Will RNL stem cell drug trial get Korean FDA nod?

Singapore: RNL Bio filed an Investigational New Drug (IND) application with the Korean Food and Drug Administration (KFD...

February 12, 2013 | Tuesday | Regulatory
Samsung to make Roche biologics at Korean plant

Singapore: Samsung BioLogics and Roche have entered into a long term strategic manufacturing agreement under which Samsu...

October 24, 2013 | Thursday | News
RNL to license stem cell technology to in Turkey

Singapore: RNL Bio has signed the agreement with RST Biomedikal Sanayi, a Turkish company, to license RNL Bio's stem ...

September 14, 2012 | Friday | News
Stem cells can help prevent Alzheimer's disease

Singapore: In the first study of its kind, researchers at one of Korea's leading university and the RNL Bio Stem Cell Te...

September 27, 2012 | Thursday | News
F&S: Medical devices market highly fragmented

Singapore: A new analysis from Frost & Sullivan, titled Medical Devices Distributor Profiling in Vietnam, Indonesia,...

December 11, 2012 | Tuesday | News
BSA-CMR Survey: Oncology is the top therapeutic focus area for CROs in APAC

The fifth edition of the annual BioSpectrum Asia Pacific clinical research organization (CRO) Survey, which is conduct...

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Stem cell hope for Parry-Romberg syndrome patients

Singapore: Scientists of the RNL Stem Cell Technology Institute, Korea,  transplanted own stem cells of patients suff...

August 31, 2012 | Friday | News
Korea gearing up for biggest health convention

Singapore: Even as big and emerging names continue to tie up with Korea's biggest international health convention, the e...

May 14, 2014 | Wednesday | News
INC Research expands in Korea to meet local demand

Singapore: INC Research, a therapeutically focused clinical research organization (CRO) with a trusted process for de...

September 18, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Covidien gifts Korea a $21 mn medtech R&D center

Singapore: Medical device developer, Covidien, has launched Covidien Center of Innovation Korea (CCI Korea), its first R...

August 29, 2013 | Thursday | News
BSA-CMR Survey: India, China lead in APAC CRO sector

The fifth edition of the annual BioSpectrum Asia Pacific clinical research organization (CRO) Survey, which is conduct...

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Yaskawa Electric invests in ReWalk exoskeleton

Singapore: Israel-based ARGO Medical Technologies has partnered with innovative robotics experts Yaskawa Electric, Japan...

October 3, 2013 | Thursday | News
Korea FDA accepts IND application from Hanmi

Singapore: Korean Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) has accepted Hanmi Pharmaceutical's investigational new drug ap...

November 7, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Japan gives patent for Medgenics IFNa pump

Singapore: Medgenics received a Notice of Allowance from the Japanese Patent and Trademark Office for key claims prot...

December 7, 2012 | Friday | News
Japan, Korea lead in stem cell race

In South Korea, two research teams led by Prof. Park Se-pill at Jeju National University Stem Cell Research Center and M...

November 12, 2012 | Monday | Opinion
NeuroMetrix, Handok join hands in Korea

Singapore: NeuroMetrix and Handok Pharmaceuticals entered into an agreement according to which, Handok will be the exclu...

March 13, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Daewoong acquires Chinese firm for $16 mn

Singapore: South Korea's leading pharmaceutical company, Daewoong Pharma has signed a deal to take over Liaoning Baifeng...

August 2, 2013 | Friday | News
Radiotherapy leader sets up subsidiary in S. Korea

Singapore: Varian Medical Systems, the world leader in radiotherapy and radiosurgery, is strengthening its leadership po...

August 24, 2012 | Friday | News
Kinex, Hanmi enroll patients for cancer trial

Singapore: Kinex Pharmaceuticals and Hanmi Pharmaceutical announced today that the first patient has been enrolled in Ha...

January 8, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Quest signs $8 mn agreement with Korean parties

Singapore: Canada-based Quest PharmaTech, a pharmaceutical company developing and commercializing products for the tr...

June 6, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Samsung acquires US-based NeuroLogica

Singapore: Samsung Electronics America, a subsidiary of South Korean company Samsung Electronics, has acquired NeuroLogi...

January 30, 2013 | Wednesday | News
South Korea approves Halaven for breast cancer

Singapore: Eisai's South Korean sales subsidiary has received approval from the regulatory authorities in South Korea to...

September 5, 2012 | Wednesday | News
LegoChem offers new platform in anti-cancer therapy

Korea-based LegoChem Biosciences (LCB) was started in 2006 with the objective to accelerate discovery and development of...

March 14, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Medivir, Daewoong end hepatitis drug development

Singapore: Sweden-based Medivir has discontinued the development of its hepatitis B compound MIV-210 based on a joint de...

September 9, 2013 | Monday | News
Agilent, Korea institute to launch neurometabolomics center

Singapore: Agilent Technologies and Korea-based Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST) have collabo...

October 28, 2013 | Monday | News