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SOUTH KOREA – Samsung Biologics has completed the US$2.3 billion acquisition of Biogen’s stake in the Samsung Bioepis joint venture. Samsung Biologics signed a stake acquisition agreement in January of…
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SOUTH KOREA – SK Bioscience Co., a South Korean vaccine maker, has announced that it will broaden its business portfolio in order to secure a new growth engine, with the…
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SOUTH KOREA – The World Health Organization (WHO), the Republic of Korea, and the WHO Academy have announced the creation of a global biomanufacturing training hub to serve all low-…
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SOUTH KOREA – Samsung Biologics announced that it has agreed to pay US$2.3 billion for Biogen’s stake in their nearly decade-long biosimilars joint venture Samsung Bioepis. The announcement follows a…
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SOUTH KOREA – SK Inc. of South Korea has committed US$350 million in equity financing to the Center for Breakthrough Medicines (CBM) as part of the organizations’ partnership announced two…
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BELGIUM – PDC*line Pharma, a clinical-stage biotech company developing a new class of potent and scalable active off-the-shelf cancer vaccine, has completed its Series B2 round of funding, raising €17.5…
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NETHERLANDS – The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended extending the use of Roche’s RoActemra arthritis drug for adult COVID-19 patients receiving systemic steroid treatment and those requiring oxygen support…
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USA – Pfizer, a US-based pharmaceutical giant has asked the Food and Drug Administration to approve its experimental COVID-19 pill for emergency use, setting the stage for a likely launch…
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UNITED KINGDOM – Britain has become the first country in the world to approve a potentially game-changing COVID-19 antiviral oral pill developed in collaboration by Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics, providing…
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SOUTH KOREA – Samsung Biologics, a major South Korean contract drug manufacturer, has rolled out supplies of the first batch of domestically-made Moderna vaccines. Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine, manufactured by Samsung…
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