South Korea to develop composite materials for new-gen implants

A research team from Russia-based Tomsk State University and their colleagues from South Korea are developing compo...

October 14, 2021 | Thursday | News
Korea's Genematrix receives CE-IVD mark for HPV detection kit

South Korean biotech firm Genematrix has announced that 'NeoPlex™ HPV29 Detection', which can collectively diagnos...

October 12, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Korean startup Vuno strengthens AI integration into X-ray devices market globally

South Korean artificial intelligence (AI) developer, VUNO Inc., has closed a deal with global medical device manufacture...

October 6, 2021 | Wednesday | News
GenScript establishes Korean legal entity to accelerate commercialization

GenScript, a global biotech company, has established a legal entity "GenScript Biotech Korea Ltd." to strength...

October 5, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Korea inks MoU with US for collaborative vaccine research

The International Vaccine Institute (IVI) in South Korea, the Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Develop...

September 30, 2021 | Thursday | News
Korean firm Seegene unveils fully automated molecular testing system

South Korea-based Seegene Inc. has unveiled a fully automated PCR (MDx) test system AIOS.  It provides high throug...

September 29, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Korea plans to introduce AI-empowered robotic intervention device, with clinical trials

CGBIO Inc., a Korea's Regenerative Medicine company, has announced a successful partnership agreement with NDR Medical T...

September 28, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Korean firm Celltrion wins order worth $626M from US military for COVID-19 Ag test

Celltrion has announced that the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) under the Department of Defense has awarded Celltri...

September 24, 2021 | Friday | News
US approves first ophthalmology biosimilar, developed by South Korea

South Korea-based Samsung Bioepis has announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved BYOOVIZ...

September 23, 2021 | Thursday | News
Korea fully approves first monoclonal antibody treatment for COVID-19

Celltrion Group has announced that the Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) has approved regdanvimab (CT-P59),...

September 21, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Korea to establish national digital library on health and genome data by 2028

National Project of Bio Big Data in Korea has selected US-based Illumina technology for the second pilot project in thei...

September 20, 2021 | Monday | News
Korea investigates link between vaccine side effects and antibody formation

A joint research team led by Professor Park Wan Beom of Seoul National University Hospital and Professor Song Kyung-Ho o...

September 17, 2021 | Friday | News
Korea strengthens position in precision medicine market for liquid biopsy

German firm Molecular Health GmbH will collaborate with South Korean startup EONE-Diagnomics Genome Center (EDGC) to hel...

September 16, 2021 | Thursday | News
South Korea's POSTECH to raise future medical scientists

Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) in South Korea has recognized the bio sector as a key future ...

September 13, 2021 | Monday | News
South Korea hosts Global Bio Conference 2021

The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (Minister Kim Ganglip) at South Korea will hold the Global Bio Conference 2021 enti...

September 10, 2021 | Friday | News
Korea develops handheld device to diagnose cancer without radiation

A team of scientists at the Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) in South Korea has developed a handhel...

September 8, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Korea offers osteoarthritis treatment by once-a-year injection

A group of researchers at the Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) and Shinpoong Pharmaceutical, in Sou...

September 6, 2021 | Monday | News
Soaring South Korean medical devices market

In May 2021, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS), the government of South Korea reported that for the fi...

September 7, 2021 | Tuesday | Opinion