Kolon Pharma

Bio & Pharma Samsung Biologics bags $514 mn CMO contract from US pharma

Samsung Biologics Co., the world’s largest contract manufacturing organization (CMO), said on Monday it has secured a $5.14 million order from...

Bio & Pharma Samsung Biologics signs $1.4 bn CMO deal with European pharma

South Korea's Samsung Biologics Co., the world’s largest contract drugmaker, said on Tuesday it signed a $1.4 billion contract manufacturing o...

Bio & Pharma Boryung, Lotus Pharma signs CDMO deal on anticancer injection

South Korea's Boryung Corp. said on Thursday it signed a contract with Lotus Pharmaceutical, a Taiwanese oncology firm, for contract development and...

Bio & Pharma Hanmi Pharma to move up launch of anti-obesity drug

South Korea’s Hanmi Pharmaceutical Co. announced on Thursday the launch of its anti-obesity drug candidate efpeglenatide has been rescheduled ...

Bio & Pharma Samsung Biologics wins $668 million CDMO deal with European pharma

Samsung Biologics Co., the world’s largest contract drugmaker, said on Wednesday it has signed two drug manufacturing contracts worth a combin...

Bio & Pharma Korea’s Lunit in AI-powered lung cancer diagnostics deal with AstraZeneca

Lunit Inc., a South Korean AI-powered cancer diagnostics company, has partnered with global biopharma giant AstraZeneca plc. to jointly enter the AI...

Fashion Korean indie fashion brands spread wings to Japan, China

Matin Kim, a rising designer brand in South Korea, will open its first offline store in Japan in the first half of next year, joining other Korean i...

Fiber & Textile Kolon expands eco-friendly car interior materials biz

South Korea's Kolon Industries Inc., the Kolon Group's chemical materials arm, will absorb its affiliate Kolon Glotech's automotive materials and pa...

Fashion Kolon FnC to launch Italian high-end brand N21 in S.Korea

South Korea's Kolon FnC said on Thursday that it will launch the Italian high-end fashion brand N21 in South Korea.In August, Kolon FnC has secured ...

Energy Kolon Global, Hana Bank to form onshore wind power fund

South Korea's Kolon Global Corp. announced on Tuesday it signed an agreement with Hana Bank, Hana Alternative Asset Management, and MDM Asset Manage...

Bio & Pharma IMBiologics transfers autoimmune disease drug tech to Huadong Pharma

South Korea's antibody-based biotech company IMBiologics announced on Friday that it signed a contract to transfer the technology of its autoimmune ...

Petrochemicals Hyosung, Kolon’s tire cord plants running near 100% on insatiable demand

The business outlook is bright for Hyosung Advanced Materials Corp. and Kolon Industries Inc., the world’s top two tire cord producers based i...

Chemical Industry Kolon to invest $94 mn in industry film JV with SK Microworks

South Korea’s major chemical materials producer Kolon Industries Inc. is set to invest 129.6 billion won ($94.2 million) to establish an indus...

Bio & Pharma Kwangdong Pharma acquires stake in Precision Bio

South Korea's Kwangdong Pharmaceutical announced on Tuesday that it signed a stock purchase agreement to acquire Precision Biosensor Inc., a company...

Fiber & Textile Kolon launches composite materials firm Kolon Spaceworks

South Korea's Kolon Group announced on Monday it launched a new advanced composite materials company Kolon Spaceworks.Kolon Spaceworks is being es...

Bio & Pharma Samsung Biologics eyes windfall gain amid US-China row

SAN DIEGO – Samsung Biologics Co. is enjoying a stream of contract development and manufacturing order inquiries from big pharmaceutical compa...

Energy Kolon Global inks Korea’s 1st private wind power supply deal

Kolon Global Corp., the leading South Korean wind farm developer, signed the country’s first private wind power supply deal with local compani...

Rights offerings Kolon to invest additional $9 million in ride-hailing Papa Mobility

South Korea’s Kolon Group plans to invest an additional 12.4 billion won ($9.1 million) in Papa Mobility Co., bringing its total investment in...

Bio & Pharma HK inno.N to release K-CAB in MENA market

South Korean bio-health company HK inno.N announced on Tuesday that it signed a contract with Saudi Arabian local pharmaceutical company Tabuk Pharm...

Artificial intelligence Lotte Innovate, Kolon Benit to cooperate on AI Solutions

South Korea’s Lotte Innovate (formerly, Lotte Data Communication Co. ) announced that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Kolon...

Mergers & Acquisitions Hanmi’s planned merger with OCI scrapped as sons win family feud

Hanmi Pharmaceutical Group’s proposed merger with OCI Holdings Co. has collapsed after two sons of the group’s founding family, who oppo...

Chemical Industry Kolon Plastics to be rebranded as Kolon ENP

Kolon Plastics Inc. announced on Thursday that it will change its name to Kolon ENP. The rebranding will be confirmed if approved at the regular sha...

Chemical Industry Kolon Industries, SK Microworks to set up industrial film JV

South Korea’s major chemical materials producer Kolon Industries Inc. will team up with SK Microworks Co. to regain ground in the Chinese film...

Fiber & Textile Kolon Industries upgrades aramid smart factory system

Kolon Industries Inc. has upgraded its smart factory system to ensure its doubled production capacity of super fiber aromatic polyamide fibers (aram...

Logistics Samsung SDS gets CEIV Pharma certification

South Korea's Samsung SDS Co. said on Wednesday that it has achieved the Center of Excellence for Independent Validators in Pharmaceutical Logistics...

Bio & Pharma JW Pharma takes gout drug Epaminurad to Malaysia for phase 3

South Korea's JW Pharmaceutical Corp., announced on Monday that it has received approval from the Malaysian National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Age...

Fiber & Textile Kolon Industries doubles aramid production facility

South Korea's industrial materials maker Kolon Industries Inc. doubled its aromatic polyamide fibers (aramid) production capacity after completing...

Corporate restructuring Kolon Industries to downsize industrial film business amid weak demand

Kolon Industries Inc., a South Korean chemical and textile manufacturer, is downsizing its industrial film business amid weak demand and growing com...

Bio & Pharma Daewoong Pharm set to export Envlo Tab to Russia, CIS

Daewoong Pharmaceutical, a leading South Korean pharmaceutical company will export its new diabetes drug Envlo Tab. (active ingredient:enavogliflozi...

Bio & Pharma South Korean bio, pharma industry set to take leap

South Korea’s chemical maker LG Chem Ltd. is expected to reap more than 1 trillion won ($768.5 million) in sales this year from its new growth...