus...

March 17, 2025 | Monday | News
BIOPLUS-INTERPHEX KOREA 2025: Pioneering the Future of Biopharma with Specialized Pavilions

Showcasing Innovation Through Specialized Pavilions BIX 2025 will spotlight four specialized pavilions, each dedicated ...

March 17, 2025 | Monday | News
Sartorius to open cell culture media facility in Korea by 2027

To better meet customer demand, particularly in the Asia Pacific region, and to expand regional value creation, Sartoriu...

March 14, 2025 | Friday | News
Korea's Samsung invests $10 M in US-based C2N Diagnostics to strengthen brain healthcare

US-based C2N Diagnostics, LLC, a specialty diagnostics company with a vision to bring Clarity Through Innovation, h...

March 14, 2025 | Friday | News
ENCell signs MoU with Cell Resources Corp to pave way for market entry in Japan

ENCell Co., Ltd., a South Korean biotech company specialising in advanced biopharmaceutical contract development and man...

March 14, 2025 | Friday | News
SK bioscience expands global reach with influenza vaccine exports to Southern Hemisphere

South Korea-based SK bioscience, a global innovative vaccine and biotech company committed to promoting human health fro...

March 13, 2025 | Thursday | News
WuXi XDC and AbTis announce strategic partnership to advance next-generation ADCs

WuXi XDC Cayman Inc., a leading global CRDMO (Contract Research, Development, and Manufacturing Organization) specialisi...

March 11, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Seoul Medical Group and Korean American Medical Group merge into one

Seoul Medical Group (SMG) and Korean American Medical Group (KAMG), the two leading Asian-American-focused medical group...

March 10, 2025 | Monday | News
Korea designs advanced AI model for accelerating therapeutic gene target discovery

Identifying therapeutic gene targets is essential for advancing personalised medicine and addressing the genetic basis o...

March 7, 2025 | Friday | News
Lunit expands partnership with Saudi Arabia's largest medical group to deploy AI chest X-ray solution

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

March 7, 2025 | Friday | News
SK Chemicals inks agreement with Viatris to expand pain management portfolio in Korea

SK Chemicals, which developed Korea's first herbal medicine product for osteoarthritis, Joins, has expanded its pai...

March 6, 2025 | Thursday | News
Taiwan's Formosa Group invests $12.5 M to establish biomedical research centre in Korea

Taiwan-based Formosa Group Executive Committee member and Chairman Sandy Wang, who leads the group's bio and eco-friendl...

March 5, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Korea develops novel 3D adipose tissue bioprinting method

Adipose tissues, which serve as fat reserves, have been recognised as an endocrine organ. The three-dimensional (3D) bio...

March 4, 2025 | Tuesday | News
How Degrader-Antibody Conjugates Are Transforming Precision Medicine for Oncology & Beyond

Degrader-antibody conjugates (DACs) represent a natural evolution in targeted precision medicines for oncology and other...

March 1, 2025 | Saturday | Opinion
Korea's SK bioscience secures additional PAHO contract to supply varicella vaccine to Latin America

South Korea-based SK bioscience had received prior notification from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), a spec...

February 28, 2025 | Friday | News
Lunit announces leadership transition at Volpara, Craig Hadfield steps in as CEO

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

February 27, 2025 | Thursday | News
Olympus plans launch of iTind device in Korea for expanded availability across APAC markets

Olympus Corporation of Asia Pacific (APAC) has announced a milestone for its iTind device with expanded availability acr...

February 26, 2025 | Wednesday | News
BIOPLUS-INTERPHEX KOREA 2025: The Ultimate Biopharma Innovation Hub Returns to Seoul

A Leading Center for Biopharma Excellence BIX has established itself as a must-attend event for professionals across th...

February 26, 2025 | Wednesday | News
BIOPLUS-INTERPHEX KOREA (BIX) 2025 returns to Seoul on October 15-17

The future of biopharmaceutical innovation will take centr- stage at BIOPLUS-INTERPHEX KOREA (BIX) 2025, returning on Oc...

February 25, 2025 | Tuesday | News
WuXi XDC and LigaChem Biosciences expand MoU to accelerate ADC development

China-based WuXi XDC Cayman Inc., a leading global CRDMO (Contract Research, Development, and Manufacturing Organization...

February 25, 2025 | Tuesday | News
International Vaccine Institute launches new biorepository in South Korea

The International Vaccine Institute (IVI) has opened its new Biorepository, a global centre for biological resources, at...

February 24, 2025 | Monday | News
South Korea's Coreline Soft enters Australian market for lung cancer screening

South Korea-based Coreline Soft, a global leader in artificial intelligence (AI)-based medical solutions, has annou...

February 21, 2025 | Friday | News
First major licensing deal for an exosome therapeutics in Korea

Brexogen, a leading biotechnology company specialising in exosome-based therapeutics, has announced a technology transfe...

February 20, 2025 | Thursday | News
Novotech inks MoU with Wonju Severance Christian Hospital to drive clinical research excellence in Korea

Novotech, a global full-service clinical Contract Research Organisation (CRO) that partners with biotech and small to mi...

February 19, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Taiwanese startup Health2Sync deepens reach and partnerships in South Korea

Taiwan-based startup Health2Sync, a leading provider of digital therapeutics solutions for chronic diseases, is experien...

February 18, 2025 | Tuesday | News
SK Bioscience Reports 73% Revenue Growth in Q4 2024, Driven by IDT Biologika Acquisition and Vaccine Expansionv

SK Bioscience reported strong revenue growth in Q4 2024, primarily driven by the consolidation of IDT Biologika, expansi...

February 17, 2025 | Monday | Company results
Korea's Hanmi Pharma introduces new automated vial dispensing solution in Canada and US

South Korea-based Hanmi Pharmaceutical's Global Business Headquarters Overseas Sales Team is making significant strides ...

February 15, 2025 | Saturday | News
Korea's SK bioscience collaborates with WHO to strengthen infectious disease response

South Korea-based SK bioscience has announced that it is the only private company to participate in the World Health Org...

February 12, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Korea's Daewoong Pharmaceutical introduces botulinum toxin product NABOTA in Saudi Arabia

Daewoong Pharmaceutical, a leading healthcare company in Korea, has announced the official launch of its high-purity, hi...

February 11, 2025 | Tuesday | News
OliX Pharma and Lilly to develop treatment for metabolic-associated steatohepatitis

South Korea-based OliX Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a leading developer of RNAi therapeutics, has announced a global licensing...

February 10, 2025 | Monday | News

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