Samsung Bioepis is shifting gears moving into the development of novel biologics via a strategic collaboration with Takeda. The partners will initially focus on acute pancreatitis and jointly develop Takeda's preclinical candidate in the segment.

In just 15 years since its establishment, Celltrion has transformed from a modest contract manufacturer in South Korea into a global leader in antibody biosimilars. In this instalment of Scrip’s Leadership Series, CEO Woo Sung Kee talks about what it has taken for the company and its top management to achieve such rapid growth, its ambitions to enter the global top 10 biotech firms, and his own work philosophy.

Faced with the risk of losing their investment from a possible stock delisting amid prosecutors’ probes into company’s management, SillaJen’s individual minority shareholders are demanding the Korea Exchange resume trading of the biotech’s stock, in a rare united move.