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