3SBio to develop antibody for acute leukemia

Singapore: Chinese biotechnology firm, 3SBio, has signed an exclusive license with Korean firm, DiNonA  for the develop...

August 8, 2014 | Friday | News
Taiho terminates oranitib Ph III trial

Singapore: Faced with disappointing results, Japan's large drugmaker, Taiho Pharmaceutical has said that it is terminati...

August 5, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Japanese, Korean firm to jointly develop breast cancer drug

Singapore: Japanese company, Kyowa Hakko Kirin and Korean firm, Syndax Pharmaceuticals, have entered into a license agre...

January 8, 2015 | Thursday | News
Korean doctors skeptical about Telemedicine

Singapore: Korean doctors have expressed concern over the controversial telemedicine bill that is expected to be effecti...

September 24, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Swedish firm partners with Sanofi to expand in Asia

Singapore: Sweden-based company NeuroVive Pharmaceutical's Asia arm has signed a collaboration agreement with Sanofi's a...

May 27, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Korea, Ontario Centers collaborate on tech research

Singapore: The Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology (KEIT) has inked a Memorandum of Understanding with t...

September 23, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Korea close to discovering HIV cure

Singapore: Scientists have finally discovered an enzyme that could curb the increasing menace of HIV and promise a possi...

August 5, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Y brain Korea receives $3.5mn Series A funding

Singapore: Korea-based healthcare wearables start-up firm, Y brain, has raised $3.5 million in Series A funding for its ...

August 28, 2014 | Thursday | News
Korean vaccine market to grow by 11.5 percent

Singapore: With pandemics lurking at the back, achieving vaccine independence has become an essential part towards healt...

August 28, 2014 | Thursday | News
Demand for generics in Asia is drawing pharma majors

The clinical trials market in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region has been steadily growing with increased focus primarily on...

September 14, 2012 | Friday | Opinion
Merck-Samsung biosimilar receives Korea nod

Singapore: Korea's Food and Drug Safety has approved BRENZYS, a biosimilar of the immunology medicine Enbrel, for the tr...

September 10, 2015 | Thursday | News
Korea to nurture its medical tourism industry

Singapore: According to the nation's top health official, the Korean government is keen to promote its medical tourism i...

November 4, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Samsung Medison launches first premium ultrasound system in Australia

Singapore: Korea-based medical devices company Samsung Medison has announced showcasing of two new ultrasound systems in...

October 7, 2013 | Monday | News
Allegro collaborates with Hanmi pharmaceutical

Singapore: Allegro Ophthalmics, a Korea-based pharma major has inked a license pact with Hanmi pharmaceuticals to advanc...

January 19, 2015 | Monday | News
SK Telecom enters China's lucrative market

Singapore: SK Telecom aims to tap the lucrative Chinese market by opening two healthcare centers 'SK Telecom Healthcare...

July 3, 2014 | Thursday | News
Heartbeat grows 350% year-over-year

Singapore: Heartbeat Experts, the global leader in stakeholder management solutions for the life sciences industry has a...

May 31, 2013 | Friday | News
Gene expression for personalized medicine: Report

Singapore: Gene expression profiling can bring significant improvements to disease profiling and diagnoses based on gene...

June 10, 2014 | Tuesday | Analysis
Stem cells offer hope to patients needing amputation

Singapore: Korean researchers found that the transplantation adipose (fat) derived stem cells resulted in the regenerati...

September 7, 2012 | Friday | News
Japan, Korea suspend wheat import from the US

Singapore: Japan partially suspended imports of wheat from the US on Friday after the US government revealed that a stra...

June 3, 2013 | Monday | News
South Korea gives tax breaks, establishes R&D fund

The world of pharmaceuticals is becoming more global. As the financial performance of many pharmaceutical companies co...

September 13, 2013 | Friday | Opinion
Korea to nurture its vaccine makers

Singapore: The Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) recently announced plans to support and nurture domestic v...

January 27, 2015 | Tuesday | News
Toshiba Medical to set up Korean subsidiary

Singapore: Toshiba Medical Systems (TMSC) will acquire 70 percent of the stock in the Korean company, TI Medical Systems...

March 5, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Electronics giant enters the Pharma market

Singapore: South Korea's biggest company, Samsung Group, is venturing into the drug industry, investing at least $2 bill...

May 12, 2014 | Monday | News
CRO survey: India, China dominate market

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November 24, 2012 | Saturday | Analysis
South Korea to empower Arab healthcare system

Singapore: South Korea has agreed to export its medical technologies to the Arab Kingdom. The South Korean Ambassador in...

January 21, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Korean drug distributors face bankruptcy

Singapore: Nearly 60 drug distributors in Korea are facing bankruptcy as the foreign drug makers do not pass on the fair...

August 26, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Emerging and rare infections on the rise:Korea CDC

Singapore: Korea's health control center cautioned that emerging infections and new cases rare diseases were increasing ...

October 7, 2014 | Tuesday | News
EMA to review Samsung's biosimilar Enbrel

Singapore: European Medicines Agency (EMA) has nodded to review the marketing authorization application (MAA) of Enbrel ...

January 23, 2015 | Friday | News
Green Cross to set up cell therapy plant in China

Singapore: Green Cross, South Korean biopharmaceutical company, is expanding its manufacturing base by building a new ce...

April 30, 2015 | Thursday | News
Eisai submits marketing application for thyroid cancer drug

Singapore: Japan's pharmaceutical company, Eisai, has submitted its application to the regulatory authority in South Kor...

December 2, 2014 | Tuesday | Regulatory
Samsung Medical Center joins hands with Elekta

Singapore: Korea's Samsung Medical Center (SMC) has inked a pact with Elekta, a leading solutions provider for cancer an...

June 11, 2015 | Thursday | News
WHO, Korea join hands to fight MERS

Singapore: In light of the recent outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), WHO and Korea's M...

June 11, 2015 | Thursday | News
AusBiotech, KoreaBIO join hands for mutual growth

Singapore: AusBiotech and Korea Biotechnology Industry Organization (KoreaBIO) are signing a memorandum of understanding...

October 29, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Asia's Fastest 50 bio-firms shine

The annual list of Asia's fastest growing pharma companies, compiled painstakingly by the BioSpectrum Asia team, is out....

June 12, 2013 | Wednesday | Opinion
Biosimilars to take over biologic market by 2019'

Singapore: The increasing prevalence of biosimilars will have a noticeably negative impact on the biologics market beyon...

June 11, 2014 | Wednesday | Analysis
'Korea builds stem cell infrastructure'

Singapore: Pharmicell is commercializing Hearticellgram for acute myocardial infarction, Dong A Pharma has developed Car...

November 12, 2014 | Wednesday | Influencers
Smartphones preferred channel for healthcare'

Singapore: Smart phones are the preferred tool for patient's engagement and communication with their healthcare provider...

July 6, 2014 | Sunday | Analysis
Canadian generic maker enters Korea with JV

Singapore: Montreal-based generic drug developer and marketer Pharmascience is venturing into Korea by forming a joint v...

January 3, 2013 | Thursday | News
Korean government to foster biotech sector

Singapore: The Korean government announced plans to boost the fast growing biotech sector of Korea at the 11th President...

July 22, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Dr Il-Sup Huh: Guide of Green Cross

Before joining the family business of Green Cross in 1979, Mr Il-Sup Huh, the fifth son in the family, served the Korean...

March 14, 2012 | Wednesday | Influencers
Dong A inaugurates new plant for Biosimilars

Singapore: Dong-A Socio Holdings inaugurated their DM Bio plant dedicated to manufacturing biosimilar medicines and medi...

June 30, 2014 | Monday | News
Sigma-Aldrich unit enters Korea with CrystalGenomics

Singapore: Sigma-Aldrich's custom manufacturing and services business unit, SAFC, has signed an agreement with Seoul-bas...

November 2, 2012 | Friday | News
South Korea firm emerges as R&D force

According to the Global Burden of Disease and Risk Factors (World Bank Publications, 2006), infectious diseases are one ...

April 12, 2012 | Thursday | News
Asia leverages on the biologics opportunity

Many companies in India, China and to an extent Korea have established a strong position in contract manufacturing of ac...

March 7, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Milestones in drug delivery technology in Asia

In 2007, Dabur Pharma, one of India's leading manufacturers of anti-cancer drugs, launched Nanoxel, a novel drug deliver...

March 14, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Deadly drug-defying bacteria discovered

Singapore: Doctors at the Samsung Medical center have revealed a new group of drug resistant pathogens that had affected...

April 24, 2014 | Thursday | News
Korea to showcase future of biotechnology

Singapore: Korea is all set to host international bio exposition showcasing a glimpse into the future of biotechnology a...

July 25, 2014 | Friday | News
Affymetrix, Korean firm ink forensic test deal

Singapore: Affymetrix and Korean genomics-based biotech company, DNA Link, signed a Powered by Affymetrix (PbA) Programm...

February 12, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Korea Drug Development Fund collaborates with PAREXEL

Singapore: The Korea Drug Development Fund (KDDF) has chosen PAREXEL International, a leading global biopharmaceutical s...

July 20, 2012 | Friday | News
Merck, Samsung to co-develop diabetes drug

Singapore: Global Pharmaceutical company, Merck, and Samsung Bioepis, a joint venture between Samsung Biologics and Biog...

February 11, 2014 | Tuesday | News
RNL BIO files IND for stem cell product with FDA

Singapore: RNL BIO, Korea-based stem cell biotechnology company, has filed an Investigational New Drug application (IND)...

May 3, 2013 | Friday | News
Michael Culme-Seymour is Marken's new APAC VP

‎Singapore: Supply chain firm, Marken has appointed Mr Michael Culme-Seymour as VP, Asia Pacific, effective Octobe...

October 4, 2013 | Friday | Influencers
BioPharma Asia: Is Asia ready to boost global drug pipeline?

Singapore: Asia share of global GDP, measured in purchasing power, has increased from 26.8 percent in 2001 to 33.8 perce...

March 17, 2014 | Monday | Analysis
Radioembolization to see strong growth in China

Singapore: According to Millennium Research Group (MRG), a provider of market intelligence on medical technology, the em...

May 24, 2012 | Thursday | News
Mundipharma appoints John Lee as GM for SEA

Singapore: Asian pharmaceutical firm, Mundipharma, has promoted the general manager of Mundipharma Korea, Mr John Lee, t...

November 6, 2013 | Wednesday | Influencers
Green Cross builds $68 mn Thai plasma plant

Singapore: South Korean company Green Cross is building a plasma derivatives plant (worth $68 million) in Bangkok, Thail...

February 13, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Stop 'amoeba-like feet' formation to prevent cancer

Singapore: Scientists at Weill Cornell Medical College have discovered the molecular switch that allows aggressive tripl...

January 16, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Info Kinetics, Korean univ sign MoU for medtech trial

Singapore: Info Kinetics and Clinical Trial Center for Medical Devices of Yeungnam University Hospital, South Korea, sig...

November 13, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Samsung launches finance firm to aid in acquisitions

Singapore: Samsung Electronics, US, has launched Samsung Financial Solutions, focused on facilitating funding and acquis...

February 6, 2014 | Thursday | News
SK Biopharma, Hanmi Pharma sign deal

Singapore: SK Biopharmaceuticals (SKBP) and Hamni Pharmaceutical have signed a licensing out agreement for SKBP's diazep...

May 18, 2012 | Friday | News
Dong-A Pharma leverages on collaborations

Dong-A Pharmaceutical adopts innovative and flexible business models to achieve substantial revenues at the end of each ...

June 20, 2012 | Wednesday | Analysis
Ahn-Gook to distribute EffRx's Binosto in Korea

Singapore: EffRx Pharmaceuticals announced the signing of an exclusive distribution agreement with Ahn-Gook Pharmaceutic...

June 4, 2013 | Tuesday | News
DB Schenker opens new logistics center in Korea

Singapore: As part of its strategy to further build global supply chain competence in the healthcare market, Germany-bas...

July 18, 2013 | Thursday | News
ICON partners with Korean national clinical trials enterprise

Singapore: ICON, a global provider of outsourced development services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical ...

October 9, 2012 | Tuesday | News
New laser to deliver drugs painlessly

Singapore: A new type of drug delivery system has been devised, which uses an erbium-doped yttrium aluminium garnet lase...

September 17, 2012 | Monday | News
Which domain of clinical research do APAC CROs focus on?

The fifth edition of the annual BioSpectrum Asia Pacific clinical research organization (CRO) Survey, which is conduct...

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
IVI appoints new board members

Singapore: South Korea-headquartered International Vaccine Institute (IVI) has appointed Professor Fred Binka, Dr Josep...

November 20, 2013 | Wednesday | Influencers
Foot and Mouth disease outbreak in South Korea

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April 24, 2014 | Thursday | News
Celltrion files for Remsima approval in Japan

Singapore: Korea-based Celltrion has completed filing procedure of biosimilar drug Remsima to obtain Japan's Ministry of...

September 17, 2013 | Tuesday | News
South Korean drug firms look overseas for profit

Singapore: In a bid to generate new profit engines, South Korean pharmaceutical companies have set their eyes on oversea...

August 5, 2013 | Monday | News
SNUH integrates OmniComm solutions for clinical trial data

Singapore: OmniComm Systems, a provider of clinical data management solutions for clinical trials, has signed a five yea...

April 4, 2014 | Friday | News
Pfizer trial of cancer drug INLYTA is a failure

Singapore: Pfizer has revealed that its phase III study of INLYTA (axitinib) did not meet the primary endpoint of demons...

October 22, 2012 | Monday | News
Korea to improvise Jordan healthcare system

Singapore: Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Hea...

July 7, 2014 | Monday | News
Malaysian firm Duopharma forays into biosimilars

Singapore: Malaysia's chemical company Duopharma has tied up with Korea's PanGen Biotech to pioneer a clinical trial of ...

August 1, 2012 | Wednesday | News
AstraZeneca, KHIDI setup cancer research program

Singapore: AstraZeneca signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Korea Health Industry Development Institute (...

March 11, 2014 | Tuesday | News
US biosimilars market to be $9 bn by 2020

Singapore: A new report by global business intelligence firm GBI Research has highlighted that the massive potential for...

October 3, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Will RNL stem cell drug trial get Korean FDA nod?

Singapore: RNL Bio filed an Investigational New Drug (IND) application with the Korean Food and Drug Administration (KFD...

February 12, 2013 | Tuesday | Regulatory
Samsung to make Roche biologics at Korean plant

Singapore: Samsung BioLogics and Roche have entered into a long term strategic manufacturing agreement under which Samsu...

October 24, 2013 | Thursday | News
RNL to license stem cell technology to in Turkey

Singapore: RNL Bio has signed the agreement with RST Biomedikal Sanayi, a Turkish company, to license RNL Bio's stem ce...

September 14, 2012 | Friday | News
Stem cells can help prevent Alzheimer's disease

Singapore: In the first study of its kind, researchers at one of Korea's leading university and the RNL Bio Stem Cell Te...

September 27, 2012 | Thursday | News
F&S: Medical devices market highly fragmented

Singapore: A new analysis from Frost & Sullivan, titled Medical Devices Distributor Profiling in Vietnam, Indonesia,...

December 11, 2012 | Tuesday | News
BSA-CMR Survey: Oncology is the top therapeutic focus area for CROs in APAC

The fifth edition of the annual BioSpectrum Asia Pacific clinical research organization (CRO) Survey, which is conduct...

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Stem cell hope for Parry-Romberg syndrome patients

Singapore: Scientists of the RNL Stem Cell Technology Institute, Korea,  transplanted own stem cells of patients suffer...

August 31, 2012 | Friday | News
Korea gearing up for biggest health convention

Singapore: Even as big and emerging names continue to tie up with Korea's biggest international health convention, the e...

May 14, 2014 | Wednesday | News
INC Research expands in Korea to meet local demand

Singapore: INC Research, a therapeutically focused clinical research organization (CRO) with a trusted process for deli...

September 18, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Covidien gifts Korea a $21 mn medtech R&D center

Singapore: Medical device developer, Covidien, has launched Covidien Center of Innovation Korea (CCI Korea), its first R...

August 29, 2013 | Thursday | News
BSA-CMR Survey: India, China lead in APAC CRO sector

The fifth edition of the annual BioSpectrum Asia Pacific clinical research organization (CRO) Survey, which is conduct...

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Yaskawa Electric invests in ReWalk exoskeleton

Singapore: Israel-based ARGO Medical Technologies has partnered with innovative robotics experts Yaskawa Electric, Japan...

October 3, 2013 | Thursday | News
Korea FDA accepts IND application from Hanmi

Singapore: Korean Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) has accepted Hanmi Pharmaceutical's investigational new drug appl...

November 7, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Japan gives patent for Medgenics IFNa pump

Singapore: Medgenics received a Notice of Allowance from the Japanese Patent and Trademark Office for key claims protec...

December 7, 2012 | Friday | News
Japan, Korea lead in stem cell race

In South Korea, two research teams led by Prof. Park Se-pill at Jeju National University Stem Cell Research Center and M...

November 12, 2012 | Monday | Opinion
NeuroMetrix, Handok join hands in Korea

Singapore: NeuroMetrix and Handok Pharmaceuticals entered into an agreement according to which, Handok will be the exclu...

March 13, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Daewoong acquires Chinese firm for $16 mn

Singapore: South Korea's leading pharmaceutical company, Daewoong Pharma has signed a deal to take over Liaoning Baifeng...

August 2, 2013 | Friday | News
Radiotherapy leader sets up subsidiary in S. Korea

Singapore: Varian Medical Systems, the world leader in radiotherapy and radiosurgery, is strengthening its leadership po...

August 24, 2012 | Friday | News
Kinex, Hanmi enroll patients for cancer trial

Singapore: Kinex Pharmaceuticals and Hanmi Pharmaceutical announced today that the first patient has been enrolled in Ha...

January 8, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Quest signs $8 mn agreement with Korean parties

Singapore: Canada-based Quest PharmaTech, a pharmaceutical company developing and commercializing products for the trea...

June 6, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Samsung acquires US-based NeuroLogica

Singapore: Samsung Electronics America, a subsidiary of South Korean company Samsung Electronics, has acquired NeuroLogi...

January 30, 2013 | Wednesday | News
South Korea approves Halaven for breast cancer

Singapore: Eisai's South Korean sales subsidiary has received approval from the regulatory authorities in South Korea to...

September 5, 2012 | Wednesday | News
LegoChem offers new platform in anti-cancer therapy

Korea-based LegoChem Biosciences (LCB) was started in 2006 with the objective to accelerate discovery and development of...

March 14, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Medivir, Daewoong end hepatitis drug development

Singapore: Sweden-based Medivir has discontinued the development of its hepatitis B compound MIV-210 based on a joint de...

September 9, 2013 | Monday | News

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