Korean startup Sky Labs unveils world's first ring-type wearable BP monitoring solution for hospital wards

Sky Labs has launched 'CART ON', the world's first ward-specific blood pressure (BP) monitoring solution that utilises a...

February 12, 2026 | Thursday | News
GCCL and Medicover announce strategic collaboration to strengthen multinational clinical trial services

South Korea-based GCCL Co., a data-driven clinical trial services provider, and Germany-based Medicover Integrated Clini...

February 11, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Korean startup Neurophet secures US FDA 510(k) clearance for neuroimaging analysis solution

South Korea-based startup Neurophet, an artificial intelligence (AI) solution company for brain disorders diagnosis and ...

February 9, 2026 | Monday | News
Korea to run landmark pandemic simulation exercise to strengthen outbreak readiness

A pioneering fictional pandemic simulation exercise will be held in the Republic of Korea by the Korean Government, the ...

February 6, 2026 | Friday | News
Korea's Samsung Biologics collaborates with CEPI to strengthen outbreak-ready vaccine production

Norway-based Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) and Samsung Biologics, a South Korea-based contract ...

February 4, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Korea's SK bioscience in-licenses RSV preventive mAb candidate from Gates Medical Research Institute

South Korea-based SK bioscience will advance a novel respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) monoclonal antibody (mAb) for glo...

February 3, 2026 | Tuesday | News
Korea's Hanmi Pharma secures export deal with Mexican partner Sanfer for GLP-1 obesity drug and more

Hanmi is accelerating its global market entry with efpeglenatide, Korea's first domestically developed GLP-1 c...

January 28, 2026 | Wednesday | News
SK bioscience, MSD, and Hilleman Labs advance Zaire ebolavirus vaccine development

South Korea-based SK bioscience has announced that it is advancing the development of a Zaire ebolavirus vaccine under a...

January 23, 2026 | Friday | News
Korea's Alteogen inks $265 M deal with GSK to develop subcutaneous formulation of Dostarlimab

South Korea based Alteogen Inc. has entered into an exclusive license agreement with Tesaro, Inc., a subsidiary of GSK. ...

January 27, 2026 | Tuesday | News
Pacira partners with LG Chem to make EXPAREL® available in select APAC markets

US-based Pacira BioSciences, Inc. has entered into an agreement with South Korea's LG Chem designed to expand access to ...

January 21, 2026 | Wednesday | News
LivsMed completes largest KOSDAQ IPO of 2025, raising ₩135.9 B

LivsMed, a minimally invasive surgical device company, has completed an initial public offering on Korea’s KOSDAQ ...

January 19, 2026 | Monday | News
Korea's GCCL partners with OPIS to advance global clinical trial capabilities

GCCL, a leading South Korea-based provider of clinical trial sample analysis, and US-based OPIS, a global full-service c...

January 16, 2026 | Friday | News
Rakuten Medical and Lotte Biologics ink agreement to support biopharma in global oncology programme

US-based Rakuten Medical, Inc. and South Korea's Lotte Biologics have signed a biopharmaceutical contract manufacturing ...

January 14, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Curi Bio launches Asia-Pacific hub following full acquisition of Quvit Bio in South Korea

US-based Curi Bio, the leader in delivering human-relevant functional data for drug discovery and development, has annou...

January 13, 2026 | Tuesday | News
SK bioscience and Sanofi launch MenQuadfi meningococcal vaccine in Korea

SK bioscience has announced the new domestic launch of MenQuadfi Injection (MenQuadfi, MenACWY-TT), a quadrivalent menin...

January 12, 2026 | Monday | News
Santhera licenses AGAMREE to Japan's Nxera Pharma in $205 M Asia-Pacific deal

Swiss firm Santhera Pharmaceuticals has signed an exclusive licensing agreement with Nxera Pharma UK for the development...

January 9, 2026 | Friday | News
Korea's Sky Labs secures European approval for ring-type blood pressure monitor

South Korea based startup Sky Labs has announced that its ring-type blood pressure monitor, 'CART PLATFORM,' recent...

January 9, 2026 | Friday | News
Xellar, Woojung Bio to advance AI-enabled organ-on-a-chip preclinical models

US-based startup Xellar Biosystems, a globally leading innovator in next-generation artificial intelligence (AI)- a...

January 8, 2026 | Thursday | News
Korea's Clonell launches Ultimate Regenerative Medicine Platform

South Korea-based Clonell Therapeutics, Inc. has announced the official launch of the world's first 'Patient-Specific Em...

January 6, 2026 | Tuesday | News
Korea opens door to B cell-based personalised cancer vaccines​

Researchers from the Department of Bio and Brain Engineering at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIS...

January 5, 2026 | Monday | News
Korean startup KLMBio accelerates global expansion in bone graft market

South Korea-based KLMBio, a manufacturer and exporter of human tissue-based medical devices, is accelerating its global ...

January 2, 2026 | Friday | News
Korea to build collaborative clinical sample analysis network for pandemic response

The International Vaccine Institute (IVI) and the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA), together with four...

December 23, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Korea's Galux joins hands with Boehringer Ingelheim to advance AI-driven protein design

Galux, a South Korean biotech startup pioneering AI-driven protein therapeutics discovery, has signed a research agreeme...

December 18, 2025 | Thursday | News
Korean startup MEDI&GENE partners with Lilly to advance next-generation obesity therapeutics

MEDI&GENE, a South Korea-based biopharmaceutical company developing therapeutics for metabolic diseases, has entered...

December 19, 2025 | Friday | News
South Korea's ADEL signs $1.04 B deal with Sanofi for novel Alzheimer's therapy

ADEL, Inc., a South Korea-based biopharmaceutical company dedicated to developing therapies for neurodegenerative diseas...

December 17, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Lunit partners with Daiichi Sankyo to advance AI-driven oncology research

South Korea-based Lunit, a leading provider of AI for cancer diagnostics and precision oncology, has announced a collabo...

December 16, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Korea marks milestone for blood-based Alzheimer’s diagnostics ecosystem

Quanterix Corporation, a US.-based biotechnology company specialising in ultrasensitive biomarker detection, and its cli...

December 15, 2025 | Monday | News
Rhinocare Korea accelerates global expansion with Singapore joint venture

Rhinocare Korea, a medtech innovator specialising in drug-free respiratory care, has announced plans to establish a join...

December 11, 2025 | Thursday | News
Pixelgen Technologies further expands Asia presence through distribution agreement with MDxK

Pixelgen Technologies, Inc. and MDxK (Molecular Diagnostics Korea) Inc., part of DKSH Business Unit Technology, a l...

December 16, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Korea steps up pandemic response with $18.9 M investment in CEPI

The Republic of Korea has announced new $18.9 million support to bolster national and global efforts to protect against ...

December 8, 2025 | Monday | News
Scientists in Korea to create mRNA vaccine against emerging tick-borne virus in Asia

Leading scientific organisations in Korea including the Korea Disease Control Agency (KDCA), International Vaccine Insti...

December 9, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Korea's Seegene establishes French subsidiary to expand European footprint

South Korea-based Seegene, Inc., a global leader in molecular diagnostics (MDx), has announced the establishment of...

December 6, 2025 | Saturday | News
Thermo Fisher Scientific Deepens Investment in Asia’s Biopharma Ecosystem with Expansion of Bioprocess Design Centers

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, announced an expansion of its bioprocessing capabili...

December 3, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Zuellig Pharma opens state-of-the-art clinical trial support innovation centre in South Korea

Zuellig Pharma, a leading healthcare solutions company in Asia, has announced the grand opening of its new state-of-the-...

December 1, 2025 | Monday | News
Korea's SK Biopharmaceuticals expands radiopharmaceutical therapy portfolio

SK Biopharmaceuticals, a South Korea-based biotech company specialising in research, development, and commercialisation ...

November 28, 2025 | Friday | News
Polarean expands commercial reach and advances lung imaging innovation in Asia-Pacific

US-based Polarean Imaging plc, a commercial-stage medical imaging technology leader in functional Magnetic Resonance Ima...

November 27, 2025 | Thursday | News
Korean startup Neurophet advances Alzheimer's Disease diagnosis in partnership with The Florey Strengthen Research

South Korea-based Neurophet, an artificial intelligence (AI) solution startup for brain disorders diagnosis and treatmen...

November 25, 2025 | Tuesday | News
South Korea's ABL Bio inks collaboration agreement with Lilly in $2.6 B deal

South Korea-based ABL Bio, a company specializing in bispecific antibodies, has entered license, research and collaborat...

November 19, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Korea's Lunit announces strategic collaboration with Labcorp to advance AI-powered digital pathology research

South Korea-based Lunit, a leading provider of artificial intelligence (AI) for cancer diagnostics and precision oncolog...

November 18, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Vaxcellbio signs MoU with Seoul National University for macular degeneration treatment

Vaxcellbio, a South Korea-based immuno-oncology company, has entered into a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) ...

November 14, 2025 | Friday | News
Kaigene partners with Celltrion for novel antibody therapeutics in autoimmune diseases for $736 M

Kaigene Inc., a US-based biotechnology startup pioneering next-generation antibody therapeutics for autoimmune disorders...

November 12, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Samsung Epis Holdings establishes new subsidiary to advance next-gen biotechnology platforms

South Korea-based Samsung Epis Holdings Co. has announced the establishment of Epis NexLab Co., a new subsidiary that wi...

November 11, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Singapore, Korea researchers harness AI to tackle male infertility

Researchers from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at the National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine) and CHA Univ...

November 10, 2025 | Monday | News
Omron invests in South Korean healthcare startup Sky Labs

South Korea-based healthcare startup Sky Labs has attracted investments with OMRON Ventures, Omron Group's ent...

November 6, 2025 | Thursday | News
Korea's Samsung Bioepis gains full rights to BYOOVIZ biosimilar from Biogen in Europe

South Korea-based Samsung Bioepis has entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (APA) with Biogen regarding Samsung Bioep...

November 3, 2025 | Monday | News
Korea's SK pharmteco and LOTTE BIOLOGICS partner to strengthen global ADC CDMO capabilities

South Korea-based SK pharmteco and LOTTE BIOLOGICS have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) for a strategic collaboration to...

October 30, 2025 | Thursday | News
IASO Bio partners with GC Cell to bring CAR-T therapy to Korea

Nanjing IASO Biotechnology has signed an agreement with Korea's GC Cell to introduce the CAR-T therapy "Fucaso" (Equecab...

October 31, 2025 | Friday | News
Korea announces 5th Comprehensive Plan for high-tech medical complexes

The Ministry of Health and Welfare, South Korea government, has announced the the launch of the 5th Comprehensive Plan f...

October 27, 2025 | Monday | News
SK Biopharma launches JV with Eurofarma for AI-based epilepsy management platform

South Korea-based SK Biopharmaceuticals has announced the establishment of Mentis Care, Inc., a joint venture (JV) with ...

October 23, 2025 | Thursday | News
Chinese startup Phrontline Biopharma joins hands with Samsung Bioepis to co-develop ADC assets

South Korea-based Samsung Bioepis Co., Ltd. and Chinese startup Phrontline Biopharma, a clinical-stage biotechnology com...

October 21, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Samsung partners with Grail in $110 M deal to expand early cancer testing across Asia

South Korea's Samsung C&T (SCT), Samsung Electronics (SEC), and US-based GRAIL, Inc. have signed a binding Letter of...

October 21, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Boehringer Ingelheim inks $991 M deal with Korea's AimedBio for cancer antibody-drug conjugate portfolio

Germany's Boehringer Ingelheim and Korean biotech startup AimedBio have announced a global collaboration and licensing a...

October 17, 2025 | Friday | News
Texas Medical Center unveils BioBridge with Republic of Korea

A new collaboration between Texas Medical Center, the world’s largest innovation hub, and the Osong Medical Innova...

October 16, 2025 | Thursday | News
South Korea selects PacBio HiFi Technology for National Pangenome Project

PacBio, a leading developer of high-quality, highly accurate sequencing solutions, has announced that its HiFi sequencin...

October 14, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Korea's GC Biopharma secures contract manufacturing rights for Shingles vaccine from Curevo

GC Biopharma, a South Korean biopharmaceutical company, has signed an agreement with Curevo Vaccine to secure contract m...

October 13, 2025 | Monday | News
Korea's Samsung Biologics introduces optimised manufacturing framework ExellenS™

South Korea-based Samsung Biologics, a leading contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), has unveiled ...

October 10, 2025 | Friday | News
Rentschler Biopharma further expands services in Japan and South Korea

Germany-based Rentschler Biopharma SE, a leading global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) ...

October 8, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Agilent and Chungnam National University to build Open Biopharma Research Hub in South Korea

Agilent Technologies Inc. has recently announced a strategic partnership with Chungnam National University&nbs...

October 3, 2025 | Friday | News
South Korea's Boryung to acquire global rights to Taxotere from Sanofi for €175 M

South Korea's Boryung Corporation has signed an asset purchase agreement with the global biopharma company Sanofi to acq...

October 6, 2025 | Monday | News
Thermo Fisher Scientific announces R&D partnership with AstraZeneca BioVentureHub

The PPD™ clinical research business of Thermo Fisher Scientific, has announced a new research and development (R&a...

October 6, 2025 | Monday | News
Korea's Celltrion buys Eli Lilly plant in US for KRW 460 B

South Korea-based Celltrion has signed an agreement with Eli Lilly to acquire a biopharmaceutical drug substance (DS) ma...

September 30, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Korean startup Sky Labs unveils ring-type cuffless blood pressure monitor

Sky Labs has announced the official launch of CART BP, a ring-type personal blood pressure monitor designed for eve...

September 26, 2025 | Friday | News
Korea's GCCL partners with Frontage Labs to strengthen global clinical trial capabilities

GCCL (Global Clinical Central Lab), a South Korea-based leading provider of clinical trial sample analysis, and Fro...

September 24, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Angelini Pharma secures $550 M deal with Korea's Sovargen for brain health asset

US-based Angelini Pharma, part of the privately owned Angelini Industries, and Sovargen, a South-Korean biotechnology co...

September 23, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Lunit and Agilent join hands for AI-powered companion diagnostics

South Korea-based Lunit and US-based Agilent Technologies Inc. have announced a non-exclusive collaboration to develop a...

September 22, 2025 | Monday | News
Seoul Bio Hub-Celltrion launches 'Global Open Innovation' for US startups

Seoul's bio startup hub 'Seoul Bio Hub' and global pharmaceutical leader 'Celltrion' have joined forces to launch the '2...

September 18, 2025 | Thursday | News
Celltrion Pharm signs strategic trilateral agreement with Becton Dickinson and BD Korea

Celltrion Pharm, a South Korean biopharmaceutical firm, has inked a strategic trilateral agreement with a multinational ...

September 17, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Korea launches full-scale programme to improve training environment for doctors

The Ministry of Health and Welfare, Government of South Korea, has annnounced that 60 teaching hospitals have been selec...

September 16, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Korea aims to double biopharma exports by 2030 and develop three blockbuster new drugs

The South Korea government recently held the Bio Innovation Roundtable on at Songdo Convensia in Incheon under the theme...

September 12, 2025 | Friday | News
Korea's Neurophet & InRAD to establish global standards for Alzheimer's disease and dementia data

Neurophet, a South Korea-based artificial intelligence (AI) solution startup for brain disorders diagnosis and treatment...

September 3, 2025 | Wednesday | News
“We aim to position Korea among the global top 3 in clinical trial competitiveness and establish it as Asia’s central research hub”

KoNECT was established to strengthen Korea’s global competitiveness in clinical research. What are the key milesto...

September 1, 2025 | Monday | Opinion
MGI Tech, JCBio to advance multi-omics innovation in South Korea

MGI Tech, a company dedicated to developing core tools and technologies that drive innovation in life sciences, and JCBi...

September 2, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Partnership in Korea for precision immuno-oncology therapeutics

South Korea-based ACROBiosystems, a global biotechnology company dedicated to accelerating the drug development process ...

August 29, 2025 | Friday | News
South Korean startup Brightonix Imaging wins US FDA clearance for PHAROS PET scanner

Brightonix Imaging, a South Korea-based startup, has announced that its flagship product, the PHAROS PET Scanner, has re...

August 27, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Hyloris partners with Huons to introduce dental products in South Korea

Belgium's Hyloris Pharmaceuticals SA, has announced that an exclusive license and supply agreement has been signed with ...

August 22, 2025 | Friday | News
XtalPi partners with Dong-A ST focusing on immunology and inflammation therapies

China-based startup XtalPi has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Korea's leading pharmaceutical company Do...

August 20, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Korea's Avixgen inks agreement worth $360 M with US biotech firm for next-gen drug delivery platform

Avixgen, a subsidiary of South Korea-based Dx&Vx, has signed a licensing-out agreement worth approximately $360 mill...

August 19, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Korea's GC Biopharma signs MoU with Thai Red Cross Society to strengthen collaboration on plasma-derived therapies

GC Biopharma, a South Korean biopharmaceutical company, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Thai Red...

August 18, 2025 | Monday | News
Korean medical aesthetic firm Hugel launches botulinum toxin Letybo in Malaysia

South Korea-based Hugel Inc., a leading global medical aesthetics company, has officially launched its botulinum toxin p...

August 11, 2025 | Monday | News
Korea's Celltrion receives US FDA approval of expanded indication for AVTOZMA

South Korea-based Celltrion, Inc. has announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an expanded ...

August 9, 2025 | Saturday | News
Leading science labs in Korea join world’s largest vaccine testing network

Two leading scientific organisations based in Korea, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) and Int...

August 6, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Korea-based AI startup PhnyX Lab secures $4 M to transform life sciences sector

PhnyX Lab, a pioneering GenAI startup transforming how life science companies operate, has announced the successful clos...

August 4, 2025 | Monday | News
Korea's Dx&Vx signs $220 M agreement for mRNA cancer vaccine development with US biotech firm

South Korea-based Dx&Vx (DXVX) has signed its first-ever global out-licensing agreement since its establishment. DXV...

July 30, 2025 | Wednesday | News
“We plan to enter India, Japan, Thailand, and Vietnam to improve the safety of researchers”

Which are the new products launched by Connietec at the ICPI Week 2025? ConnieTOP, which was released in ICPI Week 2025...

August 2, 2025 | Saturday | Opinion
OSR Holdings acquires Korean maker of non-invasive glucose monitoring technology

US-based OSR Holdings, Inc., a global healthcare company advancing biomedical and wellness innovation, has signed a term...

July 28, 2025 | Monday | News
Embracing Korea's life sciences industry as a powerhouse for next-generation innovation

South Korea has emerged as a major player in the global biopharmaceutical landscape, transforming from a generic drug ma...

July 25, 2025 | Friday | Opinion
Avantor relocates Korea Office in Suwon to support growth and enhance collaboration

Avantor, Inc., a leading global provider of mission-critical products and services to customers in the life sciences and...

July 24, 2025 | Thursday | News
Korea approves DeepQure's HyperQure™ for clinical trial in Atrial Fibrillation

DeepQure has announced that South Korea's Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) has approved a clinical trial of Hyper...

July 18, 2025 | Friday | News
Korea's CorestemChemon expands global CRO reach with ATG Lifetech

CorestemChemon, a leading GLP-certified preclinical CRO based in South Korea, has entered into a strategic partners...

July 21, 2025 | Monday | News
Japan's Astellas announces partnership with Korea Institute of Startup and Entrepreneurship Development

Japan-based Astellas Pharma Inc. has agreed on a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Korea Institute of Star...

July 17, 2025 | Thursday | News
Korea-Israel partnership to commercialise injectable treatment for focal fat reduction

365mc, South Korea's leading medical institution specialising in fat reduction treatments, and Israel-based Ra...

July 16, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Korean startup Illimis Therapeutics raises $42 M to accelerate CNS and immune disease drug development

South Korea-based startup Illimis Therapeutics has announced the closing of 58 billion KRW ($42 million) Series B financ...

July 15, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Samsung Bioepis proposes to bridge policy gaps for timely access of biosimilar medicines in Europe

South Korea-based biopharmaceutical company Samsung Bioepis has published a whitepaper titled ‘Solving the Biosimi...

July 14, 2025 | Monday | News
Korea's IVI forges partnership with Bio Investments Group to accelerate vaccine self-reliance in Africa and the Middle East

The Bio Investments Group AG (BIG), a Swiss healthcare-technology transfer platform, and South Korea-headquartered Inter...

July 11, 2025 | Friday | News
Health2Sync and Novo Nordisk enhance insulin administration via digital diabetes care in Korea

Health2Sync, Asia's leading digital chronic disease management platform, has announced the successful integration of Sma...

July 9, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Korea's Celltrion announces US launch of denosumab biosimilars for osteoporosis treatment

Celltrion has announced that STOBOCLO® (denosumab-bmwo) and OSENVELT® (denosumab-bmwo), biosimila...

July 8, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Singapore-Korea partnership to apply AI in hair follicle regeneration research

Singapore-based startup NYB.AI and Pnaseer Inc., a startup based in South Korea, have announced a strategic partnership ...

July 8, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Korea to develop AI-based diagnostic reagents for high-risk pathogens

Attoplex Inc., a South Korea-based startup specialising in in vitro diagnostic (IVD) medical devices, has signed a Memor...

July 3, 2025 | Thursday | News
Lunit and Microsoft collaborate to advance AI-driven cancer diagnosis

South Korea-based Lunit, a leading provider of artificial intelligence (AI) for cancer diagnostics and therapeutics, has...

July 3, 2025 | Thursday | News
Korea's Seegene launches STAgora, new platform for infectious disease analytics

South Korea-based Seegene Inc., a global leader in molecular diagnostics (MDx) solutions, has announced the launch of ST...

July 2, 2025 | Wednesday | News

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