Biotech
Celltrion to develop oral autoimmune disease treatment with US firm
Celltrion, a leading biopharmaceutical company in South Korea, has partnered with Rani Therapeutics, a US-based clinical-stage biotech company. According to...
Ministry of SMEs and Startups hosts a “Regulation Breaking” event at Korea Bio Park in Pangyo
South Korea’s Ministry of SMEs and Startups (Minister Lee Young, hereinafter referred to as MSS) hosted a conference called “The...
South Korea to ease regulations for data-driven healthcare startups
South Korea is planning to nurture the biotechnology industry as a new economic growth engine. Choo Kyung-ho, Korea’s Finance Minister,...
AMSBIO to revolutionize Korea’s diagnostic market with saliva-based cancer diagnosis technology
South Korean In Vitro Diagnostics (IVD) medical device, and diagnostic reagent developer, AMSBIO is looking forward to building a new...
South Korean Firms to Inject 10 Trillion Won into Biotechnology by 2023
South Korean biotech companies, including Celltrion and Samsung Biologics, would jointly invest a total of 10 trillion won ($9.03 billion)...
Celltrion’s CT-P59 Antiviral Candidate Reduces COVID-19 Virus 100-Fold
Celltrion announced on Monday that its antiviral treatment candidate CT-P59 for COVID-19 positively lowered the amount of SARS-CoV-2 virus in...
Samsung Biologics Signs 287 Bln Won CMO Supply Deal with GSK
Samsung Biologics Co. on Friday said that it signed an eight-year contract manufacturing organization (CMO) deal valued at 287 billion...
Macrogen’s AxenTM COVID-19 RT Test Kit Gets Export Approval
Macrogen, a South Korean genomics biotech firm, said on Thursday that its test kit AxenTM COVID-19 RT received export approval...
Bioneer’s Molecular Diagnostic Equipment Attracts Global Attention
Bioneer Co., a South Korean biotech firm, on Wednesday, said that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to source...
SK Bioscience: Gates Foundation Funds 4.4 Bln Won for Vaccine R&D
On Tuesday, SK Bioscience announces that it would receive 4.4 billion won ($3.6 million) financial backing from the Bill &...
SK Holdings Injects 8 Billion Won in Hummingbird Bioscience in Series B
SK Holdings on Monday said that it injected 8 billion won ($6.5 million) in Hummingbird Bioscience to secure novel antibody-based...
“We Connect Science”: LG Chem to Transform into Science Company
Under its new vision, “We connect science to life for a better future,” LG Chem on Thursday announced its plan...
LegoChem Biosciences Signs 496.3 Bln Won Licensing Deal with UK Iksuda
LegoChem Biosciences Inc. announced it signed a 496.3 billion won ($405 million) worth agreement on licensing out its antibody-drug conjugate...
Samsung Biologics, Aprinoia Inks Deal to Develop Alzheimer’s Treatment
Samsung Biologics announced on Tuesday that it signed a contract with Aprinoia Therapeutics to develop the Taiwan-based biotech firm's Alzheimer's...
