SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean biopharmaceutical firm Samsung Bioepis Co. said Thursday it has won approval from Canadian authorities for the sale of its biosimilar cancer drug Ontruzant. The Health Canada has approved Ontruzant — a biosimilar product referencing Switzerland-based Roche Holding’s Herceptin, also known as Trastuzumab — for treatment of adults [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A new website is going to teach the history of kimchi, its benefits, and Korea’s ‘kimjang’ or kimchi-making culture to Canadians. The Korean Cultural Center Canada recently set up an English website to teach and invite visitors to try out Korea’s kimchi-making culture. The website will be open until [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean pharmaceutical giant Celltrion Inc. said Thursday its new biosimilar of the arthritis drug Humira has won approval from Canadian authorities. Yuflyma, an adalimumab biosimilar with a high concentration, is used to treat patients with rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis and inflammatory diseases. Yuflyma requires only half the solution administered [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Solus Advanced Materials Co., a South Korean battery foil maker, said Monday it has purchased a copper foil plant site in Canada as part of efforts to tap into the North American market. The company, formerly known as Doosan Solus, said in a regulatory filing that it acquired the [...]
TORONTO, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Rentals.ca Network, Inc. has announced its launch, which includes six Canadian rental marketplaces offering the most traffic and leads for landlords to list their properties and providing the most listings for renters to find their next home in Canada. The Rentals.ca Network consists of Rentals.ca, Rentfaster.ca, Louer.ca, Rentboard.ca, RentCanada.com [...]
CHICAGO and TORONTO, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Harrison Street, one of the leading investment management firms exclusively focused on alternative real assets, today announced it is bringing its significant expertise investing in demographic-driven alternative assets to the Canadian market and will pursue investments in senior living, student housing, medical office, life sciences, storage, and [...]
Kennesaw, Georgia, USA, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — AlumaSafway, a BrandSafway company, received four 365 Daily Maintenance (365DM) Awards and one Tripartite Zero Injury Turnaround (TZIT) Award for a total of five Canadian Safety Achievement Awards (CS2A) from the General Presidents’ Maintenance Committee for Canada (GPMC) and the National Maintenance Council for Canada (NMC). AlumaSafway [...]
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — A Canadian university has upgraded its Korean language program to a minor program, becoming the first Canadian school in Ottawa to offer an academic program in the language, South Korean officials said Wednesday. Carleton University launched its Korean language minor program on Wednesday after upgrading it from an elective [...]
TORONTO, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Relay Medical Corp. (“Relay” or the “Company”) (CSE: RELA, OTC: RYMDF, Frankfurt: EIY2), and Fio Corporation (“Fio”), together Fionet Rapid Response Group (“FRR”) are pleased to announce an update on Health Canada’s recent statements and the opportunities created for Fionet. “Our government moved strongly towards taking the fight against [...]
GAITHERSBURG, Md., Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX), a late stage biotechnology company developing next-generation vaccines for serious infectious diseases, today announced it has reached an agreement in principle with the Government of Canada to supply up to 76 million doses of NVX-CoV2373, Novavax’ COVID-19 vaccine. “We are pleased to work with [...]