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The Outcome of the 130 Billion Won ‘Jackpot’ Advance Payment… Orum Loses an Additional 100 Billion Won as BMS Halts Clinical Trials
#Orum Therapeutics, Inc. has halted clinical development of ORM-6151, a candidate drug for acute myeloid leukemia that it sold to Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS). While the company is not required to retur…
Technology
'Preparing for KOSDAQ Listing': Breeze Bio Appoints Former GSK Executive and Accounting Expert as Outside Directors
(From left) Director Kevin Shin and Lee Chang-woo, Professor Emeritus at Seoul National University’s Business School (Photo courtesy of Breeze Bio)
Breeze Bio (formerly GeneEdit) has appointed exp…
Internet
SamsungHeavyIndustries and KIRO Join Forces to Develop Humanoids for Shipyards
The Korea Institute of Robot Convergence (KIRO) and SamsungHeavyIndustries(010140)are embarking on a joint development project for autonomous work robots, industrial humanoids, and artificial intellig…
Technology
SK BIOPHARMACEUTICALS’ First Success Under OIC… FirstBio Secures New Parkinson’s Disease Drug
At a signing ceremony for an agreement to acquire a new Parkinson’s disease drug candidate held on the 17th at SK BIOPHARMACEUTICALS’ Pangyo headquarters, (from left) Kim Jae-eun, CEO of First BioTher…
Gaming
127 Korean Game Companies Head to Tokyo… Full-Scale Push into the Japanese Market
Korean game companies have flocked to Japan in large numbers. A total of 127 Korean companies—ranging from major game companies such as Nexon, Netmarble Corporation, and NC to small and medium-sized a…
Mobile
Samsung Smiles at the Arrival of the iPhone Duo… Galaxy Z Fold 8 Sales Up 10%
Following the unveiling of Apple’s first foldable smartphone, the “iPhone Duo,” SamsungElectronics(005930) domestic sales of the “Galaxy Z Fold 8” have reportedly increased. Analysts suggest that some…
Gaming
NC Targets the Japanese Market with 'Astra: Oratio,' a Melodramatic Anime-Style Title
NC (NCsoftCorporation(036570)) is diversifying its IP (intellectual property) lineup beyond its reputation as a leading MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role-playing game) developer to include ani…
Internet
Samsung Regains Top Spot in Global Smartphone Market After 4 Years… Apple Also Posts Record High
SamsungElectronics(005930)has regained the top spot in the global smartphone market for the first time in four years. By boosting its market share to 21.8% in the first half of this year, it once agai…
Technology
“The Era of At-Home Cancer Treatment”… Why Herings and KGOG Are Developing a Gynecological Cancer Monitoring Platform
The focus of cancer treatment is shifting from hospital injection rooms to patients’ daily lives. This shift is driven by global pharmaceutical companies converting intravenous (IV) biologics—which us…
Technology
1,500 Doctors Specializing in Clinical Trials in the U.S., 24 in South Korea… A Shortage of Medical Personnel
“While it was certain that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) would respond within 30 days, I got the impression that the review process at the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) had a r…