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Open Doors to the Asian Market: Seoul Bio Hub-Celltrion Launches ‘Global Open Innovation’ for U.S. Startups
Seoul Bio Hub and Celltrion Launch Strategic Gateway ‘Global Open Innovation’ to Help U.S. Bio Startups Dominate the Asian Market
Two U.S.-Based Biotech and Medical Device Startups to Be Selected Based on Technology Alignment with Celltrion’s Expertise in Antibodies, Peptides, and Drug Formulation
Seoul, Korea – 17/09/2025 – (SeaPRwire) – Seoul’s bio startup hub ‘Seoul Bio Hub’ and global pharmaceutical leader ‘Celltrion’ have joined forces to launch the ‘2025 Seoul Bio Hub-Celltrion Global Open Innovation (GOI)’ program. This program goes beyond a simple competition, serving as a platform designed to help U.S. startups successfully establish themselves in the Asian market.
 
This GOI targets U.S.-based bio and medical startups, with companies established within the past 7 years eligible to apply. The recruitment areas encompass all technologies suitable for collaboration with Celltrion, including antibodies, peptides, small molecules, formulations, and cell and gene therapies.
The application deadline is September 30, 2025. The selection process will proceed in the following order:
- Primary document evaluation
 - Technology review
 - Secondary presentation evaluation.
 
The two finally selected companies will receive customized follow-up support and gain opportunities to expand into global markets through collaboration with Celltrion, leveraging South Korea’s innovative ecosystem and global capabilities.
A Seoul Bio Hub representative stated, “This program will serve as a bridgehead that goes beyond simple space support, enabling U.S. startups to rapidly grow in the Asian market by leveraging Seoul’s excellent clinical infrastructure and research environment.”
A Celltrion representative announced, “Based on Celltrion’s capabilities and know-how accumulated across the entire pharmaceutical industry process including R&D, production, and sales, we will support promising U.S. startups to successfully enter the Asian market and create synergy with our company.”
South Korea has established itself as a bio hub leading the global market with clear numerical evidence. According to global consulting firm Intralink, South Korea’s biopharmaceutical market is valued at approximately $22 billion, ranking 13th globally.
Additionally, market research firm Grand View Research forecasts that South Korea’s biotechnology market will grow to $81.6 billion (approximately 110 trillion KRW) by 2030, representing an annual average growth rate of 18.3%.
Private investment is also active. From 2020 to 2022, R&D and facility investments recorded an annual average growth rate of 21.6%. This demonstrates that South Korea is not merely a potential market, but a rapidly growing innovation ecosystem.
According to ClinicalTrials.gov, the global clinical trial database, Seoul has consistently maintained a top position among major global cities in the number of new clinical trials over the past decade.
South Korea’s Ministry of Health and Welfare has set ‘Achieving Global 3rd Place in Clinical Trials’ as a policy objective through the ‘3rd Five-Year Plan for the Pharmaceutical and Bio Industry (2023-2027)’. Furthermore, in 2025, it raised a total of over 386.6 billion KRW through the ‘Bio Health Mega Fund’ and is actively supporting innovative companies’ clinical trials and commercialization through the national integrated bio big data construction project and AI, bio health regulatory regulatory sandboxes.
Seoul Bio Hub is a bio startup support organization established by Seoul City in 2017. It provides 251 pieces of shared laboratory equipment and affordable tenant space at 10% of the cost compared to major areas in Seoul. As of May 2025, it has supported 322 startups and attracted a total of 576 billion KRW in follow-up investment, proving its potential for success.
Celltrion is South Korea’s global comprehensive biotechnology company that developed the world’s first antibody biosimilar ‘Remsima’. The company performs the entire process from research and development to approval, production, and sales, supplying high-quality biopharmaceuticals to over 100 countries worldwide. Based on world-class research and production infrastructure, it contributes to expanding global access to pharmaceuticals and continues to support and collaborate with promising startups through active open innovation strategies.
For detailed information regarding program applications and inquiries, please access LinkedIn, search for ‘Seoul Bio Hub’, and check the 「2025 Seoul Bio Hub-Celltrion Global Open Innovation」 recruitment announcement posted on the official company page.
About Seoul Bio Hub
https://www.seoulbiohub.kr/front/user/engmain.do
Establishment Date: October 30, 2017
Operating Entity: Established by Seoul City / Joint operation by KIST and Korea University
Location: 117-3 Hoegi-ro, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Purpose: Growth and commercialization support for early-stage bio and healthcare startups under 10 years
Tenant Companies (As of June 2025): Total 126 companies (Digital Health 42 companies (33.3%), Pharmaceuticals 61 companies (48.5%), Medical Devices 23 companies (18.2%))
Infrastructure: Laboratories, office spaces, meeting rooms, conference rooms, research equipment (249 devices, 109 types, approximately $8 million scale)
Research and Human Resource Network (Regional): Approximately 7,000 PhD-level personnel, approximately 120,000 university students, $1.13 billion in research funding, connections with 12 universities and research institutions and 7 hospitals
Major Support Programs:
- IR matching and investment linkage
 - Expert consulting and CEO education
 - Hospital-linked clinical and data programs
 - Open innovation with domestic and international pharmaceutical companies
 
About Celltrion
https://www.celltrion.com/en-us
Establishment Date: February 26, 2002
Location (Headquarters): 23 Academy-ro, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon Metropolitan City, Republic of Korea
Business Areas and Major Products (Services)
Possessing Differentiated Integrated Solutions Across the Entire Biopharmaceutical Business Process
- Remsima: World’s first monoclonal antibody biosimilar (TNF-α inhibitor)
 - Herzuma: Trastuzumab biosimilar for breast and gastric cancer treatment
 - Truxima (CT-P10): Rituximab biosimilar (lymphoma, rheumatoid arthritis, etc.)
 - Multiple products including Zymfentra, Yuflyma, Vegzelma, Steqeyma, Avtozma are under global approval and commercialization
 
No of Employees: Approx. 3,003 (As of June 30, 2025)
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Phone: +82 02-2200-3345
Email: lynj@kist.re.kr
Website: (KOR) https://www.seoulbiohub.kr/front/user/main.do;
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AgiBot Robotics Shined at IROS 2025 – the AgiBot World Challenge Concluded Successfully
Shanghai, China, 4th Nov, 2025 — Recently, the premier global academic conference in robotics—2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2025)—was successfully held in Hangzhou. Centered around the theme “Frontiers of Human-Robot Interaction,” this year’s conference spotlighted the deep integration and innovation of artificial intelligence and robotics technologies. As a leading company in embodied intelligence, AgiBot made its first in-depth appearance at IROS, showcasing its full-stack technological capabilities and ecosystem strength through comprehensive live demonstrations of its entire product portfolio and the inaugural AgiBot World Challenge, quickly becoming one of the event’s major highlights.
At the exhibition hall, AgiBot presented its full lineup of products—including G1, G2, X2, and A2—delivering immersive, hands-on experiences that demonstrated tangible technological advancements.
AgiBot placed particular emphasis on real-world industrial applications of embodied robotic operational intelligence. Notably, G1 achieved fully autonomous parcel handling in logistics scenarios without human intervention and exhibited deep collaboration with DEMAC’s Smart Shuttle Sorting Robot. The newly launched AgiBot G2, unveiled on October 16, made its first offline public debut at the event, drawing significant attention.
Among the crowd favorites, AgiBot X2 captivated attendees with high-degree-of-freedom motion control performances of popular dance routines becoming a must-visit photo spot. Meanwhile, A2 highlighted the practical value of simulation technology.

Co-hosted by AgiBot and OpenDriveLab, “AgiBot World Challenge @ IROS 2025” stood out as one of the conference’s flagship events. The competition featured two tracks—Manipulation and World Model, with a total prize pool of $560,000. It drew 431 top-tier teams from 23 countries and regions across five continents, representing universities, research institutes, and other innovation entities worldwide.

The Manipulation track was especially competitive. After rigorous online simulation preliminaries, 11 elite teams from globally renowned universities and research institutions advanced to the on-site physical robot finals. Held on October 21–22 at the IROS venue, the finals saw teams competing on AgiBot’s platform to complete complex manipulation tasks, with the champion team taking home a $10,000 cash prize. The competition not only showcased the technical ingenuity of young global developers but also validated the advanced capabilities and robustness of the AgiBot platform.
“AgiBot World Challenge @ IROS 2025” had concluded successfully. In the World Model track, the top three positions were awarded to VIPL-GENUN from the Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences; HD-Robo from HiDream.ai Inc.; and SHIELD-LMD from Alibaba Cloud-SHIELD-Shanghai TAM. In the Manipulation track, the podium was claimed by AIR-DREAM (Tsinghua University and Shanghai AI Lab), Notonlysim (South China University of Technology), and Firebot (Hong Kong University).
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AgiBot Shined at IROS 2025 – Driving Embodied Intelligence Forward
Shanghai, China, 4th Nov, 2025 — In late October 2025, the 2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2025) was held in Hangzhou, which was the annual flagship event in the global robotics field. Centered on the theme of ‘Frontiers of Human – Robot Interaction’, AgiBot, a leading enterprise in embodied intelligence, made its first in – depth participation in this conference.
AgiBot not only showcased the practical achievements of its technologies through live demonstrations of its full product range,but also became the spotlight of the event by co-hosting the first “AgiBot World Challenge” international competition, demonstrating its technological influence and ecosystem-building capabilities in the global robotics sector.

As a core highlight of this year’s IROS, the “AgiBot World Challenge” international competition attracted widespread industry attention with its high standards and strong participation.The competition set up two major tracks: Manipulation and World Model, with a total prize pool of 560,000. It ultimately drew 431 top teams from 23 countries and regions across 5 continents, covering various innovation entities such as universities and research institutions, becoming a high-level technical exchange feast in the global embodied intelligence field.

Among the two tracks, the Manipulation track witnessed particularly intense competition. After rigorous selection in the preliminary online simulation competition, 11 teams from top universities and research institutions around the world advanced to the offline real-robot final, which took place at the IROS venue from October 21 to 22. Relying on AgiBot’s platform, the participating teams competed in completing various high-difficulty operational tasks. In the end, the AIR-DREAM team from Tsinghua University and Shanghai AI Lab claimed the championship and won a $10,000 cash prize. This track not only fully demonstrated the technological innovation capabilities of global young developers,but also verified the advanced nature and stability of AgiBot’s platform through practical tests.
The World Model track, which concluded earlier, focused on the core proposition of “enabling AI to predict the physical world”. Based on AgiBot’s open-source AgiBot World dataset and EVAC baseline model, participants actively explored innovations in the field of embodied world models, achieving a number of technological breakthroughs and providing new ideas for the development of this field. Finally, the VIPL-GENUN team from the Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, won the top prize in this track.
In addition to the competition, AgiBot also presented its full product lineup, including the Genie series, Lingxi X2, and Yuanzheng A2, at the conference exhibition area. It also showcased open-source projects through the Lingqu Developer Community, further strengthening its capabilities in technology implementation and ecosystem co-construction.

During this IROS journey, AgiBot, with the competition as a link and technology as the core, had injected new impetus into the development of the global robotics industry.
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Oly One — Rebuilding On-Chain Financial Order for the Web3 Era
As DeFi and Web3 mature, the demand for institutional-grade, transparent, and community-governed financial infrastructure has never been greater. Oly One emerges as a purpose-built DeFi 3.0 protocol designed to reconstruct on-chain financial order through programmable institutional contracts, open signing mechanisms, cooperative governance, and cross-chain consensus. Inspired by the principles of Olympus DAO, Oly One improves on those foundations to create a sustainable, auditable, and global protocol that supports long-term value and community stewardship.

Reconstructing On-Chain Financial Order: Core Principles
Oly One’s mission is to build an on-chain institutional fabric composed of standardized rule sets and interoperable contracts. The protocol emphasizes four core pillars:
Institutional Contract System: A suite of smart contracts that define economic boundaries, incentives, and governance logic.
On-chain Signing & Participation: Any user can become a signer and participate in institutional formation by signing contracts on-chain, thereby earning governance rights and reward entitlements.
Transparent Governance Data: All governance actions, fiscal flows, and incentive records are recorded on-chain for verifiability — ensuring “process equals justice.”
Cross-Chain Coordination: Protocol-level standardization enables multi-chain collaboration, eliminating isolated ecosystems and enabling seamless asset mobility and governance coordination.
This framework treats the protocol itself as a living institution: rules and rights are encoded in contracts, enacted via signatures, and evolve through community consensus.
Five Core Protocol Modules: The Institutional Foundation
Oly One’s economic and governance logic is powered by five modular smart contracts that together form a complete institutional stack:
Sovereign Staking Contract
Establishes base financial credibility. Participants stake OLY tokens to assert a form of “sovereign” status within the protocol. Staking confers rights, access to governance, and participation in downstream economic functions.
Smart Redemption Contract
Implements a dual-track release mechanism that separates income from rights for more stable circulation. This design helps preserve liquidity while protecting against inflationary stress by controlling how yield and governance privileges are released.
Bond Distribution Contract
Provides an on-chain mechanism to exchange non-liquid value for liquid assets. Bonds support price discovery, deepen market liquidity, and act as a counter-cyclical tool to stabilize the system during volatility.
Protocol Governance Contract
Governance weight is dynamically computed from a combination of sovereign stake and active participation. The signing-based consensus produces governance power proportional to both commitment and contribution, ensuring decisions reflect broad, incentivized engagement.
Treasury Asset Management Contract
Centralizes on-chain asset aggregation, allocates liquidity, and automates incentive disbursements. The treasury contract enforces transparent rules for fiscal flows and acts as the protocol’s institutional custodian.
Together, these modules allow Oly One DAO to operate as a programmable institution: rights, incentives, and economic functions are all encoded, auditable, and upgradeable under community supervision.
Blackhole Burn: Institutional Scarcity as Trust Anchor
A distinctive feature of Oly One is its Blackhole Burn mechanism — a protocol-level deflationary pathway. A predefined share of fees, interaction charges, or system adjustments is routed to a verifiably ownerless “blackhole” address. Tokens sent to this address are irretrievably removed from circulation.
Unlike symbolic burns, Oly One frames blackhole destruction as an institutional instrument: irreversible scarcity becomes an engineered trust anchor that supports long-term price stability and reduces speculative fragility. Each burn event is recorded on-chain and auditable, turning deflationary discipline into a transparent mechanism for collective trust formation.
Roadmap: From Genesis to Global Protocol Network
Oly One follows a deliberate evolution path that balances protocol security with progressive decentralization:
V1.0 — Institutional Launch (2025 Q3 – Q4)
Deploy five core protocol modules, activate the signing mechanism, onboard genesis signers, and open a visible governance portal with comprehensive audit and call-trace transparency.
V2.0 — Protocol Self-Evolution (2026 Q1 – Q2)
Introduce hot-upgradeable contracts, on-chain reputation and governance scoring, multilingual governance modules, and community tools for proposal deliberation and snapshot voting.
V3.0 — Global Pilots & Real-World Integration (From 2026 Q3)
Launch governance node elections, integrate RWA (Real-World Asset) connectors (e.g., tokenized bonds, commodities), enable cross-chain signing interfaces across major L1/L2 networks (BSC, Polygon, Linea, etc.), and offer “Protocol as a Service” to local communities and developer ecosystems.
This staged approach ensures rigorous security testing and community capacity building while enabling progressively broader institutional utility.

Cross-Chain Interoperability & Institutional Scale
Oly One is designed for broad interoperability. By standardizing institutional contracts and cross-chain signing interfaces, the protocol removes technical friction between ecosystems. Targets include mainstream rollups and L1s such as Polygon, Scroll, TON, and Cosmos — with architecture that supports rollup-embedded governance modules and zk/L2 consensus primitives.
Cross-chain design enables liquidity to flow where it’s most efficient, expands the active governance base, and allows local communities to participate in shared protocol economics without siloed infrastructure.
Use Cases: From Native DeFi to Real-World Financial Integration
Oly One aspires to serve multiple, layered use cases:
On-chain monetary primitives: A protocol sovereign token (OLY) functions as a resilient medium of exchange and store of value within DeFi marketplaces.
DEX liquidity backbone: Persistent LP incentives and treasury support provide deep liquidity for DEXes and AMMs.
Collateral & treasury asset: OLY can be used for over-collateralized protocols, reserve backing, or as part of hybrid stablecoin architectures.
RWA anchoring: Tokenized real-world assets can be integrated into treasury strategies to diversify backing and connect on-chain and off-chain value.
Protocol as a Service: Municipal pilots, developer DAOs, and regional guilds can instantiate governance slices that interoperate with the global Oly One network.
Governance, Accountability & Compliance Considerations
Oly One emphasizes transparency and accountable stewardship. All governance records, treasury flows, and incentive distributions are public on-chain — enabling continuous auditing by the community and third parties. While being a decentralised protocol, Oly One recognizes regulatory realities: the project advocates proactive compliance where appropriate, encourages legal clarity for institutional integrations, and supports responsible disclosure of on-chain governance processes.
Why Oly One Matters
Institutionalized decentralization: Systematic contracts turn governance into a durable institutional architecture rather than ad-hoc token votes.
Sustainable scarcity & incentives: Blackhole burns plus LP growth and bond mechanisms strive for stable long-term value.
Open, global participation: Signing mechanisms and multilingual governance remove barriers to entry and empower worldwide contributors.
Cross-chain institutional fabric: Standardized contracts enable true interoperability and coordinated multi-chain governance.
Oly One is not just another DeFi protocol — it’s an experiment in building upgradeable institutional order on-chain: rules that are transparent, enforceable, and evolved by the people who use them.
Join the Oly One Community
For builders, researchers, and token holders seeking a sustainable, community-governed DeFi foundation, Oly One offers an auditable, modular architecture to participate in. To learn more, engage in governance, or explore integration opportunities, visit the official site and reach out to the team.
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