Although South Korean pharma firms are largely sailing toward the common goal of globalization, they have different strategies to reach their goals. Scrip takes a look at the variety of paths being pursued.

Public Company Edition: 2020 started with two $200m-plus initial public offerings plus five health care-focused special purpose acquisition corporations IPOs. Also, a Pfizer initiative backs three public companies, Fate’s $432m offering led recent FOPOs and Biocon Biologics receives more investment. 

After accumulating technologies to develop off-the-shelf, allogeneic NK cell therapies over the past decade, Korea's GC LabCell is now tapping into the global market as US partner Artiva begins clinical trials of its lead asset.

New York biotech is partnering with researchers at Columbia, Kansas State and Southern Research to address the pandemic.