Korean biotech companies are rolling out diagnostic kits for simultaneous detection of influenza and Covid-19 viruses, as the Covid-19 pandemic continues into the autumn/winter season in the northern hemisphere. One local firm developed a portable lab for Covid-19 diagnosis.Humasis said Wednesday th
The nation’s drug regulator has granted trials for two Covid-19 diagnostic kits.The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said it has approved clinical studies for two high-risk infection immunity agents for the Covid-19 test, made by multinational company Roche Diagnostics and local firm Humasis, respec
Korea’s exports of Covid-19 diagnostic kits and flu vaccines expanded significantly in August from a year earlier, and the growth trend is likely to continue, an analyst said.According to the Korea Customs Service’s data in August, the nation’s exports of diagnostic kits jumped 828 percent on-year t
A domestic research team has developed a rapid diagnostic kit that can detect influenza infection by selecting antibodies that bind to the surface of virus resistant to multiple drugs, including Tamiflu and Relenza.The research team confirmed that the antibody had about 100 times higher avidity for
GE Healthcare Korea said Monday that it would formally launch Mural, a remote monitoring solution with an integrated data of infected, severe, and emergency patients.Mural, which is making a debut in Korea for the second time in the world after the United States earlier the year, will provide a fund
The Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA) said that it plans to hold its annual big data forum, "Covid-19 Pandemic Response and Big Data Utilization Plan," on Sep. 16. Because of the Covid-19 outbreak, the institution plans to hold this year's forum online."The international forum ha
Noul, a local medical diagnostic device company, has started developing an artificial intelligence-based diagnostic platform that helps researchers, here or abroad, to detect cancer within an hour of collecting samples.The company expects the new platform to reduce costs and shorten the time compare
UBcare, a company specializing in digital healthcare solutions, said Friday that it has acquired a patent for the method and system to monitor suspected patients with infectious diseases.The technology uses medical institutions’ electronic medical records (EMR) and health authorities’ server simultaneously to detect people suspected of having infectious diseases early, and respond to them.
GC MS said that it has obtained an export approval for GENEDIA W COVID-19 Ag, a point of care testing (POCT) antigen diagnosis kit, from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety.The device is an antigen-diagnosing kit that detects Covid-19 infection on-site within 10 minutes by using a nasopharyngeal and sputum sample to visually check Covid-19 patients in their early stages without additional
Two domestic developers of Covid-19 diagnostic kits are preparing to go public in September, raising investors’ attention amid the resurgence of Covid-19. However, industry officials cautioned against excessive expectations for their performances, citing the severe market competition. MiCo BioMed seeks a market debut on the Konex, an exchange for SMEs and venture firms. The company plans to es
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety has published the guidelines for winning regulatory approval for digital therapeutics.Digital therapeutics refers to medical software programs that prevent, manage, or treat a disease based on scientific and clinical evidence for the treatment mechanism.Digital therapeutics can be used not only for mental and nervous system diseases such as drug addicti
Korean biotech company Bioneer said it would donate 10,000 Covid-19 diagnostic kits to help Lebanon fight the infectious disease.The company will give 10,000 units of “AccuPower SARS-CoV-2 Multiplex Real-time RT-PCR Kit” to five hospitals, including a state-run hospital in Beirut through a local agency, it said.The hospitals are testing Covid-19 using ExiStation™, an automated molecular di
A research team at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) said it has developed Hi-COVIDNet, a big data and artificial intelligence platform that can predict the number of Covid-19 inflows from abroad.The technology developed by the research team, led by Professor Lee Jae-gil, applies AI to big data, such as the number of confirmed and fatalities, the frequency of searc
Smiths Medical, a U.S. supplier of therapeutic devices for respiratory care in Korea, will widen contacts with Korean medical institutions and expand sales workforce, the head of the Korean offshoot said.Mickey Gwak, Regional Business Manager of Smiths Medical Korea, met with reporters on Friday to share his business plan. He said the company would improve the retail structure from September,
Celltrion said that it has launched two diagnostic kits of Covid-19 -- Sampinute COVID-19 Antigen MIA and DiaTrust COVID-19 IgG/IgM Rapid Test -- in the U.S.The company has actively collaborated with specialized companies since February to commercialize diagnostic kits that can meet global market demand and recently completed developing the products.Sampinute COVID-19 Antigen MIA is a
T&R Biofab, a three dimensional (3D) bioprinting company, said it has signed a joint research and development agreement for 3D bio-printer application with Seoul National University co-Operative Flexible Transformative FOUNDRY (SOFT FOUNDRY).T&R Biofab provided its 3D bio-printer, 3DX Printer, for SOFT FOUNDRY early this year. The latter will advise on the use and application of equipment.
Bioneer said that it will export 5.6 billion won ($4.7 million) worth of Covid-19 diagnostic equipment and kits to Colombia.Bioneer is a total solution provider for Covid-19 diagnostic testing in Korea. The export items include Bioneer's molecular diagnostic equipment ExiStation, an automated system consisting of nucleic acid extraction equipment and real-time polymerase chain reaction (PC
Sky Labs, a healthcare startup, said it is launching CART-I, the world’s first ring-type wearable heart rhythm monitoring medical device. The device measures the irregular pulse of atrial fibrillation (AF) patients using optical sensors, and can automatically measure signals continuously just by wearing it on the finger. “Clinical studies have shown that CART-I can detect AF with 99 pe
GC Medical Science (GCMS) on Monday won permit from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety Monday to export its point-of-care molecular diagnostic kit "GENEDIA W COVID-19 Colorimetric LAMP premix kit."GCMS had obtained export approval for two anti-body and one molecular test kits. The newly approved test kit can check Covid-19 using Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP), which amplifies
A research institute-business enterprise joint team has developed a camera that recognizes cough sound in real-time and displays the coughing person's location as images.The most common symptoms of Covid-19 are fever and cough. Fever can be easily determined without having direct contact by using a thermal imaging camera. However, it has been challenging to find people who cough without contac