HONG KONG –South Korea's leading biopharmaceutical developer, Celltrion Inc., has launched its early/metastatic breast and gastric cancer biosimilar Herzuma (trastuzumab) in Iraq. It is Herzuma's first foray into the Middle Eastern region.
HONG KONG – GI Innovation Inc., a microbiome combination drug developer based in Seoul, South Korea, has recently issued fully paid convertible preferred stock (CPS) worth KRW37.5 billion (US$31 million) for a series B investment.
HONG KONG –South Korea's leading biopharmaceutical developer, Celltrion Inc., has launched its early/metastatic breast and gastric cancer biosimilar Herzuma (trastuzumab) in Iraq. It is Herzuma's first foray into the Middle Eastern region.
HONG KONG – GI Innovation Inc., a microbiome combination drug developer based in Seoul, South Korea, has recently issued fully paid convertible preferred stock (CPS) worth KRW37.5 billion (US$31 million) for a series B investment.
HONG KONG – South Korean biopharmaceutical giant Celltrion Group, of Incheon, and Korea Development Bank (KDB), a wholly state-owned policy development bank, have agreed to run a fund worth KRW220 billion (US$184 million) to grow venture companies in Korea's bio-health care sector.
HONG KONG – South Korean biotech venture Spark Biopharma Inc., based in Seoul, has secured KRW25 billion (US$21 million) in series B funding to support new R&D efforts. The company plans to accelerate its development of small-molecule compound-based immuno-oncology therapeutics and treatments for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).
HONG KONG – South Korea biotech venture Spark Biopharma Inc., based in Seoul, has secured KRW25 billion (US$21 million) in series B funding for new drug pipeline R&D.
SEOUL, South Korea – Biotech investors in South Korea are carefully assessing the outlook for the industry after a series of scandals and reverses have rocked a sector touted as a key area for development in the country.
