Following its decision to maintain a stock listing for SillaJen earlier this month, the Korea Exchange has done the same for Kolon TissueGene, which had faced delisting but has resumed trading amid decisive moves to improve its business.

Plus deals involving Shionogi/NEC, Ji Xing/LENZ, Kyowa Kirin/Ardelyx, CR Pharma/Everest Medicine and Dr Reddy’s/Novartis.

Scrip takes a look at the landscape of the South Korean gene and cell therapy sector, which is under the spotlight with the implementation of a new cutting-edge biologics law.

Ventus Therapeutics raised a $140m series C while Endeavor Biomedicines brought in $101m in series B cash. Also, Twist Bioscience grossed $250m in a follow-on offering, BioMarin raised $110m when it sold a priority review voucher and Nuvectis, TC BioPharm launched IPOs.