S.Korea’s CDMO giant Samsung Biologics to offer CRO services

S.Korea’s CDMO giant Samsung Biologics to offer CRO services

Samsung Biologics Co., the world’s largest contract drugmaker, will enter the contract research organization (CRO) market by leveraging its va...

Celltrion unveils cancer medicine to expand new drug pipelines

Celltrion unveils cancer medicine to expand new drug pipelines

South Korea’s leading biosimilar drug developer Celltrion Inc. on Sunday unveiled an anticancer medicine to expand new pipelines and accelerat...

Mediaiplus aims to be the Amazon of clinical trials

Mediaiplus aims to be the Amazon of clinical trials

Mediaiplus Inc., South Korea’s only provider of data analytics and contract research organization (CRO) matching services for clinical trials,...

Hanwha to take full control of S’pore Dyna-Mac with tender offer

Hanwha to take full control of S’pore Dyna-Mac with tender offer

South Korea’s chemicals-to-defense conglomerate Hanwha Group plans to acquire all shares it does not own in Dyna-Mac Holdings Ltd., a Singapor...

LG’s telecom unit looks to lure foreigners with more K-pop-themed shops

LG’s telecom unit looks to lure foreigners with more K-pop-themed shops

LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s No. 3 mobile carrier, is set to lure foreign customers by opening K-pop-themed stores in the country's major sho...

Celltrion gets FDA nod for Keytruda copy's phase 3 clinical trials

Celltrion gets FDA nod for Keytruda copy's phase 3 clinical trials

Celltrion Inc., South Korea’s biosimilar giant, will proceed with phase 3 trials for global blockbuster drug Keytruda’s copycat CT-P51, ...

Korean stocks linked to a Trump victory soar after shooting

Korean stocks linked to a Trump victory soar after shooting

Investors in the South Korean stock market rushed to stocks seen as connected to former US President Donald Trump on Monday, such as construction, n...

Celltrion eyes M&A in Europe, $3.3 bn Zymfentra sales: chairman

Celltrion eyes M&A in Europe, $3.3 bn Zymfentra sales: chairman

WASHINGTON, D.C. – South Korean biosimilar giant Celltrion Inc. is accelerating its push to transform into a novel drug developer, going after...

Krafton makes local soft launch of mobile game 'Bullet Echo India'

Krafton makes local soft launch of mobile game 'Bullet Echo India'

South Korea's gaming giant Krafton Inc. announced on Friday that it soft-launched "Bullet Echo India," developed by global game developer ZeptoLab, ...

Samsung gains upper hand vs Netlist in $303 million patent dispute

Samsung gains upper hand vs Netlist in $303 million patent dispute

Samsung Electronics Co. has taken the upper hand in its ongoing legal battle against Netlist Inc. over memory chip module patent infringement allega...

Global quest to find modern elixirs enters new chapter

Global quest to find modern elixirs enters new chapter

NEW YORK/ BOSTON – Longevity has long been the dream of humankind. China’s first emperor Qin Shi Huang was obsessed with finding magic e...

Aprogen gets OK Phase 3 trials in India for Herceptin biosimilar

Aprogen gets OK Phase 3 trials in India for Herceptin biosimilar

South Korea’s biopharmaceutical company Aprogen Inc. announced on Monday that its Phase 3 clinical trial for a biosimilar of Herceptin (trastu...

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...

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...

MedPacto gets FDA OK for colorectal cancer drug clinical trial

MedPacto gets FDA OK for colorectal cancer drug clinical trial

South Korea's biotech company MedPacto Inc. announced on Tuesday that it has got approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its I...

CGBio gets FDA approval for Novosis Putty

CGBio gets FDA approval for Novosis Putty

South Korea's bio-regenerative medical firm CGBio announced on Tuesday that its Novosis Putty has been designated as a breakthrough device by the US...

SK Bioscience applies Phase 3 trials in US for pneumococcal vaccine

SK Bioscience applies Phase 3 trials in US for pneumococcal vaccine

South Korea's SK Bioscience Co. announced on Monday that it submitted the Investigational New Drug (IND) application for the Phase 3 clinical trial ...

Celltrion applies for approval in Europe for eye treatment biosimilar

Celltrion applies for approval in Europe for eye treatment biosimilar

South Korean biopharmaceutical company Celltrion Inc. announced on Friday that it applied for approval from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for ...

NKMax to perform first tests on dementia cell therapy in US

NKMax to perform first tests on dementia cell therapy in US

NKMax Co., South Korea's largest developer of natural killer (NK) cell therapies, will conduct its first clinical trials in the US for its candidate...

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&...

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...

NKMax's US subsidiary listed on Nasdaq

NKMax's US subsidiary listed on Nasdaq

South Korean natural killer (NK) cell drugmaker NKMax Co. on Wednesday said its US subsidiary NKGen Biotech on Monday was listed on the Nasdaq Globa...

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...

Genome & Co.’s bile duct cancer drug candidate enters Phase 2 trials

Genome & Co.’s bile duct cancer drug candidate enters Phase 2 trials

Genome & Company, a South Korean developer of microbiome-based drugs, on Tuesday said its GEN-001, a leading immunotherapy drug candidate for bi...

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 ...

HMM embarks on biofuel ship pilot testing on global route

HMM embarks on biofuel ship pilot testing on global route

South Korea has begun a pilot operation of a biofuel-powered container ship on a global route, the government said on Friday. HMM Co.'s container sh...

VaxCell Bio's treatment shows promise for advanced liver cancer

VaxCell Bio's treatment shows promise for advanced liver cancer

South Korea's VaxCell Biotherapeutics Co. on Tuesday said its treatment for advanced liver cancer under development stopped or greatly reduced the g...

Wellmarker Bio signs worth of $528 mn tech transfer deal

Wellmarker Bio signs worth of $528 mn tech transfer deal

Wellmarker Bio, South Korea's oncology drug development company, announced on Monday that it has signed a technology transfer agreement with a Europ...

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...

Yungjin Pharm's new drug candidate gets Fast Track from FDA

Yungjin Pharm's new drug candidate gets Fast Track from FDA

South Korea's Yungjin Pharm has secured Fast Track designation from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its new drug candidate KL1333, des...

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