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April 7, 2020 Industry

Samsung, LG defend operating profit in Q1

South Korea’s leading tech firms Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics reported better-than-expected operating profit for the first quarter of 2020, despite the sluggish economy on the back of the o...

[Newsmaker] Ivermectin latest drug candidate for coronavirus

Ivermectin, a parasiticide, could be the next breakthrough solution to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to initial reports, but further tests must prove the efficacy of the drug in living organisms, ...

April 6, 2020
Industry
Samsung Biologics strikes deal with PharmAbcine

Samsung Biologics said Monday it has signed a contract to develop PharmAbcine’s anti-cancer and angiogenesis material PMC-402. The South Korean firm will provide all-step CDO support from cell line ...

April 6, 2020
Industry
Korean hand sanitizer exports increase 12-fold amid pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has fueled trade in Korean personal health and hygiene products. According to the South Korean Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy on Sunday, exports of hand sanitizers in M...

April 6, 2020
Industry
Vaccine development must go on: Celltrion

Despite the ambivalent sentiments about COVID-19 vaccine development, South Korean biologics company Celltrion said it was determined to continue with the project. Celltrion on Thursday said it was ...

April 2, 2020
Industry
Danaher rebrands GE Healthcare Life Sciences to Cytiva

Danaher said Thursday it has launched Cytiva -- formerly GE Healthcare Life Sciences, which it acquired for $21.4 billion -- aiming to completely rebrand the biologics side of General Electric’s busi...

April 2, 2020
Industry
[Video] When will social distancing end? Messages from around the world

When will social distancing end? Is there light at the end of this tunnel of “stay-at-home and postpone-your-weddings” while listening to news about rising mortality? As this prolonged period of COV...

March 31, 2020
Industry
GemVax & Kael expands GV1001 patent to cover COVID-19

South Korean biologics company GemVax & Kael said Tuesday it will expand its antiviral pipeline’s treatment scope to cover COVID-19. GemVax’s GV1001 is a telomerase-derived peptide that helps mainta...

March 31, 2020
Industry
Samsung Display pulls plug on LCD production

Samsung Display is planning to pull the plug on its liquid-crystal display business, which has been reeling from Chinese manufacturers’ low-priced large-volume cargo, according to industry sources Tu...

March 31, 2020
Industry
Solgent moves to meet global RT-PCR kit demands

While the company cannot disclose how it chooses which countries to export to, it signed an emergency deal with Ukraine on Friday to deliver 1,000 kits for 100,000 people. Ukrainian president Volodym...

March 30, 2020
Industry
[Herald Interview] ‘COVID-19 to affect humans’ short-term evolution’ Macrogen CEO

A human life is not only determined by the genomic structure, but also by what types of viruses and microbiomes the body interacts with. CEO Yang Gap-seok of Macrogen, a company that has recently be...

March 26, 2020
Industry
‘Experience from MERS made Korea’s COVID-19 test kits possible’

Since end-January, Korea has exercised heightened communications between government, industry, academia and research in bringing forth results in a fast-track manner. This does not mean the disease c...

March 23, 2020
Industry
Celltrion promises production of trial coronavirus vaccine by end-July

Celltrion Chairman Seo Jung-jin said Monday that the company will be ready to produce COVID-19 neutralizing antibodies by the end of July at the latest, at a capacity to cover 1 million people a mont...

March 23, 2020
Industry
Korean companies rev business engine amid ongoing coronavirus headwinds

Even as foreign companies across the globe are increasingly suspending operations of production facilities and offices, South Korean firms are once again gearing up for full business operations. Ma...

March 22, 2020
Industry
Samsung releases 2020 QLED TVs

Samsung Electronics launched nine models of 2020 quantum-dot light-emitting diode TVs on Thursday. The company said it has expanded its QLED 8K models by twofold from before, to increase consumer op...

March 19, 2020
Industry

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