novel drugs

Samsung Biologics Co., the world’s largest contract drugmaker, plans to double its manufacturing capacity by building four additional plants w...

South Korea’s SK Biopharmaceuticals Co. has signed a deal to license out its technology for Cenobamate, an antiepileptic drug, to Brazil&rsquo...

A string of South Korean pharmaceutical and biotech companies are waving the white flag when it comes to developing COVID-19 treatments. As the...

South Korea’s biotechnology firms – public and private alike –  are facing increasingly negative financial conditions. T...

South Korean pharmaceutical companies are jumping into the animal medicine and diagnostics market to target the rapidly growing pet care market, whi...

South Korea’s Kakao Entertainment Co. is set to merge Tapas Media Inc. and Radish Fiction Inc., its webtoon and mobile novel platforms in Nort...

LG Chem Life Sciences, the biopharmaceutical unit of LG Chem Ltd., has received the US Food and Drug Administration’s approval for phase 1 cli...

HK inno.N is expediting its global expansion with its latest drug K-Cab designed to treat peptic ulcers.The South Korean pharmaceutical company an...

South Korea’s Hanmi Pharmaceutical Co. generated sales of more than 1 trillion won ($812.3 million) from its own medicines last year on strong...

South Korea’s SK Chemicals plans to invest more than 2 trillion won ($1.6 billion) in eco-friendly material and biopharmaceutical businesses.T...

South Korea’s Hanmi Pharmaceutical Co. is set to launch its blockbuster high blood pressure drug Amosartan in China, the world’s largest...

South Korea’s biotechnology startup Voronoi Inc. is in talks with global biomedical companies on drug designs as it aims to expand the busines...

Samsung Biologics Co. is acquiring a nearly 50% stake in a biosimilar joint venture with Biogen Inc. from the US biotechnology company for $2.3 bill...

Kolon TissueGene Inc., the cell therapies unit of South Korean pharmaceutical company Kolon Life Science Inc., said on Dec. 28 it has resumed admi...

South Korea’s HK inno.N Corp. has signed a 640 billion won ($540 million) contract to license out its technology for K-CAB, a gastroesophageal...

MedPacto Inc., a South Korean biotechnology company that develops therapeutics for cancer and autoimmune diseases, has agreed with global drugmaker ...

South Korea’s Celltrion Inc. has long been a biosimilar player, producing replicas of original drugs, a growing market in the pandemic era.Ear...

Samsung Bioepis Co., a leading South Korean biopharmaceutical company, has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration for its Byoovi...

A number of new rare disease treatments, approved in South Korea over the past year, are still unaffordable for the public because of their price ta...

South Korea’s Samsung Biologics Co. is gearing up for the drug substance (DS) sector of the messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA)-based COVID-19 v...

South Korea-based Daewoong Pharmaceutical Co. is hoping to achieve 5 trillion won ($4.4 billion) in sales by 2027, meaning that the company aims to ...

The rise of the platform economy is a global phenomenon. The spread of the coronavirus pandemic has accelerated the use of contactless technology an...

South Korea’s SK Biopharmaceuticals Co. said on Friday it aspires to become one of the world’s top 10 healthcare companies by 2030 with ...

Eyegene Inc. will be South Korea’s first vaccine maker to conduct clinical tests of messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) COVID-19 vaccines. Ealie...

South Korean biosimilar maker Celltrion Inc. and Mirae Asset Group have agreed to an investment that will render them the top shareholder in Iksuda ...

Samsung Biologics will be entering the drug substance segment of the COVID-19 vaccine contract manufacturing business. According to industry sources...

South Korea’s platform giant Naver Corp. has joined forces with CJ Group to acquire the country's leading web novel platform Munpia Inc. in a ...

Naver Corp. and Kakao Corp., South Korea's two online giants, are competing to acquire Munpia Inc., their smaller domestic rival in the web novel ma...

South Korea’s portal giant Naver Corp. will acquire Wattpad, the world's largest web novel platform based in Toronto, for 653.2 billion wo...

SK Holdings Co., the holding company of South Korean conglomerate SK Group, has become the first Korean company to foray into the targeted protein d...