blood-brain barrier

Bio & Pharma ABL Bio lands $2.8 billion license-out deal with GSK

ABL Bio Inc., a South Korean biotech company, will license out its proprietary blood-brain barrier shuttle platform, called the Grabody-B, to UK-bas...

Business & Politics US Chamber of Commerce sees Korea’s business penalties as trade barrier

The US Chamber of Commerce, the country’s largest lobbying group, told Washington that South Korea’s penalties on businesspeople are amo...

Korean Investors Samsung to invest $10 million in US-based C2N Diagnostics

Samsung Group companies will jointly invest $10 million in C2N Diagnostics LLC, a U.S.-based company specializing in blood-based Alzheimer’s d...

Robotics Koh Young gets OK from FDA for brain surgery robot

Koh Young Technology Inc., a South Korean developer of 3D optical inspection devices used in electronics manufacturing, said on Monday it got 501K...

Korean startups TALOS dives deeper into brain aneurysm icebergs

 A single neurosurgeon dedicates his or her entire professional career to performing surgeries on an average of fewer than 10,000 patients with...

Bio & Pharma GC Biopharma acquires ABO Holding for $96 mn

South Korea’s GC Biopharma Corp. said on Thursday it acquired the US-based medical-grade source blood plasma company ABO Holding Inc. The...

Markets Indian stock market gears up for leap: NSE CEO  

India’s stock market is gearing up for a leap thanks to an influx of retail investors seeking better returns and the lower barriers for small ...

Bio & Pharma Celltrion's anti cancer drugs hold 90% market share in C.America

South Korea’s Celltrion Inc. said on Friday that its cancer treatments have captured a 90% market share in several Central American countries....

Korean startups Near Brain gives hope to millions of stroke patients worldwide

Strokes are the second leading cause of death and the third leading cause of disabilities globally, according to the World Health Organization.To fi...

Artificial intelligence OpenResearch gets $7.5 mn seed round

OpenResearch, an AI search service founded by former Kakao Brain CEO Kim Il-Doo, said on Thursday that it got a seed round 10 billion won ($7.5 mill...

Korean startups Hudson AI dreams of a world without language barriers  

South Korean startup Hudson AI is striving to break language barriers with its artificial intelligence-powered voice dubbing technology, enabling gl...

Mergers & Acquisitions Kakao to merge dk techin and Kakao Brain

South Korea's Kakao Corp. said on August 23 that its mobile solution development subsidiary dK Techin Corp. will merge with its AI technology affili...

Bio & Pharma GC Biopharma sells HK subsidiary to CR Pharm Group for $254 mn

South Korea’s GC Biopharma Corp. announced on Wednesday that it signed a share purchase agreement (SPA) to sell all its shares in its Hong Kon...

Bio & Pharma GC Biopharma exports Alyglo to US

South Korea’s major pharmaceutical company GC Biopharma Corp. announced on Monday that it shipped the initial volume of Alygro, its immunoglob...

Robotics Korea’s Koh Young to launch brain surgery robot in US in 2025

Koh Young Technology Inc., a South Korean developer of 3D optical inspection devices used in electronics manufacturing, aims to launch a brain surge...

Bio & Pharma Bio startup ArtBlood attracts $4.8 mn investment

South Korean bio startup ArtBlood, specializing in blood production for transfusion, announced on Tuesday that it successfully secured an investment...

Bio & Pharma SK C&C wins Korea’s nod for brain infarct diagnosis AI solution

SK Inc C&C (SK C&C), the information technology service unit of South Korea’s SK Group, said on Thursday it has secured medical device...

Artificial intelligence Kakao Brain releases medical GenAI tech for free

Kakao Brain, an artificial intelligence (AI) R&D subsidiary of South Korea's Kakao Corp., announced on Tuesday that it has uploaded the Labeler ...

Bio & Pharma Kakao launches AI-based blood sugar management solution

South Korea’s Kakao Healthcare Corp. has introduced an artificial intelligence-based blood sugar management solution targeting the global digi...

Korean startups South Korean apps for foreigners' daily life, travel on the rise

The South Korean mobile app market is seeing fast growth of platforms targeting foreign users in the country alongside their increasing demand for a...

Bio & Pharma Biopharma M&As: Next big thing for South Korean manufacturers

When Orion Corp., known for its signature snack cake Choco-Pie, announced a $415 million deal to acquire biotech startup LegoChem Biosciences Inc. l...

Bio & Pharma GC Biopharma gets FDA approval for Alyglo

South Korea’s GC Biopharma Corp. announced on Monday that it received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the immuno...

Bio & Pharma GC Biopharma breaks ground on blood product plant in Indonesia

South Korea’s GC Biopharma Corp. broke ground on Wednesday on Indonesia’s first blood product plant through technology transfer.Indonesi...

Bio & Pharma SK C&C to promote AI healthcare for brain diseases

South Korea's SK C&C announced on Thursday that it signed a strategic business agreement with Neurophet, a cloud-based AI platform for brain ima...

Bio & Pharma JLK supplies AI stroke solutions to Philippines

JLK Inc., South Korea's stroke diagnosis specialist company, announced on Thursday it implemented two artificial intelligence (AI) stroke diagnostic...

Bio & Pharma Curocell to localize blood cancer drug by 2025

South Korean biotech company Curocell Inc. on Sunday said it will apply for approval from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety in September next yea...

Artificial intelligence Vuno's brain imaging AI medical device secures FDA certification

South Korea's medical device startup Vuno announced on Tuesday that its AI-powered brain quantification device Vuno Med-DeepBrain has received the 5...

Bio & Pharma SK Plasma gets investment from Indonesian fund

South Korea’s SK Plasma on Tuesday said it signed a term sheet, or a nonbinding agreement on the basic terms and conditions of an investment, ...

Tech, Media & Telecom Naver Smart Store's 100 mn won club reaches 45,000 members

Around 45,000 sellers on South Korea's Naver Smart Store as of June raked in annual sales of 100 million won ($72,250) or more, or 7.9% of the overa...

Bio & Pharma NGeneBio applies for US patent of early diagnosis tech of dementia

South Korean medical diagnostic company NGeneBio Co. announced on Thursday that it has completed the US patent application for its technology relate...