Prestige Bio's Herceptin biosimilar proves equivalence in clinical trials

Prestige Bio's Herceptin biosimilar proves equivalence in clinical trials

Prestige Biopharma, a South Korean biopharmaceutical developer, said on Tuesday that the final analysis of phase 3 clinical trial on the anti-cancer...

FKI to be more open, future-minded and international as part of reform

FKI to be more open, future-minded and international as part of reform

South Korea’s major business lobby group the Federation of Korean Industries (FKI) will become a more open and future-oriented business group ...

Kumho Petrochem's rubber products win eco-friendly certification

Kumho Petrochem's rubber products win eco-friendly certification

Kumho Petrochemical Co. said on Tuesday that its four synthetic rubber products including SSBR, HBR, LBR, and NdBR have earned International Sustain...

Hyundai Rotem releases data on eco-friendly railway businesses

Hyundai Rotem releases data on eco-friendly railway businesses

Hyundai Rotem, the railway system subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Group, announced on Monday it has published information about its sales and research a...

Aekyung commences mass production of eco-friendly plasticizers

Aekyung commences mass production of eco-friendly plasticizers

Aekyung Chemical, an affiliate of South Korea's Aekyung Group, has begun mass-producing eco-friendly plasticizers derived from recycled waste plasti...

UK's Croda to buy Korean bio materials maker for $286 mn

UK's Croda to buy Korean bio materials maker for $286 mn

Croda International Plc., a British specialty chemicals company, is set to acquire South Korean bio materials producer Solus Biotech Co. for some 35...

T'way Air completes IOSA recertification process

T'way Air completes IOSA recertification process

South Korea's low-cost carrier T'way Air Co. said on Monday that it has completed the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) recertification from the ...

Korea's venture capital investment falls 12% last year amid downturn

Korea's venture capital investment falls 12% last year amid downturn

South Korea's venture capital investment last year fell more than 10% from a year ago due to the economic downturn caused by a series of global rate...

Korea’s SK E&S opens 1st US EV charging stations with Avis

Korea’s SK E&S opens 1st US EV charging stations with Avis

South Korea’s SK E&S Co. opened its first electric vehicle charging station in the US in a partnership with Avis Budget Group, a major Ame...

DongKoo Bio signs MOU to move into SE Asian healthcare market

DongKoo Bio signs MOU to move into SE Asian healthcare market

DongKoo Bio & Pharma Co. has built a bridgehead for expansion toward the world, including Southeast Asia by joining hands with LVMC Holdings, th...

Hancom Carelink invests in bio big data venture 3bigs

Hancom Carelink invests in bio big data venture 3bigs

South Korea's Hancom Carelink, a digital health care company under Hancom Group, on Wednesday said it bought an unspecified stake in the bio big dat...

Samsung earns ISO 22301 certification for business continuity

Samsung earns ISO 22301 certification for business continuity

Samsung Electronics Co.'s device solutions division has achieved ISO 22301 certification, the international business continuity management system (B...

Lotte Duty Free wins bid to operate Melborune Airport duty-free shop

Lotte Duty Free wins bid to operate Melborune Airport duty-free shop

Lotte Duty Free, an affiliate of the Lotte Group, won a bid for an Australian airport duty-free shop business, accelerating its move to bolster over...

Hyundai AutoEver secures international safety, health certification

Hyundai AutoEver secures international safety, health certification

South Korea's mobility software provider Hyundai AutoEver said Wednesday that it has earned the international safety and health management system IS...

Doosan Enerbility acquires US design approval for metal nuclear cask

Doosan Enerbility acquires US design approval for metal nuclear cask

South Korea's energy equipment maker Doosan Enerbility Co. has obtained the green light in participating in the domestic nuclear storage cask market...

Daewoong accelerates investment in CDMO business

Daewoong accelerates investment in CDMO business

Daewoong, the holding company of South Korea's pharmaceutical-oriented Daewoong Group, is speeding up its pace to beef up its contract development a...

K-chicken chain Kyochon signs MOU with Taiwanese food conglomerate

K-chicken chain Kyochon signs MOU with Taiwanese food conglomerate

Kyochon F&B, the company operating Kyochon Chicken, said on Friday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding for a master franchise agree...

SK Inc. eyes significant growth in bio business from 2024

SK Inc. eyes significant growth in bio business from 2024

SAN FRANCISCO – SK Inc.,  the investment and holding company of South Korea’s SK Group, expects significant growth in its biopharma...

Lotte to invest more in US bio biz, spend $3 bn in Korea

Lotte to invest more in US bio biz, spend $3 bn in Korea

SAN FRANCISCO -- South Korea’s Lotte Biologics Co. is considering investing more in the US bio industry and spending $3 billion in new factori...

SK bio families to present visions to global investors at SK Bio Night

SK bio families to present visions to global investors at SK Bio Night

SK Inc., the investment company of SK Group, said on Tuesday that it will hold a networking event called "SK Bio Night" in the US along with its bio...

POSCO to enter palm oil refining market in Indonesia

POSCO to enter palm oil refining market in Indonesia

POSCO International Co., a trading arm of South Korea’s steel giant POSCO Co., will build a palm oil refining plant in Indonesia to foray into...

Celltrion develops oral antibody drug with US bio company

Celltrion develops oral antibody drug with US bio company

South Korea's biopharmaceutical company Celltrion Inc. on Monday said it signed an R&D contract with US-based Rani Therapeutics on RT-111, an or...

Hansol Chemical to enter bio industry with BiOCS acquisition

Hansol Chemical to enter bio industry with BiOCS acquisition

Hansol Chemical Co., a unit of South Korea’s paper-focused conglomerate Hansol Group, is expanding its business scope to biomaterials by acqui...

Korea’s big bio startups to launch $39 mn investment fund

Korea’s big bio startups to launch $39 mn investment fund

South Korea’s four leading biotech firms plan to launch an investment fund of up to 50 billion won ($39 million) to support smaller domestic b...

Netmarble joins UNGC to strengthen ESG management

Netmarble joins UNGC to strengthen ESG management

Netmarble Corp. said on Monday that it has joined the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) to strengthen its environmental, social, and governance (...

LegoChem Bio, Amgen sign ADC platform deal for up to $1.2 bn

LegoChem Bio, Amgen sign ADC platform deal for up to $1.2 bn

South Korean pharmaceutical firm LegoChem Biosciences Inc. said on Dec. 23 it has transferred the antibody-drug conjugates (ADC) technology platform...

KTNET shows off logistics platform for tracking cargo, documents

KTNET shows off logistics platform for tracking cargo, documents

The Korea Trade Network (KTNET) held a grand opening event for its uTH 2.0, a digital trade logistics platform, in partnership with the Korea Intern...

Hanwha Hotels&Resorts signs MOU with Mohegan Inspire

Hanwha Hotels&Resorts signs MOU with Mohegan Inspire

Hanwha Hotels & Resorts Co. announced on Tuesday that it signed with Mohegan Inspire Entertainment Resort a memorandum of understanding (MOU) fo...

Bigsome Bio signs tech transfer agreement with university

Bigsome Bio signs tech transfer agreement with university

Bigsome Bio, a subsidiary of Lotte Chilsung Beverage, has begun research on functional materials for respiratory health.The company said on Friday t...

Foreign airlines gnaw at Korean LCCs on international flight routes

Foreign airlines gnaw at Korean LCCs on international flight routes

South Korea’s budget airlines are facing growing competition with foreign carriers on profitable international routes with the reopening of ai...

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