Korea Boasting a pharma market size of KRW 23.2 trillion (USD 19.2 billion) for 2020, South Korea is one of Asia’s leading pharma nations. Read on for a ranking of the country’s top five companies, whose revenues in the first half of 2021 topped KRW 3.5 trillion (USD 2.9 billion). …
Korea The top 10 pharma companies in South Korea ranked by revenues in the first half of 2021. Yuhan Corporation sits in top spot, followed by Kolmar and GC Pharma. If you are interested in more APAC datasets, download InFigures Asia-Pacific 2021 for free here. Made with Visme Infographic Maker
Korea Amid global supply shortages and shipment delays for COVID-19 vaccines, South Korea has launched an ambitious 2.2 trillion won (USD 1.9 billion) investment plan to become one of the world’s five largest COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing hubs by 2025. Here, we provide a rundown of some of the key companies involved…
Asia-Pacific Asia-Pacific, as home to 50 percent of the world’s new cancer cases each year and with deaths caused by cancer expected to increase by 36 percent by 2030, has a pressing need for more patient-centric, data-driven, value-based, and precise solutions in oncology. Additionally, Asian cancer patients’ healthcare needs can differ…
Korea The latest news from Korean pharma, including how Korea can put the infrastructure in place to develop a homegrown blockbuster drug; Prestige Biopharma’s move to open a vaccine facility; and Samsung Bioepis’ first steps into the Australian market. ‘Now is best time to develop Korean blockbuster drug’ (Korea Biomedical…
Asia-Pacific The latest pharma news from the Asia-Pacific region, including upcoming IPOs for Prestige Biopharma and HH&L Acquisition; logistics challenges for COVID-19 vaccine distributors; and Moderna’s CMO-based vaccine manufacturing strategy in Asia. Singapore-based Prestige Biopharma prepares for IPO on the Korea Exchange https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/garage/prestige-biopharma-eyes-at-least-18t-won-valuation-in-korean-ipo SINGAPORE-BASED Prestige Biopharma expects an implied market…
Roundup The latest news from Asia-Pacific pharma, including Alovtech and DKSH’s biosimilar commercialisation partnership, Samsung Biologics and AstraZeneca’s joint move to strengthen their manufacturing collaborations, and whether President Duterte’s vaccine diplomacy can kickstart the domestic Filipino pharma industry. Alvotech and DKSH have expanded their partnership to commercialize six new biosimilar…
Asia-Pacific Andrew Hexter, VP and GM of Gilead Asia 5 (Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Malaysia), shares the highlights of his past three years leading the diverse region, the significance of Asian markets being the first to approve remdesivir as a COVID-19 treatment, and the importance of public-private partnerships…
Korea Joong Myung Cho of Korean biotech success story CrystalGenomics introduces the company’s unique drug discovery platform, key growth factors, highly promising R&D pipeline, and internationalisation plans. We were the first Korean biotech to have independently developed, commercialized, marketed and exported an innovative drug Dr Cho, could you start by…
Diagnostics Young-Shik Cho, chairman of SD Biosensor, recounts his journey leading diagnostics companies and expanding their offerings through R&D. Cho also compares the challenges of the Chinese market with the potential in the Indian market and offers his opinion on the role of diagnostics in post Covid-19 healthcare. There is…
Precision Medicine With Asia covering 60 percent of the world’s population but accounting for just around 30 percent of global pharma spending, it goes without saying that healthcare needs in the region must be addressed effectively, quickly and comprehensively. Who better to accomplish that than the Asian companies on the ground, closest…
Cell & Gene Therapy The completion of the Human Genome Project (HGP) in April 2003 with the publication of the first human genome sequence is probably one of the most significant landmarks in humanity’s quest for knowledge, costing USD three billion across 13 years. But even after nearly two decades, we have barely scratched…
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