Kobiolabs gets US patent for oral obesity drug candidate

Kobiolabs gets US patent for oral obesity drug candidate

Kobiolabs Co., a South Korean microbiome-based new drug development company, announced on Wednesday that it has a patent for Roseburia intestinalis ...

LG Chem out-licenses obesity drug candidate to US firm

LG Chem out-licenses obesity drug candidate to US firm

LG Chem Ltd. has agreed to license out a rare genetic obesity drug candidate in phase 2 clinical trials to Rhythm Pharmaceuticals Inc., a US biotech...

HLB gets global rights to Chinese liver cancer drug

HLB gets global rights to Chinese liver cancer drug

South Korea’s HLB Therapeutics Co. on Tuesday said its US subsidiary Elevar Therapeutics has acquired the global rights excluding South Kore...

KAIST discovers diabetes treatment using light

KAIST discovers diabetes treatment using light

The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) announced on Wednesday that they have discovered a method to treat diabetes by insert...

AriBio to sell dementia drug AR1001 in China with partner

AriBio to sell dementia drug AR1001 in China with partner

South Korea's clinical-stage biotech company AriBio Co. on Wednesday said it signed a memorandum of understanding on strategic cooperation with Chin...

AriBio applies for Phase 3 clinical trials in China for oral dementia drug

AriBio applies for Phase 3 clinical trials in China for oral dementia drug

South Korean clinical-stage biotech company AriBio Co. on Thursday said it applied for Phase 3 clinical trials on the anti-Alzheimer's candidate t...

LG Electronics to release coffee machine Duobo

LG Electronics to release coffee machine Duobo

LG Electronics Inc. will launch its first capsule coffee machine "Duobo" on Thursday through Kickstarter, the largest crowdfunding platform in the U...

Dior to open Tears capsule collection pop-up store in Seoul

Dior to open Tears capsule collection pop-up store in Seoul

Dior will open a pop-up store in Seoul's Seongsu-dong to commemorate the launch of the "Dior Tears capsule collection."This collection was created t...

Hanmi Pharm's Efinopegdutide gets Fast Track Designation from FDA

Hanmi Pharm's  Efinopegdutide gets Fast Track Designation from FDA

Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, announced on Monday that Efinopegdutide, a technology transferred from the South Korean ph...

Celltrion to develop Humira biosimilar oral medication with US firm

Celltrion to develop Humira biosimilar oral medication with US firm

South Korea's biopharmaceutical company Celltrion Inc. announced on Monday that it has signed a contract with the US biotech firm Rani Therapeutics ...

Medtronic to buy S.Korean insulin patch maker for $738 mn

Medtronic to buy S.Korean insulin patch maker for $738 mn

Medtronic Plc., a Dublin, Ireland-based medical device maker, is set to acquire EOFlow Co., a South Korean wearable insulin patch maker, for $738 mi...

EOFlow's insulin injection pump starts to be sold in UAE

EOFlow's insulin injection pump starts to be sold in UAE

South Korea's medical device maker EOFlow Co. started selling the wearable insulin pump EOPatch in the United Arab Emirates.The company said on Tues...

Korea's Dongsuh to rival Nestle in local capsule coffee market

Korea's Dongsuh to rival Nestle in local capsule coffee market

South Korea’s No.1 instant coffee maker Dongsuh Foods Corp. is set to rival global food and beverage giant Nestle in the local capsule coffee ...

Celltrion develops oral antibody drug with US bio company

Celltrion develops oral antibody drug with US bio company

South Korea's biopharmaceutical company Celltrion Inc. on Monday said it signed an R&D contract with US-based Rani Therapeutics on RT-111, an or...

S.Korea's Medicox boosts unit for oral insulin, medical cannabis

S.Korea's Medicox boosts unit for oral insulin, medical cannabis

South Korea's Medicox Co. on Wednesday said it will raise 40 billion won ($32 million) to boost its unit for oral insulin and cannabidiol (CBD).The ...

Korea top capsule maker expands Vietnam plant in global push

Korea top capsule maker expands Vietnam plant in global push

South Korea’s top capsule and functional food maker is expanding its plant in Vietnam to raise its presence in the world market with the goal ...

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