Korea News
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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
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Clinical trials for Rituxan biosimilar begin in Korea
Korea | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 29 Nov, 2016
Singapore: Clinical trials for new Rituxan biosimilar has been initiated by a joint venture between Samsung Biologics and AstraZeneca- Archigen Biotech. According to the Korean Ministry of ...Read more
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UK, Korea ink pact to promote biological standardization
Korea | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 25 Oct, 2016
Singapore: Korea's National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation (NIFDS) has inked a deal with UK's National Institute of Biological Standards and Control (NIBSC) to promote and sta...Read more
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Teva to buy Korea's Celltrion?
Korea | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 18 Oct, 2016
Singapore: With a view to strengthen its biosimilars portfolio, Isreali drug giant Teva pharmaceuticals said that it may consider acquiring Korean biosimilar giant Celltrion . "We will con...Read more
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South Korea's Hanmi pharmaceuticals in troubled waters!
Korea | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 14 Oct, 2016
Singapore: New blockbuster cancer drug from South Korea's Hanmi pharmaceuticals is in troubled waters after a patient died of a severe skin-related side effect linked to the drug's use. Ha...Read more
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Korea's Hanmi inks deal with Roche's Genetech
Korea | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 30 Sep, 2016
Singapore: South Korea's Hanmi Pharmaceutical has inked a deal with Roche's Genentech (to develop and commercialize Hanmi's pan-RAF inhibitor, Phase 1-stage HM95573. HM95573 is a pan-RAF in...Read more
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GE opens Bioprocessing Technology and Training Center in South Korea
Korea | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 29 Sep, 2016
Singapore: GE Healthcare's Life Sciences business has announced the opening of a GE Fast Trak Center in Songdo, Incheon Metropolitan City, South Korea. The new $7.4 million Center will supp...Read more
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Thermo Fisher Scientific opens new clinical services facility in Korea
Korea | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 19 Sep, 2016
Singapore: With a view to address the growing demand in clinical services, Thermo Fisher Scientific has opened a new clinical services facility in South Korea. Located in Seoul, the new sit...Read more
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Roche Korea apppoints a new GM
Korea | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 26 Apr, 2016
Singapore: Swiss pharma giant Roche recently appointed Mr Matt Sause as the new general manger for its Korean branch. Mr Sause was the former chief of Roche Pharma Peru. He was also the for...Read more
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Koreans to wear Zika-proof uniforms in the Olympics
Korea | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 29 Apr, 2016
Singapore: With the international Olympic games alls et to kick off in Brazil this year, South Korea has invented new Zika-proof uniforms for its athletes that are infused with insect repel...Read more
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CEVEC, Yuhan sign deal for immortalized cell lines
Korea | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 20 Dec, 2012
Singapore: CEVEC Pharmaceuticals, the developer of a novel human expression system derived from amniocytes, and Yuhan, a leading manufacturer of pharmaceutical products based in Seoul, Sou...Read more
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Samsung's Humira biosimilar accepted for review by EU
Korea | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 19 Jul, 2016
Singapore: Korean drug giant Samsung Bioepis, recently revealed that it is seeking regulatory approval in Europe to sell its copy of AbbVie Inc's rheumatoid arthritis drug Humira. The compa...Read more
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Daiichi Sankyo inks marketing pact with Daewoong Pharmaceutical
Korea | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 29 Dec, 2015
Singapore: Daiichi Sankyo Company has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Daiichi Sankyo Korea and Daewoong Pharmaceutical have signed an agreement for the co-promotion of the oral,...Read more
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China Cord Blood, Cordlife join hands for stem cell therapy services
Korea | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 25 Jul, 2014
Singapore: China Cord Blood Corporation (CCBC) and Cordlife Group, a multi-product healthcare company catering to the mother and child segment, have come together to assist patients across ...Read more
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Korea to nurture pharma sector with capital assistance
Korea | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 06 Feb, 2015
Singapore: The Korean Ministry of health and welfare have announced the start of second phase of Global Pharmaceutical Industry Development Fund worth 135 billion won (US$123 million) to nu...Read more
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Amgen to acquire rights of three drugs from GSK
Korea | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 16 Dec, 2015
Singapore: Global pharmaceutical company, Amgen, has plans to reacquire all of its remaining rights from GSK on Prolia (denosumab), XGEVA (denosumab) and Vectibix (panitumumab) in 48 countr...Read more
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Korea | Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 08 Apr, 2016
Lung cancer occurs in two types, small cell lung cancer and the more prevalent non-small scale lung cancer. According to oncology specialists' analysis, 85 percent of the lung cancer patien...Read more
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Biosimilars to push growth in China, Korea, India
Korea | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 05 Oct, 2012
Singapore: The annual revenue for biopharmaceuticals has been consistently growing since 2001, accounting for 15.6 percent of the total pharmaceutical market in 2011. The global biopharmac...Read more
