HONG KONG – South Korean biopharmaceutical company Samsung Bioepis Co. Ltd., based in Incheon, will expand into the Brazilian market with Brenzys (etanercept), having recently signed a marketing agreement with Brazil's Ministry of Health. The drug is now available through the country's public health system, Sistema Único de Saùde (SUS).
HONG KONG – South Korean biopharmaceutical company Samsung Bioepis Co. Ltd., based in Incheon, will expand into the Brazilian market with Brenzys (etanercept), having recently signed a marketing agreement with Brazil's Ministry of Health. The drug is now available through the country's public health system, Sistema Único de Saùde (SUS).
SEOUL – South Korea's investors have become very interested in the global cell and gene therapy market. Licensing and M&A deals in the field have been active – a good sign for Korean biopharma firms eager to tap in.
SEOUL – After a decade of steady increases, venture capital (VC) investments in South Korea's biotech sector are more active. But for the country's strategic financial plan to be sustainable, it will have to further strengthen its science capabilities, according to experts at the Korea Bio Investment Conference (KBIC) last week in Seoul.
SEOUL – After a decade of steady increases, venture capital (VC) investments in South Korea's biotech sector are more active. But for the country's strategic financial plan to be sustainable, it will have to further strengthen its science capabilities, according to experts at the Korea Bio Investment Conference (KBIC) last week in Seoul.
SEOUL – South Korea's investors have become very interested in the global cell and gene therapy market. Licensing and M&A deals in the field have been active – a good sign for Korean biopharma firms eager to tap in.
HONG KONG – South Korea is actively working to expand its artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities in health care, but outdated regulations and concerns over privacy and profit sharing are proving to be significant stumbling blocks.
HONG KONG – With an aging population and a shortage of doctors, Japan is now working to develop artificial intelligence (AI)-based medicine faster than any other country in Asia.
HONG KONG – South Korean biotech Toolgen Inc., based in Seoul, has signed an agreement with another Korean biomedical startup, Nsage Inc., based in Incheon, to cooperate on gene-edited cell line R&D and commercialization. Toolgen is developing genome editing platforms for clinical studies with its CRISPR technology, while Nsage develops next-generation stem cell production and exosome isolation technology.
