Health Canada approves Daewoong’s BTX

Korea |  News | 0 Comment | 20 Aug, 2018

Daewoong Pharmaceutical has received sales approval for Nabota, its botulinum toxin (BTX) product to treat forehead wrinkles, from Health Canada. Nabota became the first product initially ...Read more

Macrogen receives CAP accreditation in two clinical labs in Korea

Korea |  News | 0 Comment | 14 Aug, 2018

Macrogen, Inc., a precision medicine biotechnology company has announced that its two next generation sequencing (NGS) clinical laboratories, located in its Seoul headquarters and Bundang P...Read more

J&J launches Robotics & Digital surgery QuickFire Challenge in Seoul

Korea |  News | 0 Comment | 13 Aug, 2018

Johnson & Johnson Medical Korea Ltd. and Johnson & Johnson Innovation today announced the launch of the Seoul Innovation QuickFire Challenge: Robotics & Digital Surgery in colla...Read more

Macrogen to Use Blockchain for Genomic Big Data

Korea |  News | 0 Comment | 08 Aug, 2018

South-Korean biotech enterprise Macrogen, the country’s leading gene sequencing service provider, is developing a genomic big data blockchain-based platform together with a local tech...Read more

Myanmar, S. Korea to collaborate in health sector

Korea |  News | 0 Comment | 06 Aug, 2018

Myanmar's Yangon University of Pharmacy and South Korea's Chung-Ang University have reached a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to cooperate in the health sector. Under the MoU signed in Y...Read more

Medpacto inks deal with AstraZeneca

Korea |  News | 0 Comment | 02 Aug, 2018

MedPacto, that announced today a clinical collaboration with AstraZeneca to evaluate the safety and efficacy of MedPacto’s vactosertib (TEW-7197), a small molecule, oral inhibitor of ...Read more

Cohesive Device to monitor brain Aneurysm treatment

Korea |  News | 0 Comment | 02 Aug, 2018

A multi-university research team has demonstrated proof-of-concept for a highly flexible and stretchable sensor that could be integrated with the flow diverter to monitor hemodynamics in a ...Read more

Roche Diagnostics Korea unveils new pathology device

Korea |  News | 0 Comment | 01 Aug, 2018

Roche Diagnostics Korea has launched its high-speed slide scanner for digital pathology, called the VENTANA DP 200, in the domestic market with approval from the Ministry of Food and Drug S...Read more

I-Mab Biopharma, ABL Bio collaborate for innovative bispecific Abs

Korea |  News | 0 Comment | 27 Jul, 2018

China based I-Mab Biopharma, a company focusing on innovative biologics in immuno-oncology and immuno-inflammation, and ABL Bio Corporation, a South Korean biotechnology company, have enter...Read more

Samsung BioLogics Receives the first FDA DP approval

Korea |  News | 0 Comment | 25 Jul, 2018

Samsung BioLogics announced that it has been licensed by the US FDA to manufacture a monoclonal antibody Drug Product at its first plant. Samsung BioLogics Co., a biopharmaceutical business...Read more

Myongji Hospital to establish telehealth system in Korea

Korea |  News | 0 Comment | 23 Jul, 2018

Myongji Hospital and leading US based telehealth firm InTouch Health have partnered to test out a telehealth system in Korea, dubbed the Korean Telehealth pilot project. Myongji Hospital C...Read more

GE Healthcare finishes installment of 400th cyclotron at KIRAMS

Korea |  News | 0 Comment | 19 Jul, 2018

GE Healthcare has finished installing its 400th cyclotron at Korea Institute of Radiological Medical Sciences (KIRAMS), said the company. A cyclotron is a type of particle accelerator that...Read more

New SR Exendin-4 Formulation proves effective against Parkinson's

Korea |  News | 1 Comment | 16 Jul, 2018

Peptron Inc. a Korean-based public pharmaceutical company that focuses on peptide engineering and developing sustained-release medicine technology, announced publication of preclinical data...Read more

Global Bioinformatics network PRASM to List on CoinBene

Korea |  News | 0 Comment | 12 Jul, 2018

According to PRASM, the biometric data of individuals who use hospitals, medical and healthcare services are currently being bought and sold by organizations without the knowledge to the us...Read more

India, South Korea sign 5 MoUs in S&T

Korea |  News | 0 Comment | 10 Jul, 2018

India and South Korea have signed five MoUs in the field of Science & Technology. Union Minister for Science & Technology, Dr Harsh Vardhan and his South Korean counterpart, Mr. You...Read more

Bayer’s study highlights treatment trends of liver cancer in Asia

Korea |  News | 0 Comment | 09 Jul, 2018

Singapore – Bayer announced results from the Asian analysis of OPTIMIS, the first prospective real-world study on treatment patterns in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) or advanced...Read more

GeneOne, Inovio Pharma announce successful Phase I for MERS vaccine

Korea |  News | 0 Comment | 09 Jul, 2018

Inovio Pharmaceuticals,  today announced positive Phase 1 results of its collaborative vaccine study with INO-4700 (GLS-5300) against MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome). Results f...Read more

Singapore institutes collaborate with ROK to develop innovative drugs

Korea |  News | 0 Comment | 03 Jul, 2018

Singapore – Scientists and clinicians from Singapore institutes are collaborating with C&C Research Laboratories, a leading research institute from the Republic of Korea...Read more