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SK Holdings invests W170b to US natural gas business

SK Holdings announced Thursday that it will invest 170 billion won ($150 million) to Blue Racer Midstream, a US natural gas gathering and processing business. In 2017, SK Holdings made a $1 billion ...

March 28, 2019
Industry
[Herald Interview] ‘Biosimilars have no long-term prospect’

Korean conglomerates are diving in to the field of biotechnology one after another, but they have no long-term prospects if biosimilars are the only area they invest in, says Cho Joong-myung, a 71-ye...

March 27, 2019
Industry
Daewoo E&C to resolve electricity problem in Libya

The Libyan government signed on with South Korea’ Daewoo Engineering & Construction to build a power plant that will alleviate electricity woes in the country, Daewoo E&C said Tuesday. The company s...

March 26, 2019
Industry
Celltrion CEO vows annual sales profit of W30tr as early as 2027

Celltrion CEO Seo Jeong-jin said at a shareholders meeting Tuesday that his company could reach 30 trillion won ($26.5 billion) in sales as soon as 2027. For 2020, he suggested a figure of 5 trillion...

March 26, 2019
Industry
[Photo News] Second-tallest building in Korea

The frameworks for Haeundae LCT The Sharp, a major urban development project involving two 85-story residential towers, and a 101-story tower overlooking Busan’s Haeundae Beach, have been completed, ...

March 25, 2019
Industry
Samsung Biologics claims legality of accounting, vows future growth

SONGDO -- Samsung Biologics President and CEO Kim Tae-han on Friday reiterated the legality of the firm’s accounting practices at an annual shareholders meeting held in Songdo, Gyeonggi Province. “W...

March 22, 2019
Industry
[Eye Plus] The history beneath our feet

History is closer to people’s lives than in the musty pages of old books. In the ultra-modern metropolis of Seoul, there is a place where a step into the lower ground of a high-rise office building ...

March 21, 2019
Culture
SK Biopharmaceuticals marks first FDA approval

SK Biopharmaceuticals announced on Thursday that the US Food and Drug Administration has approved Sunosi, a novel drug that aims to improve wakefulness in adult patients with excessive daytime sleepi...

March 21, 2019
Industry
[팟캐스트] (292) 국가인권위, 낙태법 '위헌' / 국토교통부 수소차 비전

진행자: 임정요, Kevin Lee Selzer 1. Human rights body says punishing women for abortion unconstitutional 기사요약: 지난 15일 국가인권위원회는 헌법재판소에 "낙태한 여성을 처벌하는 건 여성의 자기결정권 등을 침해하는 것임을 확인한다"는 내용의 의견서를 제출했다. 나아가 인권위는 ...

March 20, 2019
Podcast
SillaJen to issue W110b convertible bonds for R&D

SillaJen said Wednesday it will utilize 110 billion won ($97.3 million) worth convertible bonds that it plans to issue for testing the efficacy of its breakthrough oncolytic virus Pexa-Vec for variou...

March 20, 2019
Industry
Drug wholesalers to pressure global pharma firms: reports

The Seoul branch of the Korea Pharmaceutical Distribution Association intends to exert pressure on global pharma firms operating here to cooperate regarding refunds and logistics costs for returning ...

March 19, 2019
Industry
Korea Game Society to introduce diabetes-managing game

Korea Game Society on Friday will introduce a functional game that can help patients with diabetes better manage their dietary pattern. An Android diabetes self-management application “Roly Poly 160...

March 19, 2019
Industry
Dong-A ST’s diabetes drug Valera to launch in India

South Korean pharmaceutical company Dong-A ST’s diabetes treatment Suganon will launch in India on April 1. The drug will sell under a localized new name, Valera, which in Latin means “strong.” A ch...

March 18, 2019
Industry
Biosimilar Samfenet wins patent invalidation against Herceptin in Korea

Samsung Bioepis’ breast cancer treatment biosimilar Samfenet, known as Ontruzant outside of Korea, won a patent invalidation suit against the original Roche drug Herceptin (trastuzumab), according to...

March 18, 2019
Industry
Korean firms face backlash from foreign investors over financial statements

Most of the big Korean companies are facing disapproval from foreign pension funds over their financial statements ahead of their imminent shareholders meetings in March, as they have not been audite...

March 17, 2019
Industry

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