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Global Pharma Merck to Build New Bioprocessing Production Facility in S. Korea

Global Pharma Merck to Build New Bioprocessing Production Facility in S. Korea

SEOUL, Mar. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Global pharmaceutical company Merck Life Science said Thursday it will invest some 430 billion won (US$324 million) to build a new bioprocessing production facility in South Korea. The European bio firm plans to build a 43,000 square-meter center in Daejeon, about 140 kilometers south of Seoul, equipped with production, [...]

Kineta Announces Clinical Collaboration with Merck to Evaluate KVA12123 in Combination with KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) in Cancer Patients with Advanced Solid Tumors

Kineta Announces Clinical Collaboration with Merck to Evaluate KVA12123 in Combination with KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) in Cancer Patients with Advanced Solid Tumors

SEATTLE, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Kineta, Inc. (“Kineta” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the development of novel immunotherapies in oncology, announced today that it has entered into a clinical trial collaboration and supply agreement with Merck (known as MSD outside the U.S. and Canada). Under this collaboration, Kineta will evaluate [...]

Three S. Korean Drugmakers to Produce Merck’s COVID-19 Pill

Three S. Korean Drugmakers to Produce Merck’s COVID-19 Pill

SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Three South Korean companies are among 27 drugmakers chosen to produce low-cost versions of Merck & Co.’s COVID-19 pill for low- and-middle-income countries, the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) and Seoul’s health ministry said Thursday. The U.N.-backed public health organization announced that it signed sublicense agreements with 27 generic drug [...]

PRA’s Remote Patient Monitoring Platform Selected by Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany to Work in Combination with its Human Growth Hormone Treatment System

PRA’s Remote Patient Monitoring Platform Selected by Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany to Work in Combination with its Human Growth Hormone Treatment System

RALEIGH, N.C. , April 7 (Korea Bizwire) — PRA Health Sciences (NASDAQ: PRAH) announced today that Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, known in the United States as EMD Serono, selected PRA’s remote patient monitoring platform to work in combination with its human growth hormone (HGH) treatment system. Under this agreement, PRA’s remote patient monitoring platform backs [...]

Philips and Merck Partner to Advance Personalized Fertility Treatment

Philips and Merck Partner to Advance Personalized Fertility Treatment

Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, today announced a multi-year partnership with Merck, a leading science and technology company, to develop clinical-grade digital solutions for highly personalized fertility treatment. Leveraging digital health technologies, advanced informatics and mobile, AI-enabled ultrasound diagnostics, these solutions will [...]

Private-Public Sector Cooperation Crucial for Songdo Biopharmaceuticals Hub

Private-Public Sector Cooperation Crucial for Songdo Biopharmaceuticals Hub

SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – To maintain its status as the world’s largest biopharmaceuticals manufacturing city, voices in Songdo are calling for greater cooperation between the private and public sectors.  Leading biopharmaceuticals firms, among them Samsung Biologics and Celltrion, have made large investments in Songdo to build up the city’s manufacturing capabilities. By next [...]

“Merck More than a Mother” Addresses Infertility Challenges and Solutions in Africa in Partnership with IFFS

“Merck More than a Mother” Addresses Infertility Challenges and Solutions in Africa in Partnership with IFFS

NEW DELHI, India, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Merck (http://www.MerckGroup.com), a leading science and technology company, through “Merck More than a Mother” (www.MerckMoreThanaMother.com) in partnership with the International Federation of Fertility Societies (IFFS) conducted a panel to address infertility challenges and solutions in Africa at the IFFS World Congress in New Delhi, India. The ministers, [...]