Samsung Bioepis releases Soliris biosimilar in Europe

Samsung Bioepis Co., a biopharmaceutical research and development unit under South Korea's Samsung Group, is rolling out its latest product Epysqli,...

Prestige Biologics partners with Indian company for CDMO

Prestige Biologics Co., a South Korean biopharmaceutical contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) company, is expanding its CDMO b...

SK Chemicals to sell pharmaceutical unit to Glenwood PE

SK Chemicals Co., a South Korean plastic materials producer, is in exclusive talks with Seoul-based Glenwood Private Equity to sell its pharmaceutic...

Hanmi Science joins race to develop Wegovy competitor

Hanmi Science Co., the holding company of South Korea’s pharmaceutical giant Hanmi Pharmaceutical Co., has joined the global race to develop t...

AriBio to sell dementia drug AR1001 in China with partner

South Korea's clinical-stage biotech company AriBio Co. on Wednesday said it signed a memorandum of understanding on strategic cooperation with Chin...

Daewoong gets patent of Nabota as migraine drug in US

South Korea's Daewoong Pharmaceutical Co. announced on Thursday that it has received a patent from the US Patent and Trademark Office for the use of...

Daewoong applies for approval of Envlo in Saudi Arabia

South Korea's Daewoong Pharmaceutical Co. announced on Friday that it has submitted an application for regulatory approval of its new diabetes treat...

Celltrion to release Stelara biosimilar in US from March 2025

South Korean biopharmaceutical company Celltrion Inc. announced on Friday that it has completed a patent agreement with Johnson & Johnson, the m...

HLB signs with Japan's OSCL for exclusive supply of C-Trelin ingredient

South Korea's pharmaceutical company HLB Therapeutics Co. announced on Thursday that it has entered into a business agreement with Japan's Osaka Syn...

Ildong Pharma to export high blood pressure treatment to China

South Korea's Ildong Pharmaceutical Co. on Tuesday said it will export benidipine hydrochloride, a raw material used in the treatment of high blood ...

Dongwha Pharm to buy Vietnamese pharmacy chain at $30 mn

South Korea's Dongwha Pharm announced on Thursday that it signed an agreement to acquire a 51% stake in Trung Son Pharma, a leading pharmacy chain i...

Hanmi Pharm to develop obesity drug customized for S.Korean

South Korea's Hanmi Pharmaceutical Co. plans to develop the GLP-1 class "Epeglenatide," which it received as a technology return from Sanofi S.A., i...

CJ Logistics to enter global pharmaceutical transportation market

South Korea’s CJ Logistics on Wednesday said it obtained the certification CEIV Pharma, or the Center of Excellence for Independent Validators...

Blackstone seeks medicine distributor sale for 1st Korea exit

Blackstone Inc. has embarked on the process of selling South Korea’s largest medicine wholesaler Geo-Young Corp., a deal estimated at up to $1...

GC Biopharma inks $90mn deal for blood products in Brazil

South Korea's GC Biopharma Corp. on Monday announced on Monday that it has a supply contract with Blau Farmacêutica, a Brazilian pharmaceutica...

S.Korea’s top pharmaceutical distributor buys 25% of No. 2 Baekje Pharma

South Korea’s top pharmaceutical distributor Geo-young Co. has acquired 25% of market No. 2 Baekje Pharmaceutical.Geo-young on Tuesday said th...

Samsung Biologics, Pfizer sign $411.3 mn agreement for long-term CDMO

Samsung Biologics Co., the world’s No. 1 contract drugmaker, announced a groundbreaking strategic partnership with Pfizer on Thursday, marking...

CrystalGenomics to supply anti-osteoarthritis drug to Russia for $2 mn

South Korea's first-generation biopharma venture company CrystalGenomics Inc. on Wednesday said it received a $2 million (2.6 billion won) order fro...

CJ OliveNetworks to build pharmaceutical distribution center

South Korean digital service company CJ OliveNetworks is accelerating its logistics center operations by teaming up with Pusan National University Y...

HanAll, Daewoong to develop Parkinson's treatment with US partner

South Korea's HanAll Biopharma Co. and Daewoong Pharmaceutical on Thursday said they concluded a contract with NurrOn Pharmaceuticals of the US on...

Celltrion Healthcare launches Remsima SC in Brazil

South Korean biopharmaceutical company Celltrion Healthcare Co. revealed on Monday its introduction of Remsima SC, a treatment for autoimmune diseas...

Daewoong Pharmaceutical’s cumulative tech exports exceed $870 mn

South Korea’s Daewoong Pharmaceutical said on Friday that it had concluded three technology export agreements for new drugs and new drug candi...

SK Biopharmaceuticals gets marketing approval for epilepsy drug in Israel

South Korea’s SK Biopharmaceuticals said on Wednesday that the Israeli Ministry of Health has approved the company's new drug application (NDA...

Merck to build biopharma raw material plant in Korea

Global pharmaceutical company Merck is considering a plan to establish a biopharmaceutical raw material production facility in Daejeon.South Korean ...

Bionote, Covetrus sign distribution agreement diagnostic products for animals

BioNote, South Korean developer of diagnostic reagents for animals, announced on Tuesday that it has signed a supply contract with Covetrus, a US-ba...

S.Korea’s KOTRA to aid domestic pharmaceutical firms in Japan entry

The government-run (South) Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) announced on Tuesday that it will hold an export consultation meeting for...

JW Pharma to use zebrafish in new drug development

South Korean drug developer JW Pharmaceutical has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Zefit, a domestic non-clinical trial institu...

Hugel names ex-CEO of LG Household & Health Care as chairman

South Korea's biopharmaceutical company Hugel Inc. on Friday said it appointed Cha Suk-yong, former CEO and vice chairman of LG Household & Heal...

Boryung, Axiom Space to set up JV to explore space healthcare options

South Korea's Boryung Corp., just decades ago a mom-and-pop pharmacy, will bring its healthcare expertise to space with Axiom Space Inc., a US comme...

GC Biopharma wins $44 mn flu vaccine order from WHO agency

South Korea's pharmaceutical firm GC Biopharma Corp. said on Monday that it has won a $44.3 million (57.9 billion won) order for flu vaccines in a d...