ViGenCell, NK/T cell lymphoma treatment ‘VT-EBV-N’ designated as orphan drug in Europe

ViGenCell, NK/T cell lymphoma treatment ‘VT-EBV-N’ designated as orphan drug in Europe

ViGenCell, a company specializing in immune cell therapy, announced on the 19th that its NK/T cell lymphoma treatment "VT-EBV-N" has been designated...

Korea’s besieged mobile carriers grapple with OTT players’ rate hikes

Korea’s besieged mobile carriers grapple with OTT players’ rate hikes

South Korea’s telecommunications companies, besieged by the onslaught of foreign over-the-top (OTT) players such as Netflix and YouTube, are g...

LegoChem Bio, Janssen sign $1.7 bn ADC licensing deal

LegoChem Bio, Janssen sign $1.7 bn ADC licensing deal

LegoChem Biosciences Inc. has signed a blockbuster $1.7 billion deal to license out its proprietary antibody drug conjugate (ADC) candidate to Jasse...

J&J seeks US, European approval for drug developed with Yuhan

J&J seeks US, European approval for drug developed with Yuhan

Global healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson is seeking approval for a lung cancer drug developed with Yuhan Corp., bringing the South Korean pha...

Aekyung Chemical acquires LG Chem Vietnam's plasticizer subsidiary

Aekyung Chemical acquires LG Chem Vietnam's plasticizer subsidiary

South Korean consumer goods company Aekyung Chemical announced on Friday that it has acquired VPCHEM, the Vietnam subsidiary of LG Chem Ltd., a comp...

Boryung, HK inno.N to co-market Kanarb, K-CAB

Boryung, HK inno.N to co-market Kanarb, K-CAB

South Korea’s pharmaceutical companies Boryung Corp. and HK inno.N announced on Wednesday that they will start co-marketing for their respec...

Icure wins $2.85 mn lidocaine cataplasm order from Guatemala

Icure wins $2.85 mn lidocaine cataplasm order from Guatemala

South Korea's Icure Pharmaceutical Incorporation announced on Tuesday that it signed a supply contract for the specialized local anesthetic lidoca...

Chip cycle hits rock bottom but uncertainty lingers: Chey

Chip cycle hits rock bottom but uncertainty lingers: Chey

The global semiconductor market has hit "rock bottom" but uncertainties remain high amid growing protectionism and lingering concerns about China&rs...

SK Telecom, Thales jointly strengthen 5G security

SK Telecom, Thales jointly strengthen 5G security

South Korea's SK Telecom Co. announced on Tuesday that it collaborated with global data security company Thales for 5G security.According to the com...

SK E&S to strengthen Korea's liquid hydrogen ecosystem

SK E&S to strengthen Korea's liquid hydrogen ecosystem

SK E&S Co., an energy unit of South Korean conglomerate SK Group, will cooperate with domestic firms to strengthen the country’s liquid hy...

Samyang buys specialty chemical maker Verdant for $257 mn

Samyang buys specialty chemical maker Verdant for $257 mn

Samyang Specialty Solutions LLC, a leading chemical and food products maker in South Korea, has entered into an agreement to wholly acquire Texas-ba...

Kolon Industries to downsize industrial film business amid weak demand

Kolon Industries to downsize industrial film business amid weak demand

Kolon Industries Inc., a South Korean chemical and textile manufacturer, is downsizing its industrial film business amid weak demand and growing com...

SK Ecoplant, Korea South-East Power tap UAE as green energy base

SK Ecoplant, Korea South-East Power tap UAE as green energy base

SK Ecoplant Co., a South Korean construction engineering and waste management firm under SK Group, is accelerating a plan to set up a major green en...

SK On Vice Chair Chey Jae-won sees greater growth potential in 2024

SK On Vice Chair Chey Jae-won sees greater growth potential in 2024

Chey Jae-won, executive senior vice chairman of SK On Co., a leading South Korean battery maker, said on Thursday he expects the company’s gro...

SK Telecom launches AI-based phone interpreting service

SK Telecom launches AI-based phone interpreting service

South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. has launched an artificial intelligence-based telephone interpreting service in real-time for ...

Samsung to relocate packaging unit workplace to lure talent

Samsung to relocate packaging unit workplace to lure talent

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker, is set to relocate its advanced packaging department’s workplace in South Kor...

Hyosung Advanced Materials’ credit outlook lowered to Stable

Hyosung Advanced Materials’ credit outlook lowered to Stable

The credit rating outlook on Hyosung Advanced Materials Corp. has been lowered one notch to Stable by South Korea’s two major credit rating ag...

SK Ecoplant completes battery recycling plant in China

SK Ecoplant completes battery recycling plant in China

South Korea’s SK Ecoplant announced on Wednesday that it completed a battery recycling plant in the Yancheng Economic and Technological Develo...

ASML, Samsung to build R&D center in Korea for $760 mn

ASML, Samsung to build R&D center in Korea for $760 mn

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- Samsung Electronics Co. and ASML Holding N.V. have reached a preliminary agreement to build a research and development fac...

HK inno.N reveals differentiated clinical results for K-CAB

HK inno.N reveals differentiated clinical results for K-CAB

South Korean bio-health company HK inno.N has been expanding its market by steadily announcing differentiated clinical results for its gastroesophag...

SK Bioscience start to deliver Novavax COVID-19 vaccine

SK Bioscience start to deliver Novavax COVID-19 vaccine

South Korea's SK Bioscience Co. announced on Tuesday that it started to deliver the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine against XBB.1.5 variant.According to No...

Celltrion’s Vegzelma listed on US PBM preferred drug list

Celltrion’s Vegzelma listed on US PBM preferred drug list

South Korea's Celltrion Healthcare Co. announced on Tuesday that its anti-cancer biosimilar Vegzelma (active ingredient: bevacizumab) was listed as ...

SK Bioscience applies Phase 3 trials in US for pneumococcal vaccine

SK Bioscience applies Phase 3 trials in US for pneumococcal vaccine

South Korea's SK Bioscience Co. announced on Monday that it submitted the Investigational New Drug (IND) application for the Phase 3 clinical trial ...

SK Networks to accelerate AI-led, startup investments

SK Networks to accelerate AI-led, startup investments

SK Networks Co. will accelerate its transformation into an artificial intelligence-led investment company from a general trading firm, its President...

ISU Abxis gets patent for Alzheimer drug candidate in Taiwan

ISU Abxis gets patent for Alzheimer drug candidate in Taiwan

South Korea's ISU Abxis Co. announced on Friday that its Alzheimer's treatment candidate ISU203 has received a substance patent registration decisio...

SK Telecom to launch telescope content service Starhug

SK Telecom to launch telescope content service Starhug

South Korea's SK Telecom Co. announced on Friday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for providing the "Starhug" service, a remot...

Generational shift in SK leadership with chairman’s cousin on front line

Generational shift in SK leadership with chairman’s cousin on front line

SK Group is setting out for a new era, tapping younger leaders in their 40s and 50s to lead South Korea’s second-largest group in its mission ...

Celltrion Healthcare's Herzuma selected as funded brand in NZ

Celltrion Healthcare's Herzuma selected as funded brand in NZ

Celltrion Healthcare Co. announced on Thursday that its biosimilar anticancer drug Herzuma (active ingredient trastuzumab) for breast and gastr...

Celltrion, Cyron to develop multi-specific antibody new drug

Celltrion, Cyron to develop multi-specific antibody new drug

South Korea’s biopharmaceutical company Celltrion Inc. announced on Wednesday that it signed a joint research agreement with domestic startup ...

SK’s Chey proposes South Korea-Japan economic bloc akin to EU

SK’s Chey proposes South Korea-Japan economic bloc akin to EU

WASHINGTON, D.C. – South Korea and its closest neighbor Japan need to form an economic coalition, similar to the European Union (EU), to meet ...

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