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2015 REVIEW: Korea - Mega Deals, Biosimilars, Pricing Dominate News

 
• By Jung Won Shin

2015 has been quite an eventful year for the South Korean pharma industry, and was marked by a string of major international licensing agreements that may be looked back on as a watershed in the industry’s attempts to shift to original R&D. If you missed any of the major news and analysis from South Korea during the year, here's your opportunity to check out PharmAsia News' view of the most important stories.

SEOUL - This year, Hanmi Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. rewrote the history books of the South Korean pharma industry by reaching a series of record licensing out and collaboration agreements with multinational pharma firms, perhaps marking the start of the emergence of domestic firms into the international arena as they build up in-house innovation.

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