15+ hour, 56+ min ago   (330+ words) Huinno, a digital healthcare company specializing in AI-powered cardiac monitoring, has passed the technology assessment required for a technology-based special listing on Kosdaq, moving a step closer to an initial public offering. Intermittent arrhythmias can be difficult to detect through…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (726+ words) China’s rapid rise in cancer research, fueled by heavy state investment, is challenging Korea to rethink a system that has long depended heavily on individual researchers, Korean cancer experts said Thursday. The warning comes as AI and big data increasingly…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (226+ words) Korea Biomedical Review Samsung Biologics said Thursday it had signed a 350.8 billion won ($261 million) contract to manufacture a biologic drug for an unnamed European pharmaceutical company, running through 2033. The Korean contract drug manufacturer disclosed the deal in a regulatory filing,…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (274+ words) Dong-A Socio Holdings, the holding company behind one of Korea's oldest drugmakers, plans to rename itself Dong-A Pharmaceutical and directly operate its consumer healthcare business after absorbing its over-the-counter (OTC) subsidiary. Shareholders will vote Sept. 22 on a charter change that…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (192+ words) Korean cosmetics contract manufacturer COSMECCA KOREA said on Thursday it will invest 200 billion won ($150 million) to build a new skincare production complex, betting on sustained global demand for Korean beauty (K-beauty) products. The company, which makes cosmetics on an original…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (440+ words) Celltrion is stepping up efforts to expand sales of its omalizumab biosimilar Omlyclo across Europe, building on an estimated market share exceeding 90 percent in Spain and sales above its business target in Italy, the company said Thursday. Omlyclo, used to…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (187+ words) Amorepacific’s scalp and hair-loss care brand Ryo has named actress Gong Seung-yeon as its new global ambassador alongside the launch of a revamped version of Root, its hair-loss care line targeting women. The company said it chose Gong because her…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (459+ words) Korea’s rare-disease drug market grew nearly fivefold over the past decade to about 1.2 trillion won ($896 million) in 2025, outpacing the broader pharmaceutical market, according to an IQVIA Korea analysis. IQVIA Korea said Thursday the findings were based on sales data from…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (198+ words) Korea Biomedical Review Yuyu Pharma CEO Robert Yu has launched “Robert’s YUniverse,” a podcast featuring conversations with guests on topics ranging from animal health research to Korean culture and global business. Yu, a third-generation member of the company’s founding family, hosts…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (356+ words) A 99-year-old man in Seoul has survived emergency heart surgery that his doctors thought he had little better than a one-in-three chance of surviving, after they concluded the alternative would kill him within a week. Lee Seung-man, a retired primary…...