Korea brings new insights to improve understanding of rare diseases

Genomic scientists at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have revealed new insights in...

September 1, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Korea's CancerRop becomes largest shareholder of cancer vaccine firm Oxford Vacmedix

South Korea-based CancerRop has announced a jump start in the global vaccine hub for COVID-19 mRNA (messenger ribonuclei...

August 31, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Korea approves new technology for reducing appearance of fine lines & wrinkles

Israel-based startup Sofwave Medical has received approval from the Korean Ministry of Foods and Drug Safety (MFDS) to m...

August 30, 2021 | Monday | News
Korea develops artificial cancer model as tool for personalised medicine

A research team led by South Korea-based Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), in collaboration with Pu...

August 27, 2021 | Friday | News
Korea to build world's first clinical-grade exosome GMP manufacturing facility

ExoCoBio Inc. has announced the initiation of its "Project EGMP", starting with the construction of the world's first ex...

August 26, 2021 | Thursday | News
CBC-led firms pick 46.9% equity interest in Korea's largest medical aesthetics company

A consortium led by CBC Group has signed a definitive agreement to acquire a 46.9% equity interest in Hugel, Inc. f...

August 25, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Korea lays focus on developing clinically relevant human-scale living organs

A team of researchers at the Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) in South Korea has developed decellul...

August 23, 2021 | Monday | News
Korean AI drug discovery company expands global footprints with new office at UK

Standigm, a leading workflow AI drug discovery company from South Korea has opened a new office in Cambri...

August 20, 2021 | Friday | News
Daewoong Pharma, Hanall Biopharma invest $1M for new cancer cell therapies

Daewoong Pharmaceutical and Hanall Biopharma of South Korea are expanding their global open collaboration init...

August 20, 2021 | Friday | News
Korea develops hybrid hydrogel platform for rheumatoid arthritis treatment

A group of researchers at the Department of Chemistry at the Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) in co...

August 18, 2021 | Wednesday | News
FedEx delivers COVID-19 vaccines to South Korea

FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. and one of the world’s largest express transportation companies, delive...

August 17, 2021 | Tuesday | News
HDT Bio, Quratis to co-develop innovative COVID-19 vaccine in Asia

US-based HDT Bio Corp has announced an agreement with Korean biotech Quratis Inc. to co-develop HDT’s revolutionar...

August 17, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Korea mimics atherosclerotic coronary artery using 3D-printing

A research team at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) in South Korea has succeeded in mimicking the a...

August 12, 2021 | Thursday | News
Korea's SK bioscience plans Ph III COVID-19 vaccine trial in multiple countries

The International Vaccine Institute (IVI) is partnering with SK bioscience of South Korea to conduct Phase III clinical ...

August 11, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Asia Pacific’s radiologists explores AI and telehealth to improve diagnosis

Eight in 10 radiologists in Singapore, Australia and South Korea (80%) believe that artificial intelligence (AI) wi...

August 10, 2021 | Tuesday | Analysis
Korea offers new insights into lung damage during COVID-19​

An immunology research team at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) has found that a...

August 5, 2021 | Thursday | News
Yuyu Pharma to distribute Novartis Korea's prescription medicines

Yuyu Pharma and Novartis Korea have entered into an agreement in which Yuyu will have exclusive distribution rights for ...

August 4, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Korea's LOTTE Chemical expands development of PP materials for vaccination syringes

LOTTE Chemical, based in South Korea, has produced the polypropylene (PP) required for medical applications using German...

August 2, 2021 | Monday | News