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Bionote, which plans to go public on the Kospi market this month, presented its goal of becoming a global top-tier animal diagnostic company."Through the initial public offering (IPO), the company hopes to become one of the global top three in animal diagnosis and bio contents. We will invest in fac
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Lee Han-soo
2022.12.08 15:40
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The Korean Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) said on Wednesday that its researchers developed an electronic sweat sensor for event-driven, energy-efficient, long-term wireless monitoring of epidermal perspiration dynamics in a recently published study.Human sweat contains blood metabolites,
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Marianne Chang
2022.12.08 14:47
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"After enhancing the company's strength based on AITRICT-VC, our risk prediction solution for in-hospital emergencies, we plan to actively advance into the global market. Preparatory work is already underway, with the company undergoing U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval process for the solu
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Lee Han-soo
2022.12.07 17:29
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As next-generation sequencing (NGS)-based precision medicine advances, industry officials are emphasizing the importance of genome diagnostic technology.Unlike in the past when treatments were developed for each disease, treatments can be used according to individual gene expression, and genome diag
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Jeong Min-jun
2022.12.05 14:38
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Thermo Fisher Scientific Korea has canceled news conference scheduled for Tuesday to celebrate insurance benefits for Oncomine Dx Target Test (ODxTT), a next-generation sequencing (NGS) cancer diagnostic kit.On Nov. 16, the Ministry of Health and Welfare introduced ODxTT’s new virtual navigation dev
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Jeong Min-jun
2022.12.05 14:00
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The clinical study results of SK Biopharmaceutical's Zero Glasses and Zero Wired, its integrated wearable devices that can predict seizures by measuring bio-signals from brain activity, heart rhythm, and body movement, were disclosed at the recent American Epilepsy Society (AES 2022) in the U.S., on
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Marianne Chang
2022.12.05 11:44
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Medtronic Korea said on Thursday that it will target the domestic market in earnest after applying for insurance benefits for its Percept PC neurostimulator using its brain signal detection technology, BrainSense.Percept PC is equipped with Medtronic's proprietary technology called BrainSense to pro
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Marianne Chang
2022.12.02 13:57
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CHICAGO, Ill. -- By Lee Han-soo/Korea Biomedical correspondent – The Korean medical device industry is actively trying to advance into the U.S. market by establishing offshoots and hiring foreign executives and employees who know the American industry.Such a trend was apparent at the Radiological So
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Lee Han-soo
2022.12.02 13:57
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VUNO, a Seoul-based medical AI solution company, said Tuesday that it won approval for VUNO Med-Fundus AI, an AI-based fundus reading device, from Taiwan’s Food and Drug Administration(TFDA).The company said VUNO Med-Fundus AI, designed for diagnosis of retinal diseases based on fundus images, was t
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Choi Hye-won
2022.11.29 13:53
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Merz Aesthetics launched its Ulthera Asia-Pacific campaign featuring three star-studded Korean actors as ambassadors to promote the pursuit of individual beauty with the aesthetic lifting device on Thursday evening at Sebitseom Convention Center in Seoul.Merz Aesthetics Ulthera is a U.S. FDA-approve
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Marianne Chang
2022.11.25 09:35
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ATsens announced that it signed an MOU with a Polish state hospital, DCM Dolmed S.A., to supply AT-Patch, a patch-type electrocardiogram (ECG) device, to the latter.DCM Dolmed S.A. is the largest state hospital in Poland treating 1,300 patients daily.The hospital plans to introduce AT-Patch at the b
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Choi Hye-won
2022.11.24 15:33
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Coreline Soft, a provider of medical artificial intelligence (AI) solutions, said on Wednesday that its AI-based fully automatic contouring solution, AVIEW RT ACS, passed FDA 510 (k) certification.The FDA 510 (k) is a premarket approval required by all Class I, II, and III medical devices intended f
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Marianne Chang
2022.11.23 11:02
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As the Covid-19 pandemic goes through its seventh wave in Korea, the one thing that persists is some people’s long Covid or post-Covid symptoms. While some are lucky to just be sick for one or two weeks, others suffer from these symptoms for an extended time.A 42-year-old woman living in Seoul who p
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Marianne Chang
2022.11.22 16:02
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Seegene, a company specializing in molecular diagnostics, said it won a 62.7 billion won ($46.1 million) contract to supply its diagnostic reagents to Italy. Seegene said Italy Arrow Diagnostics S.r.l. had been selected as a supplier in the diagnostic reagent bidding, which the Tuscany government ho
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Choi Hye-won
2022.11.21 17:42
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Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 2022 will kick off its five-day run at the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago, Ill., from Nov. 27 to Dec. 1. The conference will provide both in-person and virtual participation.RSNA is the world’s largest academic society consisting of over 48,
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Lee Han-soo
2022.11.21 17:26
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Lunit said on Monday that it became the first software as a medical device (SaMD) company in the Asia Pacific region to earn accreditations from the UK and Europe for its artificial intelligence (AI) medical solutions.Both Lunit INSIGHT CXR and Lunit INSIGHT MMG, an AI solution for chest radiology a
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Marianne Chang
2022.11.21 14:12
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Philips Korea said Thursday that it has appointed Park Jae-in, former general manager (GM) at Abbott Korea, as its new CEO.New CEO Park will also serve as head of Philips Korea’s health systems business division, which provides professional healthcare solutions, the company said.Park has more than 2
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Lee Han-soo
2022.11.17 11:45
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Shares of GC MS were bullish on Wednesday after health officials confirmed the third monkeypox case in Korea.At the market close on Wednesday, the company's shares ended at 6,000 won ($4.53), up 3.45 percent from the previous trading day.Investors mistakenly considered GC MS as a monkeypox-related s
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Lee Han-soo
2022.11.16 16:37
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Lunit, a company specializing in medical artificial intelligence (AI) solutions, said on Wednesday that it acquired the operating rights in a bid for the Breast Screening New South Wales (BSNSW) state program in Australia.BSNSW is an Australian state-run program that provides free breast cancer scre
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Marianne Chang
2022.11.16 14:48
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Humasis, an in vitro diagnosis kit maker, saw its sales drop sharply in the third quarter.According to industry watchers on Wednesday, the conflict between the company and its minority shareholders has also expanded to a management dispute, deepening worries about corporate competitiveness.Humasis u
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Kim Chan-hyuk
2022.11.16 13:31
