Korean medical AI solution developers said the Korean government set excessively high standards for new health technology assessment, a step required for getting health insurance benefits.Korean physicians are highly interested in AI-backed medical practice, and companies are actively developing AI
Korean diagnostic kit makers are eager to assure that their Covid-19 testing kits can detect the Omicron variant.Omicron (B.1.1.529) is one of the Covid-19 virus variants, designated by the WHO as the fifth variant of concern (VOC) after Alpha, Beta, Delta, and Gamma.Some worry that Omicron’s mutati
3bigs, a Korean bio-venture, said Friday that it would develop a bio-health big data platform for drug development and genome therapy in collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS).According to the company, the bio-health big data platform will combine patient data and genomic data of major hospita
GC MS said that it has confirmed that its rapid antigen diagnostic kit, GENEDIA W COVID-19 Ag, can detect the new Omicron variant.Omicron variant is a virus designated as a mutation of concern by the World Health Organization (WHO) after Alpha, Beta, Delta, and Gamma. The variant has 32 spike protei
Kakao Corp., a tech giant in Korea, said it would enter the digital healthcare market in earnest.The company said it would establish a “company in company” (CIC) for global digital healthcare services as of Monday next week.For the new business, Kakao will appoint Hwang Hee, a professor of pediatric
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said on Thursday it designated “Soft Ureteroscopy Automated System Surgical Robot” as the nation’s 17th innovative medical device.A surgeon can remove kidney stones using the device by inserting a thin, soft, and flexible ureteroscope and remotely controlling it.
Seegene said Wednesday that its Allplex SARS-CoV-2 Master Assay, a Covid-19 diagnostic kit, can detect the Omicron variant.According to the company, Allplex SARS-CoV-2 Master Assay targets four existing Covid-9 genes --- E, RdRP, N, and S genes -- and five variant genes -- HV 69/70 deletion, Y144 de
Korean diagnostic kit manufacturers brushed off concerns that their PCR test devices could not detect Omicron, a new Covid-19 variant hitting the globe.LabGenomics on Monday that its PCR testing product LabGun COVID-19 ExoFast RT-PCR Kit was able to identify Omicron.“Our partner company Siemens, a s
In light of detecting a new Covid-19 variant called Omicron, Korean diagnostic kit makers are drawing attention from investors again.After experts raised concerns that the Omicron variant, first identified in South Africa recently, would be highly contagious and thwart existing Covid-19 vaccines, an
Alcon Korea, a company specializing in eye care, said it has successfully hosted an online core symposium to share clinical experience and know-how using retinal surgery equipment.The company hosted the meeting to discuss optimal retinal surgery strategies and implementation plans by sharing clinica
Korean health AI solution providers are speeding up efforts to enter foreign markets.Deep Bio said on Tuesday it clinched strategic partnerships with a company in Europe and another in India to raise the competitiveness of DeepDx Prostate, prostate cancer diagnosis assistance software, and sell the
“Gone are the days when new drug development was aimed at all comers. From the aspect of precision medicine, multinational pharmaceutical companies are choosing to use companion diagnostics (CDx) as an effective and preemptive tool to develop new drugs. Collaborations between drugmakers and CDx comp
Huons Medicare said it would display its space sterilizer, Huen IVH ER, at the 17th International Fire & Safety Expo Korea 2021.The event takes place at the EXCO in Daegu from Wednesday to Friday this week. More than 450 companies specializing in fire safety will participate in the largest-ever exhi
The Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI) has recently presented a draft guideline to improve the quality of apps related to health management, based on its research project.Industry executives have, and private researchers have long expressed concerns about the accuracy and reliabilit
Avellino Labs, a U.S. gene therapy and molecular diagnostics company, said that it has appointed Jon Robson as its new CEO."CEO Robson will help the company innovate and grow by integrating machine learning, artificial intelligence, and big data with Avellino's expertise in genetics," the company sa
Genomictree said it has signed a contract to provide colorectal cancer screening analysis service, Earlytect, for Istituto Diagnostico Varelli Srl, an Italian-based molecular diagnostics company.Through systematic marketing cooperation, the two companies will focus their capabilities on establishing
Lunit said Monday that it has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its artificial intelligence (AI)-based image analysis solution, Lunit INSIGHT Triage.Lunit Insight CXR Triage is a solution that automatically classifies normal and abnormal findings of emergency diseases
DeepBio said its DeepDx-Prostate Pro, an artificial intelligence (AI)-based pathology diagnosis assistance software, has received a Class 3 in-vitro diagnostic medical device from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety.According to the company, the approval marks the first AI-based medical device that
Lunit said it would demonstrate the efficacy of its artificial intelligence-based biomarker platform, Lunit Scope IO, by participating in the U.S. Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) 2021 conference.Lunit Scope IO analyzes a patient's cancer tissue slide image and observes the distribution of
SD Biosensor, bolstered by strong sales thanks to its Covid-19 diagnostic kits, has acquired a 100 percent stake in Eco Diagnostica, a Brazilian diagnostic company, for 47.4 billion won ($40.1 million), the company said.Founded in 2011, Eco Diagnostica manufactures and distributes human and animal d