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2020
  • 02.12
    Establishment of Mthera
  • 02.21
    Certified Corporate R&D Center(Korea Industrial Technology Association)
  • 03.04
    Angel Investment
  • 03.26
    Venture Business Certification(Korea Venture Capital Association)
  • 05.15
    Opening of Magok R&D Center
  • 06.12
    Selected as TIPS(Tech Incubator Program for Startup) Partners
  • 06.17~07.03
    SI Investment(1st&2nd)
  • 10.03
    US Patent granted for MT101 core material(No. 10,792,323)
  • 10.30
    Received ‘2020 Technical Innovation Enterprise Award’
    (Hankookilbo, Sponsored by Ministry of SMEs and Startups & and Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy)
2021
  • 03.31
    Series A Investment
  • 07.23
    Received ‘2021 15th Korea Excellent Patent Award(Bioscience and Biotechnology)’
    (Hankookilbo, Sponsored by Korea Institute of Patent Information)
  • 10.11
    Japan Patent granted for MT101 active ingredient(No. 6959446)
  • 12.24
    Opening of Series B1 Investment
2022
  • 03.04
    Received ‘Korea Industry Award First-in-class Award’
    (MONEYTODAY, Sponsored by Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy & Ministry of Environment & Ministry of Education)
  • 04.27
    MT101(Pipeline for Parkinson's Disease), Selected as one of the “Top 100 Outstanding R&D Achievements for Solving Social Issues” by the Ministry of Science and ICT.
  • 05.20
    Initiation of P1 SAD study(NCT05844787) for MT101
  • 07.22
    Received ‘2022 16th Korea Excellent Patent Award(Bioscience and Biotechnology)’
    (Hankookilbo, Sponsored by Korea Institute of Patent Information)
  • 08.25
    Series B1 Investment
  • 10.06
    MT101, Published in SCI journals(Biomed Pharmacother. 2022 Oct;154:113637.)
  • 12.23
    Received 6th Korea's Nobel Science Awards
    ‘Science Technology Creation Award’
  • 12.31
    MT104(Functional Food Ingredient for Cognitive Improvement),
    Agri-food Products R&D Technical Commercialization Excellence Award(Korea Institute of Planning and Evaluation for Technology in Food, Agriculture and Forestry)
2023
  • 01.11
    Biotech Showcase(2023) Company Presentation
  • 02.03
    Japan Patent granted for MT101 core material(No. 7221207)
  • 03.29
    MT101, Awarded the Highest Grade(S) in the Final Evaluation of the ‘Bio-Medical Technology Development Program’ by the National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF)
  • 04.18
    MOU Execution with ‘The New England Medical Innovation Center(NEMIC) Foundation’
  • 05.06
    MT101, U.S. Phase 1 Clinical Trial complete
  • 06.05~08
    Participated in ‘2023 BIO USA’ and conducted 1:1 business meetups
    (Selected as a participating company linked with the Korea Angel Investment Association's TIPS program)
  • 07.03
    Executed a Binding Term Sheet for the Licensing of MT9801
    (Pipeline for Diabetic Neuropathy) with NeuroBo Pharmaceuticals
  • 07.11
    Selected for the “AI Data-Driven Bio-Leading Technology Development Project” by the Ministry of Science and ICT(MSIT)
  • 08.14
    MT101, Received IND Clearance for U.S. Phase 2a Clinical Trial(NCT06175767)
  • 08.17
    Opening of Series B2 Investment
  • 08.29
    US Patent granted for MT101 core material(No. 11,738,063)
  • 10.05
    Japan Patent granted for MT101 formulation composition(No. 7361903)
  • 10.26
    Awarded First Prize(Grand Prize) at the '2023 High Scale-up Demo Day’
    (Hosted by the Korea Venture Capital Association(KVCA) & Kingo Invest)
  • 10.31
    Signed a MOU for the ‘Establishment of the Gangneung Natural Product Bio National Industrial Complex’(Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Gangneung City, Korea Land & Housing Corporation [LH])
  • 12.18
    MT101(Pipeline for Inflammatory Bowel Disease), Selected for the “Scale-up TIPS” Program by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups
  • 12.26
    MT104, Selected as “Top 20 Outstanding Agricultural Food R&D Achievements in 2023”
    (Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs)
2024
  • 04.17
    Presented a Session on “Platform Technology” at the ‘2024 Spring International Convention of PSK’
  • 04.25
    MT101, Presented at the ‘The 2nd Natural Product Bio-Symposium’
    (Hosted by the Korean Society of Pharmacognosy and KIST Natural Products Research Institute)
  • 07.29
    Executed an Exclusive License Agreement for MT9801 with MetaVia
    (Formerly NeuroBo Pharmaceuticals)
  • 09.01
    Advancing the SyMthomics Platform Technology Commercialization
  • 10.17
    Presented a Session on “Platform Technology” at the ‘2024 Autumn Scientific Conference of the Korean Society of Medicinal Crop Science’
  • 11.04~06
    Participated in ‘2024 Bio Europe Fall’ and conducted 1:1 business meetups
  • 11.11~13
    Participated in the ‘2024 TIPS@Boston Global Open Innovation’ and Delivered an IR Presentation
    (Selected as a participating company by the Korea Scale-up TIPS Association)
  • 11.13~15
    Participated in the ‘2024 Korea-Japan Startup Open Innovation Week’ and Delivered an IR Presentation
    (Selected as a participating company by KITA and KVIC)
2025
  • 02.06
    MOU Execution with ‘PL B&B’
  • 02.18
    US Patent granted for MT101 active ingredient(No. 12,226,395)
  • 02.28
    MT102, Received Approval and Initiated Phase 1 Clinical Trial in Korea (Chungbuk National University Hospital)
  • 04.30
    EU Patent granted for MT101 active ingredient(No. EP3701946)
  • 05.07~09
    Participated in ‘Bio Korea 2025’ and conducted 1:1 business meetups
  • 08.01
    MT104, Human Clinical Trial Results Published in SCI journals (J Med Food. 2025 Aug;28(8):812-823.)
  • 09.03
    EU Patent granted for MT101 formulation composition(No. EP4043024)
  • 10.15~17
    Participated in ‘BIOPLUS-INTERPHEX KOREA 2025’ and conducted 1:1 business meetups
    (Selected as a participating company supported by Seoul BioHub)
  • 10.22
    MT101, Presented a Session at the '2025 Fall International Convention of The Pharmaceutical Society of Korea'
2026
  • 03.01
    MT101, Published in SCI journals(Biomed Pharmacother. 2026 Mar;196:119094.)
  • 03.04
    EU Patent granted for MT101 core material(No. EP3539550)