FDA nod for Neulapeg biosimilar by Green Cross

Korea |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 02 Sep, 2014

Singapore: South Korea-based biopharmaceutical company, Green Cross declared that the Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety has granted market authorization for Neulapeg, a biosimilar of ...Read more

Microbix partners with Korean firm to market its virology products

Korea |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 06 Apr, 2015

Singapore: Microbix Biosystems has inked a pact with South Korean company Kim & Friends (K&F) to distribute its virology products in the Korean market. K&F has more than 1,500 h...Read more

Tobacco prevalence in Asia raising death toll

Korea |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 17 Jun, 2014

Singapore: According to a study in PLOS Medicine, by Prof Wei Zheng, professor of Medicine and director of the Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, and Mr John Potter, a member and scientific ad...Read more

LG Lifesciences enters the China market

Korea |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 18 Dec, 2014

Singapore: LG Lifesciences has signed an exclusive pact with China's Weijian pharma group obtaining exclusive rights to sell ovulation induction medication-Follitrope in China. Follitrope i...Read more

Korea to invest $300 million in biotech

Korea |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 18 Mar, 2015

Singapore: In a bid to further boost the burgeoning biotech industry of Korea, the South Korean Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, and...Read more

Daewoong to set up a new facility in Osong biovalley

Korea |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 09 Dec, 2014

Singapore: Daewoong Pharmaceutical recently announced that the company is building a 66,000-square-meter pharmaceutical manufacturing facility. The cost for setting up the facility is estim...Read more

Korean industries may churn out 10 new drugs by 2020: Reports

Korea |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 16 May, 2016

Singapore: As per a recent survey report released by Dong-A Ilbo, the Korean pharma and biotech companies are expected to develop more than 10 new drugs by 2020. Bringing in millions of dol...Read more

Korean scientists develop novel cancer therapy

Korea |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 21 Aug, 2014

Singapore: Scientists at the Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical sciences declared that they had developed a novel cancer treatment system that can simultaneously diagnose and treat...Read more

Korea ill-prepared to handle Ebola: Health experts

Korea |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 20 Oct, 2014

Singapore: With the United States registering its first case of Ebola, Asian nations have started assessing their preparedness to handle potential outbreaks if any. South Korean health expe...Read more

Ophthalmocopia test, soon to be an international standard

Korea |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 16 Sep, 2014

Singapore: Korean researchers at the Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS) have invented a new assessment criteria that can detect ophthalmocopia, or fatigue of the eyes, when w...Read more

Suven granted patents for its neurodegenerative drug

Korea |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 05 Sep, 2014

Singapore: South Korea, Canada and China, have individually granted Suven lifesciences, product patents for its neurodegenerative drug. The patents approved by South Korea and China are va...Read more

Embryonic stem cells remain a sticky wicket

Korea |  Analysis | By Piyusha Chatterjee | 0 Comment | 31 Jan, 2013

Dr Shinya Yamanaka and Sir John Gurdon's discovery of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS) has given the world an alternative to using human embryonic stem cells for many purposes, a lot of...Read more

Daehee Kang: Healthcare challenges depends on a nation's economy

Korea |  Influencers | By Piyusha Chatterjee | 0 Comment | 01 Apr, 2013

Dr Daehee Kang, chairman, board of directors, Korean Association of Medical Colleges, and dean, Seoul National University College of Medicine, South Korea, is an eminent doctor and an admin...Read more

Dong-A Pharma gets positive trial results for Evogliptin

Korea |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 22 Jan, 2013

Singapore: South Korea's Dong-A Pharmaceutical announced positive top-line results from its phase II clinical trial of DPP-4 inhibitor, Evogliptin (DA-1229). The multi-center phase II clin...Read more

Ebola crisis: North Korea to ban foreign tourists

Korea |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 29 Oct, 2014

Singapore: With Ebola fears exacerbating, North Korea is planning to shut its doors to all foreign tourists, a move to prevent the entry of the virus into the country's borders. The deadli...Read more

S Korea pushes for rigorous standards in stem cell banking

Korea |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 21 Sep, 2012

Singapore: Seung-Jo Yang, a South Korean member of Parliament, has prepared a bill proposing new laws for the management and transplantation of stem cells. On September 17, the National He...Read more

Heartbeat reports 350% growth in emerging markets

Korea |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 07 May, 2013

Singapore: Heartbeat Experts, the global leader in stakeholder management solutions for the life sciences industry, has reported 350 percent year-over-year growth in emerging markets during...Read more

CPhl Korea to begin in Seoul from Sep 7

Korea |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 30 Jul, 2015

Singapore: Co-organised by the Korean Pharmaceutical Traders Association and the UBM EMEA, CPhl Korea will be held in Seoul from September 7 to 9, 2015 along with three other events- ICSE, ...Read more