Maria Trading, a medical aesthetic device distributor in the United Arab Emirates and the Middle East, said it has exhibited its latest energy-based laser devices and best aesthetic products during the 2022 Dubai World Dermatology & Laser Conference & Exhibition (2022 Dubai Derma).The 2022 Dubai Der
The medical field is recently accelerating the transition to precision care based on rapidly developing technology.The first step in precision care is to provide an accurate diagnosis and increase convenience for medical staff and patients with cutting-edge technology.While only large general hospit
The Korea International Medical and Hospital Equipment Show (KIMES) is succeeding in redrawing the interests of foreign buyers and participants in the annual exhibition, overcoming the failure of 2021.Last year, the exhibition organizers pushed ahead with KIMES 2021 amid the Covid-19 crisis and a gl
Humasis, which benefited from spiking sales of rapid Covid-19 test devices amid the pandemic, is gearing up for an entry into the molecular diagnostics market.On Thursday, Humasis said it recently obtained the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety’s approval to export Humasis COVID-19 Variant RT-qPCR Kit
VUNO said it has obtained the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety certification for VUNO Med-LungQuant, an artificial intelligence (AI)-based lung computed tomography (CT) quantification.The solution automatically analyzes lung CT images based on AI to segment characteristic areas in CT images and prov
Korean researchers developed a “brain-machine interface system” that allows free control of a robotic arm in a three-dimension space only with thoughts.On Wednesday, the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) said the research team led by Professor Jeong Jae-seung of the Bio and
PCL said it would team up with LG Chem to supply Covid-19 rapid antigen test kits for professional use in Korea.On Wednesday, PCL said it signed an agreement with LG Chem for the domestic supply of PCL COVID19 Ag Gold for professional use.“Through OEM, we will sell PCL’s finished products under LG C
Korean researchers have developed a technology to detect Covid-19 variants using terahertz (THz) waves.The Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) said Drs on Tuesday. Seo Mi-nah and Song Hyun-seok at Sensor System Research Center used label-free THz metamaterials to discriminate Covid-19 v
Medipixel, an AI-based health technology developer, said it would hire key talents to tap into the global medical device market.The company plans to recruit over 10 people by June, including the chief technology officer, chief medical officer, and employees specializing in robot control, AI software
DeepCardio said it successfully attracted 40 billion won ($33.4 million) Series A funding from SoftBank and Dayli Partners, which recognized the clinical value of its research technology.DeepCardio is a venture startup founded in November 2020 jointly by Inha University Hospital Cardiology Professor
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety authorized two more Covid-19 self-test kits, bringing the total number of home test kits to eight in Korea.On Tuesday, the MFDS said it granted the permit to Median Diagnostics’ MDx COVID-19 Ag Home Test and Osang Healthcare’s GeneFinder COVID-19 Ag Self Test.The
The Korean Pharmaceutical Association (KPA) and the diagnostics industry strongly protested the health authorities’ recent measures to allow Covid-19 home test kits to be sold in small packages and require test kit makers to get pre-approval for export.On Thursday, the government announced that it w
Korean operators of contactless healthcare programs are vowing to support the government’s new policy encouraging Covid-19 patients with mild symptoms to treat themselves at home.On Thursday, the health authorities shifted the pandemic response to high-risk groups to cope with the quick spread of th
Life Semantics said it would launch non-face-to-face medical services for Koreans in the U.S. by partnering with Meta-K Intelligence.In November, Meta-K Intelligence signed an MOU with the Korean American Chamber of Commerce and Industry to provide various non-face-to-face treatments and offer medic
The Ministry of Health and Welfare and Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI) said they operated a "Korea Medical Equipment Integrated Exhibition Hall" at the "Arab Health 2022."Arab Health is one of the world's four major medical device exhibitions. This year’s event was held in Dubai,
Manufacturers of Covid-19 home test kits criticized the health authorities for artificially controlling the supply of their products, saying the products are not reaching testing facilities in time.Early this month, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) took “market stabilization measures,” in
Korean pharmaceutical companies and drug distributors are collaborating with diagnostic kit manufacturers to supply testing kits quickly.The nation is witnessing a spike in demand for Covid-19 testing, especially after the government shifted quarantine policy to run PCR tests for high-risk groups on
Huons Global said it has completed restructuring its medical device business division by merging its subsidiary, Huons Medicare and Huons Medical, into Huons Meditech.Huons Meditech named Lee Sang-man as the company's first CEO. The company said that Lee would expand target markets at home and abroa
Food and Drug Safety Minister Kim Gang-lip visited Humasis, a diagnostic agent manufacturer, in Gunpo, Gyeonggi Province, on Wednesday.Kim was accompanied by Jeong Jae-ho, director of the Medical Device Management Division at the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS), and four executives from Huma
The medical community recently inaugurated a society to research how to apply metaverse, a convergence of virtual and physical space, to the healthcare sector.On Thursday, professors from the Seoul National University College of Medicine launched the “Medical Metaverse Research Society.”The group ai