SK Biopharm highlights drugs pipeline ahead of planned $800m IPO

South Korean drugmaker to start clinical test for anticancer treatment next year

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If the float goes as planned, it would be the country's largest IPO since 2017. © Reuters

KIM JAEWON, Nikkei staff writer

SEOUL -- South Korean drugmaker SK Biopharmaceuticals started the run-in to its $800 million initial public offering by offering more details of its development pipeline, saying it would begin clinical trials of a cancer treatment next year.

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