Celltrion eyes product and sales expansion after IPO

Ina recent press conference held in Seoul, Korean biosimilar giant Celltrion said that it would actively seek out new dr...

July 17, 2017 | Monday | News
Korean researchers discover a drug for treating stent patients

Researchers at the Seoul National University Hospital have found out that coating stents with an erectile dysfunction dr...

July 13, 2017 | Thursday | News
Sun Pharma, Samsung Biologics ink deal for psoriasis drug

India’s drug giant Sun Pharma has inked a long term manufacturing agreement with Korea’s Samsung Biologics f...

July 5, 2017 | Wednesday | News
Orum Therapeutics raises $8 mn funding

Orum Therapeutics based in Korea announced the completion of an $8 million Series A financing with InterVest, KB Investm...

June 20, 2017 | Tuesday | News
New Korean drugs to hit the market

Singapore: South Korean pharmaceutical companies are poised to release a series of important drugs in the second half of...

June 9, 2017 | Friday | News
Smart contact lens sensor developed

A recent study, affiliated with Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), South Korea has proposed the...

May 5, 2017 | Friday | News
NeuroVive in partnership with Yungjin Pharm Corporation Ltd

NeuroVive Pharmaceutical AB and Yungjin Pharm Corporation Ltd jointly announced that they have entered into a global lic...

May 2, 2017 | Tuesday | News
Samsung GC70 digital radiography system receives FDA clearance

Samsung announced that the GC70 Digital Radiography (DR) system received FDA 510(k) clearance for the U.S. market, under...

April 28, 2017 | Friday | News
Korea announces $100 mn fund for bio startups

Singapore: In a bid to further provide a boost to South Korea's burgeoning biotech industry, the science ministry has es...

April 3, 2017 | Monday | News
Korea to inaugurate country's first biosafety level-4 lab

Singapore: The Korean Center for Disease Control and Prevention recently announced the opening of the country's first bi...

March 20, 2017 | Monday | News
South Korea approves commercialization of Zestra

Singapore: San Diego Based Innovus Pharmaceuticals has announced that its partner J&H Co. LTD, a South Korean compan...

February 6, 2017 | Monday | News
South Korea's Mezzion Pharma files lawsuit against India's Dr Reddy's laboratories

Singapore: South Korean pharmaceutical firm Mezzion Pharma has filed a suit against India's Dr Reddy's Laboratories Ltd ...

January 31, 2017 | Tuesday | News
Korea's pharma workforce up by 27 percent

Singapore: With the South Korean pharma industry expanding, the size of the local pharma workforce grew by 27 percent co...

December 6, 2016 | Tuesday | News
Clinical trials for Rituxan biosimilar begin in Korea

Singapore: Clinical trials for new Rituxan biosimilar has been initiated by a joint venture between Samsung Biologics an...

November 29, 2016 | Tuesday | News
UK, Korea ink pact to promote biological standardization

Singapore: Korea's National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation (NIFDS) has inked a deal with UK's National Ins...

October 25, 2016 | Tuesday | News
Teva to buy Korea's Celltrion?

Singapore: With a view to strengthen its biosimilars portfolio, Isreali drug giant Teva pharmaceuticals said that it may...

October 18, 2016 | Tuesday | News
South Korea's Hanmi pharmaceuticals in troubled waters!

Singapore: New blockbuster cancer drug from South Korea's Hanmi pharmaceuticals is in troubled waters after a patient di...

October 14, 2016 | Friday | News
Korea's Hanmi inks deal with Roche's Genetech

Singapore: South Korea's Hanmi Pharmaceutical has inked a deal with Roche's Genentech (to develop and commercialize Hanm...

September 30, 2016 | Friday | News
GE opens Bioprocessing Technology and Training Center in South Korea

Singapore: GE Healthcare's Life Sciences business has announced the opening of a GE Fast Trak Center in Songdo, Incheon ...

September 29, 2016 | Thursday | News
Thermo Fisher Scientific opens new clinical services facility in Korea

Singapore: With a view to address the growing demand in clinical services, Thermo Fisher Scientific has opened a new cli...

September 19, 2016 | Monday | News
Roche Korea apppoints a new GM

Singapore: Swiss pharma giant Roche recently appointed Mr Matt Sause as the new general manger for its Korean branch. Mr...

April 26, 2016 | Tuesday | News
Koreans to wear Zika-proof uniforms in the Olympics

Singapore: With the international Olympic games alls et to kick off in Brazil this year, South Korea has invented new Zi...

April 29, 2016 | Friday | News
CEVEC, Yuhan sign deal for immortalized cell lines

Singapore: CEVEC Pharmaceuticals, the developer of a novel human expression system derived from amniocytes, and Yuhan...

December 20, 2012 | Thursday | News
Samsung's Humira biosimilar accepted for review by EU

Singapore: Korean drug giant Samsung Bioepis, recently revealed that it is seeking regulatory approval in Europe to sell...

July 19, 2016 | Tuesday | News
Daiichi Sankyo inks marketing pact with Daewoong Pharmaceutical

Singapore: Daiichi Sankyo Company has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Daiichi Sankyo Korea and Daewoong Phar...

December 29, 2015 | Tuesday | News