BIX 2026 Closes: From Brain Signals to Business Signals, Korea's Biotech Agenda Comes Into Focus

BIOPLUS-INTERPHEX KOREA 2026 closed at COEX on Friday with its shortest conference day and, in some ways, its most forwa...

October 30, 2026 | Friday | Analysis
Stem-Cell Therapies Are No Longer a Distant Promise — The Real Challenge Is Delivering Lasting Results

Regenerative medicine is entering a defining phase as stem-cell research moves beyond laboratory discoveries towards cli...

October 29, 2026 | Thursday | Analysis
Singapore approves Merck's CAPVAXIVE 21-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine

American multinational pharmaceutical company Merck (Known as Merck Sharp & Dohme or MSD outside the United States a...

October 29, 2026 | Thursday | News
BIX 2026 Day 2: When Big Pharma Comes Knocking, Is Korea Ready to Answer?

If Day 1 of BIX 2026 asked what makes a Korean asset partnerable, Day 2 asked what happens once someone wants it. Thursd...

October 29, 2026 | Thursday | Analysis
The Early-Mover Window: Why Biohealth Companies Should Look at Chuncheon Now

Ask most investors to name South Korea's bio clusters and the list starts with Songdo, moves on to Pangyo and Osong, and...

October 29, 2026 | Thursday | Analysis
“The Future of Brain–Computer Interfaces Will Be Measured by Independence, Not Laboratory Performance”

Brain–computer interfaces (BCIs) are entering a new phase of technological development, moving beyond experimental...

October 29, 2026 | Thursday | News
Australia's Audax Biosciences inks immuno-oncology deal worth $1.34 B deal with Astellas Pharma

Japan-based Astellas Pharma Inc. has entered into an exclusive option and license agreement for DAX-044, Audax’s l...

October 29, 2026 | Thursday | News
PDRadiopharma injects JPY 16.5 B into new manufacturing facility in Japan

PeptiDream Inc., a public biopharmaceutical company based in Kawasaki, Japan, focused on the discovery and development o...

October 29, 2026 | Thursday | News
CELSET launches Korean Botulinum Toxin Type A brand for International Markets

CELSET INC., a Korean biotechnology company specialising in medical aesthetics, has launched SOLTOX, its botulinum toxin...

October 28, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Japan's Otsuka BioVentures begins strategic equity investments

Japan-based Otsuka Pharmaceutical has announced that Otsuka BioVentures, LLC (OBV), a corporate venture capital (CVC) fi...

October 28, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Gilead buys oral IL-23R inhibitor programme from China's PepStar for $1.27 B

US-based Gilead Sciences, Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire an oral IL-23R inhibitor programme, in...

October 28, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Korea's Ardens Lifescience wins MedTech Innovator Asia Pacific 2026 Grand Prize

MedTech Innovator (MTI), the world’s largest accelerator of medical device, digital health, and diagnostic compani...

October 27, 2026 | Tuesday | News
Asia-Pacific's first whole-body Clinical 5T MRI System enters Vietnam market

United Imaging Healthcare's uMR Jupiter 5T MRI system has been officially introduced at Hanoi Medical University Hospita...

October 27, 2026 | Tuesday | News
Natus opens Suzhou Facility for advancing medical diagnostics innovation in China

US-based Natus Medical Incorporated, the world's largest pure-play neurodiagnostic company, recently celebrated the gran...

October 27, 2026 | Tuesday | News
Waters and Labcorp to expand access to cervical cancer screening

US-based Labcorp, a global leader of innovative and comprehensive laboratory services, and Waters Corporation, a global ...

October 26, 2026 | Monday | News
Kaigene signs agreement worth $580 M with Korea's Celltrion for next-gen Anti-APRIL Antibody KG013

Kaigene, Inc., a US-based biotechnology company developing antibody medicines for autoimmune diseases, has announced an ...

October 26, 2026 | Monday | News
Japan's Astellas Pharma inks $400 M deal with AI Proteins to develop novel miniprotein-based therapeutics

AI Proteins, Inc., a US-based biotechnology company that utilises computational de novo protein design to create therape...

October 26, 2026 | Monday | News
Taiwan's HanchorBio joins forces with Korea's Aston Sci to unlock potential of next-gen immunotherapy through cancer vaccine combinations

Taiwan-based HanchorBio, Inc., a global clinical-stage biotechnology company, and Aston Sci, Inc., a South Korea-based c...

October 22, 2026 | Thursday | News
Chinese National Medical Products Administration approves Galderma's injectable aesthetics Relfydess™

Galderma has announced that the Chinese National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has approved Relf...

October 23, 2026 | Friday | News
Thermo Fisher Scientific Hits $12.14 Billion in Q3 Revenue as Innovation Fuels Double-Digit Earnings Growth

Revenue Grew 9% Including 6% Organic Revenue Growth Grew GAAP Diluted EPS 9% and Adjusted EPS 15% Outstanding perfor...

October 22, 2026 | Thursday | Company results
ESTEVE CDMO expands presence in Asia with major investment and new manufacturing site in China

ESTEVE CDMO, Esteve Healthcare contract development and manufacturing organization, is strengthening its presence in Asi...

October 22, 2026 | Thursday | News
Japan's Govt selects NovAccel's project to establish Global Actinium-225 Manufacturing Hub

NovAccel, Inc., a Japanese deep-tech company developing proprietary superconducting accelerator technology for medical r...

October 22, 2026 | Thursday | News
Korea's Samsung Bioepis enters into landmark 10-Year agreement to supply Eculizumab to Brazil

South Korea-based Samsung Bioepis has announced a landmark 10-year agreement with its local partners in Brazil—sta...

October 22, 2026 | Thursday | News
Healthcare’s AI Ambitions Are Colliding With a Data Wall

Healthcare is generating more data than ever, yet much of its potential remains locked within disconnected systems. As a...

October 21, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Asia-Pacific’s Cardiac Revolution: From Global Evidence Gap to Global Innovation Powerhouse

  Asia-Pacific stands at a defining moment in interventional cardiology, where technological advancement must be m...

October 21, 2026 | Wednesday | Analysis