Healthcare
South Korean Firms to Inject 10 Trillion Won into Biotechnology by 2023
South Korean biotech companies, including Celltrion and Samsung Biologics, would jointly invest a total of 10 trillion won ($9.03 billion)...
Samsung Biologics to Manufacture Eli Lilly‘s COVID-19 Antibody Treatment
Samsung Biologics announced on Tuesday that it successfully produced the first batch of Eli Lilly’s COVID-19 antibody treatment. This came...
SK Telecom Conducts Trials for AI-Based Dementia Detection Tech
SK Telecom (SKT) announced on Monday that it began testing an artificial intelligence (AI)-based program capable of detecting dementia by...
KT, NGeneBio Inks Deal to Develop ICT-based Digital Healthcare Service
South Korean telecom company KT Corp. announced on Friday that it signed a memorandum of understanding with molecular diagnostics startup...
SK Telecom Introduces Mobile App-Based DNA Test Service, Care8 DNA
Mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. announced on Monday that it collaborated with gene testing company Macrogen Inc. to introduce a...
Five Promising Korean AI Startups Transforming the Healthcare Industry
As a continually evolving and growing technology, artificial intelligence (AI) has become more relevant across healthcare systems. Startups are tackling...
Samsung Introduces Portable UV Sterilizer for Smartphones
As the COVID-19 pandemic gripped the world to almost a standstill, it emphasized the great importance of personal hygiene. In...
Daewoong to Begin Trial of COVID-19 Stem Cell Treatment in Indonesia
Daewoong Pharmaceutical, a South Korean bioengineering company, stated on Monday that it would conduct phase 1 of clinical trials for...
Samsung Partners with Leading Wellness and Fitness Brands
Along with the COVID-19 pandemic comes a “new normal” of working and staying at home. People are spending more time...
Celltrion to Distribute Antigen and Antibody COVID-19 Testing Kits Abroad
Celltrion Group announced on Tuesday that it plans to broaden its diagnostic portfolio for SARS-CoV-2 by introducing antigen and antibody...
SK Telecom Invests 27.6Tln Won in Nanox’s Medical Imaging Technology
SK Telecom said on Friday that it would enter the medical imaging industry after injecting a total of 27.6 trillion...
NAVER D2SF Invests in Digital Health and Autonomous Driving Startups
Through its startup accelerator D2SF Startup Factory, Naver Co. invested in two new startups in digital health and autonomous driving....
Celltrion’s CT-P59 Antiviral Candidate Reduces COVID-19 Virus 100-Fold
Celltrion announced on Monday that its antiviral treatment candidate CT-P59 for COVID-19 positively lowered the amount of SARS-CoV-2 virus in...
ulikekorea Introduces AI-Based COVID-19 Body Patch Monitoring Tech
uLikeKorea announced on Wednesday that it successfully developed a "COVID-19 body patch monitoring technology" that could monitor the user's real-time...
Samsung Galaxy Watch ECG Function Cleared by Drug Ministry
Samsung Electronics announced on Sunday that South Korea’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety cleared the Electrocardiogram (ECG) function of...
Samsung Biologics Signs 287 Bln Won CMO Supply Deal with GSK
Samsung Biologics Co. on Friday said that it signed an eight-year contract manufacturing organization (CMO) deal valued at 287 billion...
Macrogen’s AxenTM COVID-19 RT Test Kit Gets Export Approval
Macrogen, a South Korean genomics biotech firm, said on Thursday that its test kit AxenTM COVID-19 RT received export approval...
Bioneer’s Molecular Diagnostic Equipment Attracts Global Attention
Bioneer Co., a South Korean biotech firm, on Wednesday, said that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to source...
SK Bioscience: Gates Foundation Funds 4.4 Bln Won for Vaccine R&D
On Tuesday, SK Bioscience announces that it would receive 4.4 billion won ($3.6 million) financial backing from the Bill &...
KT to Conduct Epidemic Research with Support from Gates Foundation
KT Corp. announced on Sunday that it would conduct three-year research with support by the U.S.-based Bill & Melinda Gates...
