Alvogen acquires Korea's Dream Pharma

Singapore: The birth of one of the largest generic pharmaceutical companies in South Korea just came about when Alvogen ...

August 8, 2014 | Friday | News
Globalization, demography drive APAC healthcare industry

Singapore: The healthcare industry in Asia Pacific (APAC) is rapidly growing, fuelled by increased spending on health, l...

July 27, 2012 | Friday | Analysis
Planmed 3D CT imager gets Korean FDA nod

Singapore: Planmed, which is represented in Korea by Dong Kang Medical Systems, received clearance for its Verity Extrem...

February 22, 2013 | Friday | Regulatory
Singapore, Korea scientists find clue to tumour suppression mechanism

Singapore: RUNX3, a gene that is intensively studied for its function as a tumour suppressor, is likely to be a key and ...

November 12, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Samsung to make BMS cancer antibody drug in Korea

Singapore: Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) and Samsung BioLogics entered into a 10-year agreement under which Samsung BioLogi...

July 30, 2013 | Tuesday | News
FDA nod for Samsung's new radiography system

Singapore: NeuroLogica, a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics has announced that the Samsung GC85A Digital Radiography (DR...

August 7, 2015 | Friday | News
US firm files antibody patent in Japan, Korea

Singapore: MMRGlobal received confirmation of the filings of a divisional application for its antibody technology in Jap...

August 27, 2013 | Tuesday | News
F&S: S. Korea will be biosimilars leader by 2020

‎Singapore: Since South Korea introduced a regulatory pathway for manufacturing biologics in 2009, the government ...

January 8, 2013 | Tuesday | Analysis
Is a new therapy for diabetes on the way?

Singapore: In a breakthrough discovery, Korean scientists have identified that regulating the effect of a protein relate...

September 9, 2014 | Tuesday | News
3SBio to develop antibody for acute leukemia

Singapore: Chinese biotechnology firm, 3SBio, has signed an exclusive license with Korean firm, DiNonA  for the develop...

August 8, 2014 | Friday | News
Taiho terminates oranitib Ph III trial

Singapore: Faced with disappointing results, Japan's large drugmaker, Taiho Pharmaceutical has said that it is terminati...

August 5, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Japanese, Korean firm to jointly develop breast cancer drug

Singapore: Japanese company, Kyowa Hakko Kirin and Korean firm, Syndax Pharmaceuticals, have entered into a license agre...

January 8, 2015 | Thursday | News
Korean doctors skeptical about Telemedicine

Singapore: Korean doctors have expressed concern over the controversial telemedicine bill that is expected to be effecti...

September 24, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Swedish firm partners with Sanofi to expand in Asia

Singapore: Sweden-based company NeuroVive Pharmaceutical's Asia arm has signed a collaboration agreement with Sanofi's a...

May 27, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Korea, Ontario Centers collaborate on tech research

Singapore: The Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology (KEIT) has inked a Memorandum of Understanding with t...

September 23, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Korea close to discovering HIV cure

Singapore: Scientists have finally discovered an enzyme that could curb the increasing menace of HIV and promise a possi...

August 5, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Y brain Korea receives $3.5mn Series A funding

Singapore: Korea-based healthcare wearables start-up firm, Y brain, has raised $3.5 million in Series A funding for its ...

August 28, 2014 | Thursday | News
Korean vaccine market to grow by 11.5 percent

Singapore: With pandemics lurking at the back, achieving vaccine independence has become an essential part towards healt...

August 28, 2014 | Thursday | News