Alere and FIND introduce new diagnostic test for sleeping sickness

Korea |  News | 0 Comment | 19 Sep, 2017

US-based diagnostics firm Alere’s subsidiary Standard Diagnostics in the Republic of Korea and global nonprofit organisation FIND have introduced a new rapid diagnostic test (RDT) for...Read more

Korean companies mull on using AI for drug discovery

Korea |  News | 0 Comment | 01 Sep, 2017

In a bid to speed up drug discovery process and boost R&D efforts, Korea Pharmaceutical and Bio-pharma Manufacturers Association (KPBMA) has launched their first task force to jointly p...Read more

Top Korean pharma companies increase their R&D spending in H1

Korea |  News | 0 Comment | 16 Aug, 2017

A recent industry data showed that, major South Korean pharmaceutical companies have increased their spending on research and development during the first half this year. Regulatory filings...Read more

Korean Pharma Association mulls on use of AI to speed drug discovery

Korea |  News | 0 Comment | 25 Jul, 2017

Singapore: In a bid to spur the country’s drug development and research, South Korea’s leading biopharmaceutical association has set out to form a new center that will support ...Read more

Korean scientists create first nanoparticle-based tissue adhesive

Korea |  News | 0 Comment | 21 Jul, 2017

Researchers at the Center for Nanoparticle Research, within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) in collaboration with medical doctors in Seoul National University Hospital, created a surg...Read more

Celltrion eyes product and sales expansion after IPO

Korea |  News | 0 Comment | 17 Jul, 2017

Ina recent press conference held in Seoul, Korean biosimilar giant Celltrion said that it would actively seek out new drug candidates to broaden its product portfolio as well as build stron...Read more

Korean researchers discover a drug for treating stent patients

Korea |  News | 0 Comment | 13 Jul, 2017

Researchers at the Seoul National University Hospital have found out that coating stents with an erectile dysfunction drug may be the way forward in treating stent patients. The drug was or...Read more

Sun Pharma, Samsung Biologics ink deal for psoriasis drug

Korea |  News | 0 Comment | 05 Jul, 2017

India’s drug giant Sun Pharma has inked a long term manufacturing agreement with Korea’s Samsung Biologics for Tildrakizumab, Sun Pharma’s new drug for treatment of modera...Read more

Orum Therapeutics raises $8 mn funding

Korea |  News | 0 Comment | 20 Jun, 2017

Orum Therapeutics based in Korea announced the completion of an $8 million Series A financing with InterVest, KB Investment (KBIC)/Solidus Investment, and LB Investment. The proceeds of th...Read more

New Korean drugs to hit the market

Korea |  News | 0 Comment | 09 Jun, 2017

Singapore: South Korean pharmaceutical companies are poised to release a series of important drugs in the second half of this year, reports the Korean Herald. Many of these drugs could chan...Read more

Smart contact lens sensor developed

Korea |  News | 0 Comment | 05 May, 2017

A recent study, affiliated with Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), South Korea has proposed the possibility of in situ human health monitoring simply by wearing a c...Read more

NeuroVive in partnership with Yungjin Pharm Corporation Ltd

Korea |  News | 0 Comment | 02 May, 2017

NeuroVive Pharmaceutical AB and Yungjin Pharm Corporation Ltd jointly announced that they have entered into a global licensing agreement on Yungjin Pharm's compound KL1333 for genetic mitoc...Read more

Samsung GC70 digital radiography system receives FDA clearance

Korea |  News | 0 Comment | 28 Apr, 2017

Samsung announced that the GC70 Digital Radiography (DR) system received FDA 510(k) clearance for the U.S. market, underscoring the company’s commitment to expanding its suite of radi...Read more

Korea announces $100 mn fund for bio startups

Korea |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 03 Apr, 2017

Singapore: In a bid to further provide a boost to South Korea's burgeoning biotech industry, the science ministry has established a 113.5 billion-won ($101.8 million) fund to nurture startu...Read more

Korea to inaugurate country's first biosafety level-4 lab

Korea |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 20 Mar, 2017

Singapore: The Korean Center for Disease Control and Prevention recently announced the opening of the country's first biosafety level 4 (BL-4) lab in Osong, a biotech complex in North Chung...Read more

South Korea approves commercialization of Zestra

Korea |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 06 Feb, 2017

Singapore: San Diego Based Innovus Pharmaceuticals has announced that its partner J&H Co. LTD, a South Korean company ("J&H"), received approval to commercialize Zestra from the Kor...Read more

South Korea's Mezzion Pharma files lawsuit against India's Dr Reddy's laboratories

Korea |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 31 Jan, 2017

Singapore: South Korean pharmaceutical firm Mezzion Pharma has filed a suit against India's Dr Reddy's Laboratories Ltd in the US alleging that the Indian company hid "significant deficienc...Read more

Korea's pharma workforce up by 27 percent

Korea |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 06 Dec, 2016

Singapore: With the South Korean pharma industry expanding, the size of the local pharma workforce grew by 27 percent compared to four years ago reported the Korean herald. According to the...Read more