Celltrion Covid
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Market Trend
Survival of the fittest for Korean firms in COVID-19 era
The global COVID-19 pandemic has shaken up South Korea's industry landscape, whereby in each of the country's core industries, such as airline, smar...
Feb 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Short selling
Retail investors test Celltrion, HLB shares as Korea’s GameStop
Celltrion Inc. and HLB Inc., two leading South Korean biopharmaceutical shares, shot up on Monday as the main bourse’s key index climbed back ...
Feb 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Advertising & Marketing
Amorepacific, Off-White unveil beauty collaboration for COVID-19 era
South Korea-based cosmetics giant Amorepacific Corp. has unveiled its beauty collaboration with Off-White, an Italian premium fashion brand, as the ...
Jan 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Monthly trade infographics
S.Korea's cleaning and disinfecting appliance exports soar amid COVID-19 pandemic
Increased time spent at home due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic has led to the rise in exports of cleaning and disinfecting appliances, including ...
Jan 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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COVID-19
Celltrion seeks to distribute COVID-19 treatment from mid-Jan
South Korea's Celltrion Inc. has completed second-phase clinical trials of its COVID-19 treatment and is seeking conditional approval of its distr...
Dec 29, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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COVID-19
Korea Superfreeze readies for mass COVID-19 vaccine storage
It's a busy day at the Korea Superfreeze warehouse in South Korea's Gyeonggi province, with trucks entering and exiting the spacious 92,500-square...
Dec 14, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Celltrion finalizes $278mn acquisition of Takeda's primary care assets
South Korea's biopharmaceutical firm Celltrion Inc. has completed the $278 million acquisition of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Ltd's primary care a...
Dec 01, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fund inflows
Global funds flow into S.Korea as investors look to life after COVID-19
An increasing amount of global funds are flowing into South Korea as advances in COVID-19 vaccine development and a weaker dollar boost investors&rs...
Nov 25, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Trends
Wine sales in S.Korea surge amid COVID-19 lockdown
E-Mart Inc., one of South Korea’s largest retailers, saw its annual wine sales exceed 100 billion won ($90.3 million) for the first time as ...
Nov 25, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
S. Korean COVID-19 test kit maker eyes listing next year
SD Bio Sensor, Inc., a South Korea-based manufacturer of COVID-19 test kits, is pushing to go public early next year, drawing market attention as a st...
Nov 19, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cold-chain logistics
SK Holdings cryogenic biz eyes jackpot on hopes of imminent COVID-19 vaccine
South Korea's SK Holdings Co. may hit the jackpot with the development of a COVID-19 vaccine on the horizon.Once a coronavirus vaccine is available, t...
Nov 13, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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COVID-19
Celltrion says COVID-19 antibody kills virus within 5 days; shares surge
South Korea’s biopharmaceutical firm Celltrion Inc. can unveil an antibody treatment by around the end of the year that is able to kill the COVI...
Nov 11, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Celltrion’s Q3 earnings beat market consensus to hit record high
South Korean biosimilar maker Celltrion Inc's operating profit topped market expectations by more than 20% in the third quarter, hitting a record high...
Nov 10, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Multiplex chains
Korean cinema chain foregoes IPO plans due to COVID-19
Megabox JoongAng Co., the third-largest cinema chain in South Korea, will forego plans to go public owing to the global coronavirus crisis that has de...
Nov 06, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Unemployment rate
COVID-19 pandemic slams Korea’s job market; elderly workers rise
Hit hard by the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, South Korea lost about 392,000 jobs in September, with the number of employed slipping for the se...
Oct 16, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio
Celltrion founder aims to raise $1 bn for healthcare startup from global funds
Seo Jung-jin, founder and chairman of South Korea’s biosimilar maker Celltrion Group, said on Oct. 6 that he is in talks with a number of global...
Oct 07, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio
Celltrion group tipped to exceed 1 trillion won in profit; first among bio firms
South Korea’s Celltrion Inc. and its affiliates are expected to post robust operating profits this year on the back of strong sales of Remsima a...
Sep 15, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Celltrion
Celltrion rebuts JP Morgan’s heavy downgrade; shares rebound from sharp fall
South Korea’s Celltrion Inc. on Sept. 10 rebutted J.P. Morgan’s massive downgrade of its target price for the biopharmaceutical company. T...
Sep 10, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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COVID-19
Auto parts maker Mando to co-develop COVID-19 ventilators with NASA
Mando Corp, a South Korean auto parts manufacturer, has been picked by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as a ventilator co-...
Aug 24, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio
Celltrion to co-develop pill-type autoimmune disease drug with UK startup
Biosimilar maker Celltrion Inc. has agreed to develop a tablet-type treatment for autoimmune diseases jointly with the UK biotech startup Intract Phar...
Aug 20, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Kakao founder becomes Korea’s second-richest stockholder amid COVID-19 era
Brian Kim (Kim Bum-soo), founder and chairman of South Korea’s biggest mobile messaging app operator Kakao Corp., has become the country’s...
Aug 18, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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COVID-19
SK Bioscience wins COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing order from US firm
SK Bioscience Co. Ltd. has secured a contract manufacturing organization (CMO) order for a new coronavirus vaccine candidate under development by the ...
Aug 14, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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COVID-19
COVID-19 test kit maker Seegen flags more than 30-fold rise in Q2 OP
Operating profits at South Korea’s diagnostic reagent maker Seegen Inc. spiked by more than 36 times in the second quarter from a year earlier, ...
Aug 13, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
One Equity Partners fully exits from Celltrion with $1.8 bn in proceeds
One Equity Partners (OEP), a New York based private equity firm, unloaded its remaining shares in Celltrion Healthcare valued at approximately 31...
Jul 07, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investment
NPS ramps up alternative investment in Jan-April despite Covid-19
The National Pension Fund has significantly increased alternative investments in the first four months to April from a year earlier, which industry so...
Jul 01, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
[Interview] Real estate funds may bear brunt of Covid 19 in Q4: military fund
The coronavirus impact will likely spill over to the commercial real estate market around the fourth quarter of this year, with a spike in office vaca...
May 27, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Sovereign wealth funds to boost post-Covid-19 cooperation: KIC
Chief executives of sovereign wealth funds, including China Investment Corp. and Singapore’s GIC, and leading financial institutions have discus...
Apr 28, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)