Japan, Korea suspend wheat import from the US

Singapore: Japan partially suspended imports of wheat from the US on Friday after the US government revealed that a stra...

June 3, 2013 | Monday | News
South Korea gives tax breaks, establishes R&D fund

The world of pharmaceuticals is becoming more global. As the financial performance of many pharmaceutical companies co...

September 13, 2013 | Friday | Opinion
Korea to nurture its vaccine makers

Singapore: The Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) recently announced plans to support and nurture domestic v...

January 27, 2015 | Tuesday | News
Toshiba Medical to set up Korean subsidiary

Singapore: Toshiba Medical Systems (TMSC) will acquire 70 percent of the stock in the Korean company, TI Medical Systems...

March 5, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Electronics giant enters the Pharma market

Singapore: South Korea's biggest company, Samsung Group, is venturing into the drug industry, investing at least $2 bill...

May 12, 2014 | Monday | News
CRO survey: India, China dominate market

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November 24, 2012 | Saturday | Analysis
South Korea to empower Arab healthcare system

Singapore: South Korea has agreed to export its medical technologies to the Arab Kingdom. The South Korean Ambassador in...

January 21, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Korean drug distributors face bankruptcy

Singapore: Nearly 60 drug distributors in Korea are facing bankruptcy as the foreign drug makers do not pass on the fair...

August 26, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Emerging and rare infections on the rise:Korea CDC

Singapore: Korea's health control center cautioned that emerging infections and new cases rare diseases were increasing ...

October 7, 2014 | Tuesday | News
EMA to review Samsung's biosimilar Enbrel

Singapore: European Medicines Agency (EMA) has nodded to review the marketing authorization application (MAA) of Enbrel ...

January 23, 2015 | Friday | News
Green Cross to set up cell therapy plant in China

Singapore: Green Cross, South Korean biopharmaceutical company, is expanding its manufacturing base by building a new ce...

April 30, 2015 | Thursday | News
Eisai submits marketing application for thyroid cancer drug

Singapore: Japan's pharmaceutical company, Eisai, has submitted its application to the regulatory authority in South Kor...

December 2, 2014 | Tuesday | Regulatory
Samsung Medical Center joins hands with Elekta

Singapore: Korea's Samsung Medical Center (SMC) has inked a pact with Elekta, a leading solutions provider for cancer an...

June 11, 2015 | Thursday | News
WHO, Korea join hands to fight MERS

Singapore: In light of the recent outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), WHO and Korea's M...

June 11, 2015 | Thursday | News
AusBiotech, KoreaBIO join hands for mutual growth

Singapore: AusBiotech and Korea Biotechnology Industry Organization (KoreaBIO) are signing a memorandum of understanding...

October 29, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Asia's Fastest 50 bio-firms shine

The annual list of Asia's fastest growing pharma companies, compiled painstakingly by the BioSpectrum Asia team, is out....

June 12, 2013 | Wednesday | Opinion
Biosimilars to take over biologic market by 2019'

Singapore: The increasing prevalence of biosimilars will have a noticeably negative impact on the biologics market beyon...

June 11, 2014 | Wednesday | Analysis
'Korea builds stem cell infrastructure'

Singapore: Pharmicell is commercializing Hearticellgram for acute myocardial infarction, Dong A Pharma has developed Car...

November 12, 2014 | Wednesday | Influencers