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Global Bio Pharmaceutical Leader, HLB

Company Overview

By introducing the Open Innovation system,
HLB is growing into a global anticancer company based on a variety of new anticancer drugs licensed through worldwide network.

Under the mid-term vision of 'a grand goal,
and its beginning', we are developing the best-in-class targeted anticancer drug 'Rivoceranib', along with the next-generation immunotherapy vaccine platform, 'UNITE', designed for various conditions including cancer and allergies. Our aim is to launch over 5 anticancer drugs by 2025, bringing us closer to realizing ‘Human Life Better’.

Mission
Chairman’s greetings

We are committed to
growth through warm capitalism,
mature corporate citizenship,
and practical business ethics.

Established in 1975, HLB's corporate history reflects the essence of Korea's manufacturing industry.
Beginning as a modest lifeboat manufacturing company situated on a remote beach in Ulsan,
we expanded into shipbuilding and the production of fiberglass pipes, exporting our products worldwide.
Now, after a decade of hard work, we are on the verge of emerging as a global leader
in pharmaceuticals and biotechnology.

We've grown, but did not settle down, and when we fell, we got up and took a bigger step forward.
The spirit of challenge and passion over the past 40 years have been engraved
in our hearts as an entrepreneurial spirit called ‘DNA of overcoming and breakthrough.’

Armed with practical business ethics and a strong entrepreneurial spirit,
we continually push beyond our limitations. Together, we strive to turn our collective dreams into reality,
igniting a fire in our hearts.
As we approach our 50th anniversary, we invite you to join us as partners on this exciting journey.

History of HLB

HLB History

2023~2015
2014~2010
2009~2005
2004~2000

  • HLB Consortium acquires PSMC and reorganizes into ‘HLB Innovation’
  • HLB Consortium acquires Panagene and reorganizes into ‘HLB Panagene’
  • Elevar submits a new drug application (NDA) for first-line liver cancer combination therapy to the FDA for primary review
  • Elevar announces global phase 3 results for liver cancer first-line combination therapy (ESMO 2023)
  • HLB transitions into a bio company
  • Immunomic begins phase 1 clinical trial for Merkel cell cancer with DNA vaccine ‘ITI-3000’
  • Immunomic begins phase 1 clinical trial for glioblastoma with DNA vaccine ‘ITI-1001’
  • HLB merges with FA and reorganizes into ‘HLB Healthcare Division’
  • HLB acquires Knotus
  • Verismo establishes ‘Verismo Asia’
  • HLB joins UNGC Global Initiative for Sustainable Management
  • HLB & HLB Pharmaceuticals acquire Verismo Therapeutics
  • HLB acquires Immunomic Therapeutics
  • Acquisition of global rights to Rivoceranib from Advenchen
  • Elevar acquires global rights to cytotoxic anticancer drug Apealea
  • Immunomic opens Seoul office
  • Triangular merger of HLB, Elevar, HLB USA
  • Mass production of Hyundai Lifeboat 36-seater fully enclosed lifeboat model HLB65T/F
  • Elevar successfully concludes its global stomach cancer clinical trial phase 3
  • Stomach cancer phase 3 results selected as ‘Best of ESMO (European Society of Medical Oncology)’
  • Acquisition of Hwajin Medical Co., Ltd.
  • Elevar begins primary liver cancer combination clinical trial with China's Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals’ immunotherapy drug 'camrelizumab'
  • HLB achieves production of 7,000 Hyundai Lifeboat lifeboats/special vessels
  • Elevar begins phase 3 global clinical trial for stomach cancer
  • Rivoceranib, utilized in the treatment of third-line stomach cancer, was designated as an orphan drug in both the US and Europe
  • Rivoceranib begins clinical trial in combination with BMS immunotherapy drug 'Opdivo'
  • Elevar becomes a subsidiary of LSK Biopharma
  • Split of electrical/instrumentation business division (Establishment of HLB Electronic Co., Ltd.)
  • Completion of the second GRP/GRE pipe factory
  • Merger of the subsidiary Hyundai Lifeboat Co., Ltd.
  • Hyundai Lifeboat Co., Ltd. receives the $20 million Export Tower Award"
  • The Ministry of Knowledge Economy recognizes the lifeboat as a world-class product.
  • The company officially changes its name to HLB Co., Ltd. (formerly InnoGDN Co., Ltd.)
  • Hyundai Lifeboat Co., Ltd. receives the $10 million Export Tower Award.
  • Completion of the new headquarters of Hyundai Lifeboat Co., Ltd.
  • Establishment of HLB Networks Co., Ltd., Hyundai Lifeboats Singapore Pte. Ltd.
  • The company officially changes its name to InnoGDN Co., Ltd. (formerly Lifecode International Co., Ltd.)
  • Establishment of the GRP pipe business division of Hyundai Lifeboat Co., Ltd.
  • Hyundai Lifeboat Co., Ltd. spins off the yacht division and establishes Hyundai Yacht Co., Ltd.
  • Establishment of Lifecord International USA, a local corporation in the United States
  • The company officially changes its name to Lifecode International Co., Ltd. (formerly Kukje Precision Co., Ltd.)
  • Development and production of Sail Yacht 31ft
  • Hyundai Lifeboat Co., Ltd. receives the $5 million Export Tower Award.
  • Establishment of Hyundai Lifeboat Co., Ltd. (formerly Gyeongil Yacht, spun off from Hyundai Precision Industries)"

HLB is building a global management network
to create an optimal environment for the development and sale of new drugs.

Headquarters (HLB Healthcare Division)
Address : (30068) 10-5, Myeonghaksandanseo-ro, Yeondong-myeon, Sejong-si, Republic of Korea
Tel : +82-44-862-9134
E-Mail : hlbhc@hlbbio.co.kr
Seoul Office
Address : (06193) KT Seolleung Tower West, 420 Teheran-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul
Tel : +82-2-3453-1975
E-Mail : hlb@hlb-group.com