Korean companies lag behind in new drug research: Report
Korea | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 04 Aug, 2015
Singapore: Korean pharmaceutical companies were found to be lagging behind in new product development, according to a new report released by B2Pharm's Green List Alert service, which publis...Read more
Korea's ImmunoMet raises $5.2 mn
Korea | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 14 Mar, 2016
Singapore: Korea based ImmunoMet Therapeutics, a biotechnology company developing innovative drugs for the treatment of cancer, has raised $5.2 million in a Series A financing led by Mirae ...Read more
Green Cross builds biopharmaceutical facility in Canada
Korea | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 05 Jun, 2015
Singapore: Korea's Green Cross Biotherapeutics has started the construction of its biopharmaceutical facility located on the Montreal Technoparc's Saint-Laurent Campus. The $215 million pr...Read more
Soon, detect water contamination by smelling it!
Korea | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 11 Sep, 2015
Singapore: Korean scientists are developing a new bio-electronic device that can detect bacteria in water by smelling it without the need for complex equipment and testing. The study, publ...Read more
Korean 3D bioprinting company receives $3 mn funding from govt
Korea | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 23 Jul, 2015
Singapore: Rokit, a leading South Korean 3D printing company recently announced that it has received a $3 million government grant for the development of 3D bioprinting technology. The pro...Read more
Mundipharma to market Korea's Medifoam
Korea | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 03 Jun, 2014
Singapore: Singapore based pharmaceutical company, Mundipharma has collaborated with Korean firm Genewel for licensing and promotion of its Medifoam (marketed as BETAplast outside Korea), a...Read more
Stem cell may extend life span'
Korea | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 31 Aug, 2015
Singapore: Korean researchers have determined the possibility that adult mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) may extend healthy life and lifespan by intravenous injections. Professor Kim from Ch...Read more
Allianz Life Korea launches a healthcare app
Korea | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 02 Jul, 2015
Singapore: Allianz Life Korea has launched a new healthcare app that can check a person's blood pressure, heartbeat and exercise regimens. The Korean unit of the Munich-based global insuran...Read more
Sale of wound care devices spurs in Asia-Pacific: Frost & Sullivan analysis report
Korea | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 04 Sep, 2013
Singapore: Advanced wound care and modern wound closure products are gaining an edge over traditional wound dressings in Asia Pacific as lower bed capacity in hospitals and the trend toward...Read more
Photonics commercializes tissue surgery laser
Korea | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 13 Feb, 2013
Singapore: Photonics, which recently received investments from Maxwell Biotech Venture Fund and RVC Seed Fund, has made its first sale of the stLase laser system to the global market under ...Read more
How will Asia tackle total drug resistant TB?
Korea | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 23 Mar, 2012
The latest concern to have plagued the field of tuberculosis (TB) is the emergence of total drug resistant TB (TDR-TB). Cases of TDR-TB have surfaced in several countries, including Italy d...Read more
Janssen faces suspension in S Korea, recalls drug
Korea | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 06 May, 2013
Singapore: Janssen Pharma, which is member of the Johnson&Johnson (J&J) group of companies, South Korean unit has been ordered to stop manufacturing of two types of children's Tylen...Read more
Green Cross begins clinical trials for hepatitis drug
Korea | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 13 Jul, 2015
Singapore: South Korean biopharmaceutical company, Green Cross recently announced that it has received approval from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) for its phase I clinical tri...Read more
OxOnc, Pfizer drug trial to be held in Asia
Korea | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 11 Feb, 2013
Singapore: OxOnc Development, an oncology development company founded by pharmaceutical development executives and oncology experts, has entered into a co-development agreement with Pfizer ...Read more
Detect heart attacks using a thermometer!
Korea | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 08 May, 2015
Singapore: South Korean researchers have developed a new thermometer-like device that can detect heart attacks by a simple and easy test. Scientists from the Pohang University of Science an...Read more
A re-think on site staff competency training required
Korea | Opinion | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 05 Sep, 2013
When drugs are trialed in patients, they move into a clinical setting in which the busy routine care of patients, rather than the conduct of drug trials, is usually the main preoccupation...Read more
Korean drug exports up by 13 percent in 2014
Korea | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 16 May, 2015
Singapore: According to a data published by the Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety(MFDS), medicine exports by the country's pharmaceutical firms rose by more than 13 percent in 2014. O...Read more
South Korea: Schools shut over MERS fears
Korea | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 04 Jun, 2015
Singapore: Hundreds of schools and colleges in South Korea have shut their gates in response to panic and fears over what become the largest outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome out...Read more