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Celltrion's COVID-19 antibody pipeline seeks use as vaccine for frontline medical workers
Oct 12, 2020
Celltrion’s COVID-19 antibody pipeline CT-P59 will be clinically tested on asymptomatic COVID-19 patients and people who have come in close contact with confirmed patients, such as medical workers, to prevent infection, Celltrion said Monday. The purpose of the test is to verify CT-P59’s preventive effects against COVID-19 infection and early-phase virus eradication. Celltrion hopes this will cut blind spots where vaccines may fail to cover. The test will target a total of 1,000 p
Daewoong begins phase 1 trial of niclosamide as COVID-19 drug in Korea
Oct 12, 2020
Daewoong Pharmaceutical gained the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety’s approval to conduct a phase 1 clinical trial of niclosamide as a potential COVID-19 treatment, the company said Monday. Daewoong is currently testing its niclosamide pipeline DWRX2003 in India and Philippines, where the company says the progress is smooth. Daewoong plans to enter phase 2/3 trial in multiple nations before this year ends, and aims to apply for conditional approval or emergency use of the drug upon phas
[Monitor] TV shipments break record with Samsung, LG topping list
Oct 12, 2020
Firms with largest number of TV shipments
LG Electronics to launch hair growth helmet this month
Oct 12, 2020
LG Electronics Inc., a major home appliance maker, said Monday it will launch a hair loss treatment device in South Korea later this month. LG Pra.L MediHair was recently approved by Seoul's drug safety ministry as a laser apparatus for medical use and was also cleared by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a Class II device for home use. The wearable device combines 146 laser and 104 LED lights to stimulate hair follicle stem cells in the bulge region and support hair growth and sl
SK Innovation extracts solvent, lube base oil from plastic waste
Oct 11, 2020
SK Innovation said Sunday it has successfully extracted solvent and lube base oil from plastic waste to boost environmental, social and corporate governance under SK Group’s Green Balance initiative. According to South Korea’s refining-to-battery firm, researchers of SK Innovation Institute of Technology Innovation heated pieces of plastic waste and obtained high-purity pyrolysis oil by removing impurities in it significantly. With the pyrolysis oil, the researches manufactured s
LG Electronics unveils teaser of world’s 1st rollable TV
Oct 11, 2020
LG Electronics released a teaser Sunday for the “LG Signature OLED R,” the world’s first rollable TV, which will go on sale at the end of this month. The home appliance giant uploaded a 17-second YouTube video that shows the LG Signature OLED R’s rollabe display slowly coming up from the inside of the TV’s base. As of 11:00 a.m. Sunday, the video has garnered more than 140,000 views. The price of the Signature OLED R is reportedly set at over 100 million won
Hanwha Defense’s K9 self-propelled howitzers arrive in Estonia
Oct 11, 2020
The first two units of Hanwha Defense’s K9 Thunder self-propelled howitzers have arrived in Estonia, according to a recent release from the country’s armed forces. The first batch arrived in Estonia in late August and the remaining 16 units purchased by the country will be delivered over the course of three years. After modification and refinement, the K9 howitzers will be deployed to the artillery battalion of the 1st Infantry Brigade to replace 155-millimeter artillery. The
One-fifth of Korean exports generated by foreign-invested firms: report
Oct 11, 2020
Around 18.5 percent of South Korea’s total export volume last year was from foreign-invested firms, according to a Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency report Sunday. The export volume generated by firms with foreign investment reached $100 billion last year, while the nation’s total exports marked $542 billion, according to KOTRA’s report, which surveyed 14,000 local trading firms. The number of local firms with foreign capital reached 5,800 as of last year, the report
[Monitor] Govt. looks into status of self-employed Koreans
Oct 9, 2020
According to a survey of self-employed people who went out of business this spring and participated in a state-sponsored recovery program, it took them an average of 6.4 months to go bankrupt from the initiation of their entrepreneurship. The survey by Small Enterprise and Market Service looked at 400 self-employed people whose businesses had failed between April 20 and April 29, and was released by Rep. Ku Ja-keun on Thursday. Upon bankcruptcy, these self-employed people on average had an ou
Hyundai E&C wins $330m railway deal in Philippines
Oct 9, 2020
Hyundai Engineering & Construction said Friday it has signed a $330 million deal with the Philippine transportation ministry to participate in a local railway project. It is the first time for Hyundai E&C to win a construction project in the Philippines since it won a contract to build the Asian Development Bank headquarters building in 1986. Hyundai E&C will build two station buildings and a 17 kilometer-long railway on elevated bridges as part of the $573 million Malolos to Cla
Posco Energy files $800m suit against US firm over license deal
Oct 9, 2020
Posco Energy, a wholly owned energy unit of South Korean steelmaker Posco, said Friday it has filed a 922 billion-won ($800 million) claim against US-based FuelCell Energy for damages involving their license deal. On Wednesday, Posco Energy filed the suit with the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce in London and Singapore, demanding FuelCell Energy pay for the loss of $800 million caused by the US firm's unilateral cancellation of their license contrac
Korean antitrust agency chief to review Google’s 'unfair fees'
Oct 8, 2020
Joh Sung-wook, chairperson of the Fair Trade Commission, will look into Google’s purported anti-competitive practice of taking 30 percent commission on in-app purchases. Joh, speaking at the National Assembly’s inspection of the FTC on Thursday, said that what Google does may eventually affect the end-consumer, and that its monopoly of the market calls for a review. Upon being asked whether the Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act may apply in the case of Google’s 30 perc
CrystalGenomics appoint Gavin Choy as CEO of CG Pharmaceuticals
Oct 8, 2020
CrystalGenomics on Thursday said it appointed Gavin Choy as the CEO of its US subsidiary, CG Pharmaceuticals. Choy has 27 years of experience in researching and developing anticancer and antiviral treatments, as well as four successful clinical trial design applications with the US Food and Drug Administration, CrystalGenomics said. At his new post, Choy will help CrystalGenomics advance its COVID-19 treatment pipeline for pancreatic cancer treatment research in the US. Choy holds a doctorat
Celltrion revs up for Xolair biosimilar’s phase 3 clinical trial
Oct 8, 2020
Celltrion’s Xolair biosimilar CT-P39 was given the Korean drug authority’s green light to proceed to a clinical phase 3 trial in Korea, the company said Thursday. The company plans to begin the late stage human test of the pipeline first in Korea, and expand to 600 patients suffering from chronic spontaneous urticaria in seven countries. So far, in Australia, Celltrion has gained midterm data for the drug’s safety in the human body from the phase 1 clinical trial that is bei
Samsung logs largest operating profit in 2 years
Oct 8, 2020
Samsung Electronics on Thursday announced an earnings surprise for the third quarter of this year, posting the largest operating profit in two years. The South Korean tech giant said in its preliminary earnings report that it would register 66 trillion won ($57.01 billion) in revenue and 12.3 trillion won in operating profit for the July to September period. It was a surprise, since the financial market’s forecasts hovered around 10 trillion won. If confirmed, the Q3 revenue will hav
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