Japan is the largest importer of Korean drugs

According to the 2017 pharmaceutical industry data and statistics information released by the Korea Pharmaceutical and B...

December 19, 2017 | Tuesday | News
Samsung Medical Centre to focus on liver cancer treatment

Leading academic medical centre in Seoul, Republic of Korea, Samsung Medical Center (SMC) is collaborating with scientis...

December 14, 2017 | Thursday | News
Korea to ease regulations on biotech

The South Korean government is planning to ease regulations on embryonic stem cell research and gene therapy product dev...

December 11, 2017 | Monday | News
Biogen Korea ropes in new CEO

The Korean branch of the American multinational biotech Biogen, has selected Hwang Se-eun as its new CEO. Hwang is expec...

November 27, 2017 | Monday | News
Uzbek MoH collaborates with S Korean clinics

A number of meetings have been taking place with the heads of the South Korean leading clinics at the Uzbek Health Minis...

November 23, 2017 | Thursday | News
Korea's Dongsung Pharmaceuticals opens a new cancer research center in Seoul

In a bid to further strengthen its pipeline of cancer treatments, Korea’s Dongsung Pharmaceuticals has recently op...

November 14, 2017 | Tuesday | News
Korean researchers use acupuncture for cancer treatment

Researchers at the Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Korea are using nanotechnology-enhanced ...

November 9, 2017 | Thursday | News
UNIST Professor receives Young Investigator award

Professor Chunghun Lim in the School of Life Sciences at the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) ...

November 2, 2017 | Thursday | News
Bio Hub at Seoul to support health startups

The Seoul Metropolitan Government recently held a ceremony celebrating the opening of the first main building in the Seo...

October 31, 2017 | Tuesday | News
Researchers in Korea develop blood test technique for Alzheimer’s

A group of researchers at the Seoul National University (SNU) in South Korea have developed a new technique for a series...

October 27, 2017 | Friday | News
Korea to get an AI healthcare system soon

Samsung Medical Center (SMC) is collaborating with Microsoft Korea to build a Korean artificial intelligence (AI) precis...

October 24, 2017 | Tuesday | News
New applications laboratory opens in South Korea

Avantor has recently opened a new life sciences research and applications laboratory in the GwangGyo district, Suwon, So...

October 17, 2017 | Tuesday | News
Korea's Boryung Pharmaceuticals to launch two antihypertensive drugs in SE Asia

After launching Karnab, South Korean drug major, Boryung Pharmaceuticals has joined hands again with Zuellig Pharma to&n...

October 12, 2017 | Thursday | News
Korean scientists invent hydrogel to combat rheumatoid arthritis

Scientists at the Institute for Basic Science in South Korea have invented a hydrogel to fight rheumatoid arthritis and ...

October 12, 2017 | Thursday | News
Scientists in Korea develop sensor for detecting amphetamines

Researchers in Korea have developed a wireless sensor and a smartphone app that can detect the presence of amphetamine i...

October 6, 2017 | Friday | News
Korea to inject 500 billion won into pharma sector; aims to launch 100 new drugs by 2026

 In  a bid to place Korea on the biotech global map, the Korean government announced plans to will inject 500 ...

September 30, 2017 | Saturday | News
Amid escalating tensions about North Korea, Celltrion plans to invest abroad

According to a report by Reuters, South Korea’s biosimilar giant Celltrion has said that it would drop plans to bu...

September 30, 2017 | Saturday | News
Korean scientists use bilirubin nanoparticles for cancer therapy

A team of scientists at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology have developed combined photoacoustic imaging...

September 27, 2017 | Wednesday | News