Lotte Biologics signs antibody drug CMO deal with UK’s Ottimo Pharma

Lotte Biologics signs antibody drug CMO deal with UK’s Ottimo Pharma

BOSTON – Lotte Biologics Co. has signed a deal to manufacture an antibody therapy for British biotech startup Ottimo Pharma as the South Korea...

Samsung Biologics bags $514 mn CMO contract from US pharma

Samsung Biologics bags $514 mn CMO contract from US pharma

Samsung Biologics Co., the world’s largest contract manufacturing organization (CMO), said on Monday it has secured a $5.14 million order from...

Samsung Biologics signs $1.4 bn CMO deal with European pharma

Samsung Biologics signs $1.4 bn CMO deal with European pharma

South Korea's Samsung Biologics Co., the world’s largest contract drugmaker, said on Tuesday it signed a $1.4 billion contract manufacturing o...

Boryung, Lotus Pharma signs CDMO deal on anticancer injection

Boryung, Lotus Pharma signs CDMO deal on anticancer injection

South Korea's Boryung Corp. said on Thursday it signed a contract with Lotus Pharmaceutical, a Taiwanese oncology firm, for contract development and...

Hanmi Pharma to move up launch of anti-obesity drug

Hanmi Pharma to move up launch of anti-obesity drug

South Korea’s Hanmi Pharmaceutical Co. announced on Thursday the launch of its anti-obesity drug candidate efpeglenatide has been rescheduled ...

Samsung Biologics wins $668 million CDMO deal with European pharma

Samsung Biologics wins $668 million CDMO deal with European pharma

Samsung Biologics Co., the world’s largest contract drugmaker, said on Wednesday it has signed two drug manufacturing contracts worth a combin...

Korea’s Lunit in AI-powered lung cancer diagnostics deal with AstraZeneca

Korea’s Lunit in AI-powered lung cancer diagnostics deal with AstraZeneca

Lunit Inc., a South Korean AI-powered cancer diagnostics company, has partnered with global biopharma giant AstraZeneca plc. to jointly enter the AI...

IMBiologics transfers autoimmune disease drug tech to Huadong Pharma

IMBiologics transfers autoimmune disease drug tech to Huadong Pharma

South Korea's antibody-based biotech company IMBiologics announced on Friday that it signed a contract to transfer the technology of its autoimmune ...

Daewoong wins permission for Nabota in Argentina

Daewoong wins permission for Nabota in Argentina

South Korea's Daewoong Pharmaceutical Co. announced on Monday that its botulinum toxin Nabota received product approval from Argentina's National Ad...

Kwangdong Pharma acquires stake in Precision Bio

Kwangdong Pharma acquires stake in Precision Bio

South Korea's Kwangdong Pharmaceutical announced on Tuesday that it signed a stock purchase agreement to acquire Precision Biosensor Inc., a company...

Daewoong, Indonesia's IPB to co-research on primate

Daewoong, Indonesia's IPB to co-research on primate

South Korea's Daewoong Pharmaceutical Co. announced on Thursday that it signed a contract with Indonesia's Bogor Agricultural University (Institut P...

Samsung Biologics eyes windfall gain amid US-China row

Samsung Biologics eyes windfall gain amid US-China row

SAN DIEGO – Samsung Biologics Co. is enjoying a stream of contract development and manufacturing order inquiries from big pharmaceutical compa...

HK inno.N to release K-CAB in MENA market

HK inno.N to release K-CAB in MENA market

South Korean bio-health company HK inno.N announced on Tuesday that it signed a contract with Saudi Arabian local pharmaceutical company Tabuk Pharm...

Hanmi’s planned merger with OCI scrapped as sons win family feud

Hanmi’s planned merger with OCI scrapped as sons win family feud

Hanmi Pharmaceutical Group’s proposed merger with OCI Holdings Co. has collapsed after two sons of the group’s founding family, who oppo...

Samsung SDS gets CEIV Pharma certification

Samsung SDS gets CEIV Pharma certification

South Korea's Samsung SDS Co. said on Wednesday that it has achieved the Center of Excellence for Independent Validators in Pharmaceutical Logistics...

Daewoong Pharmaceutical digitizes DB of 800 mn chemical compounds

Daewoong Pharmaceutical digitizes DB of 800 mn chemical compounds

South Korea's Daewoong Pharmaceutical announced on Monday that it has established a drug development system Daewoong AI System (DAISY) which combine...

Daewoong gets stem cell facility license in Indonesia

Daewoong gets stem cell facility license in Indonesia

South Korea's Daewoong Pharmaceutical announced on Tuesday that its subsidiary Daewoong Biologics Indonesia has obtained a stem cell Lab Operational...

JW Pharma takes gout drug Epaminurad to Malaysia for phase 3

JW Pharma takes gout drug Epaminurad to Malaysia for phase 3

South Korea's JW Pharmaceutical Corp., announced on Monday that it has received approval from the Malaysian National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Age...

Daewoong exports $92.4 mn Depot injection tech to UAE

Daewoong exports $92.4 mn Depot injection tech to UAE

South Korea's Daewoong Pharmaceutical announced on Monday that it exported its technology for clinical development and commercialization rights of i...

Daewoong Pharm set to export Envlo Tab to Russia, CIS

Daewoong Pharm set to export Envlo Tab to Russia, CIS

Daewoong Pharmaceutical, a leading South Korean pharmaceutical company will export its new diabetes drug Envlo Tab. (active ingredient:enavogliflozi...

South Korean bio, pharma industry set to take leap

South Korean bio, pharma industry set to take leap

South Korea’s chemical maker LG Chem Ltd. is expected to reap more than 1 trillion won ($768.5 million) in sales this year from its new growth...

Daewoong Pharma, Merck team up for AI tech for new drug

Daewoong Pharma, Merck team up for AI tech for new drug

South Korea's Daewoong Pharmaceutical announced on Tuesday it signed with memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Merck Life Science to build an arti...

Hanmi Pharma’s Phase 3 trials for anti-obesity medicine approved

Hanmi Pharma’s Phase 3 trials for anti-obesity medicine approved

South Korea’s Hanmi Pharmaceutical Co. on Monday said the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety approved Phase 3 clinical trials for the company&...

Daewoong Pharma's GER drug gets product OK from Mexico

Daewoong Pharma's GER drug gets product OK from Mexico

South Korea’s Daewoong Pharmaceutical on Wednesday said its gastroesophageal reflux (GER) disease drug Fexuclue (active ingredient fexuprazan ...

Humedix gets gov't OK for trials of dementia candidate drug

Humedix gets gov't OK for trials of dementia candidate drug

South Korea’s Humedix Co., a developer of biological and pharmaceutical products, on Tuesday said it received approval from the Ministry of Fo...

Ildong Pharma to spin off R&D subsidiary in Nov

Ildong Pharma to spin off R&D subsidiary in Nov

South Korea’s Ildong Pharmaceutical Co. will spin off its research and development (R&D) unit into the subsidiary Yunovia from Nov. 1.&nbs...

Daewon Pharma to export $3 mn worth of Pelubi to Indonesia

Daewon Pharma to export $3 mn worth of Pelubi to Indonesia

South Korea's Daewon Pharmaceutical Co. will export its nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) Pelubi to the Indonesian market. It's South Kore...

JW Pharma to conduct Phase 3 trials in Thailand for gout treatment

JW Pharma to conduct Phase 3 trials in Thailand for gout treatment

South Korea's JW Pharmaceutical Corp. on Thursday said it received approval from Thailand's Food and Drug Administration to conduct Phase 3 clinical...

Daewoong to develop eye drops for diabetic retinopathy

Daewoong to develop eye drops for diabetic retinopathy

South Korea's Daewoong Pharmaceutical is venturing into the development of a product that can easily treat diabetic retinopathy in the form of ...

Daewoong gets patent of Nabota as migraine drug in US

Daewoong gets patent of Nabota as migraine drug in US

South Korea's Daewoong Pharmaceutical Co. announced on Thursday that it has received a patent from the US Patent and Trademark Office for the use of...

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