12+ hour, 48+ min ago   (330+ words) Huinno, a digital healthcare company specializing in AI-powered cardiac monitoring, has passed the technology assessment required for a technology-based special listing on Kosdaq, moving a step closer to an initial public offering. Intermittent arrhythmias can be difficult to detect through…...

13+ hour, 59+ min ago   (1132+ words) Korea's Angel Robotics is expanding its wearable rehabilitation robot business in Southeast Asia, using the region to build regulatory and commercial experience before pursuing larger markets in the U.S. and Europe. At a press briefing on Friday, CEO Cho Nam-min said…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (192+ words) Korean cosmetics contract manufacturer COSMECCA KOREA said on Thursday it will invest 200 billion won ($150 million) to build a new skincare production complex, betting on sustained global demand for Korean beauty (K-beauty) products. The company, which makes cosmetics on an original…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (451+ words) ROKIT Healthcare has signed a distribution agreement to introduce its AI-based skin regeneration platform in China’s Hainan Boao Lecheng International Medical Tourism Pilot Zone. Following local administrative approvals and hospital adoption procedures, ROKIT Healthcare plans to conduct its first skin…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (459+ words) Korea’s rare-disease drug market grew nearly fivefold over the past decade to about 1.2 trillion won ($896 million) in 2025, outpacing the broader pharmaceutical market, according to an IQVIA Korea analysis. IQVIA Korea said Thursday the findings were based on sales data from…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (292+ words) Macrogen, a Korean genomics company, said on Wednesday it would become the first company in Asia to offer Atera, a tissue-analysis platform made by the U.S. firm 10x Genomics, adding to the services it sells to researchers working on precision medicine and…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (862+ words) Supporters and opponents of expanded telemedicine and prescription drug delivery are clashing ahead of the system’s December introduction, as access concerns collide with worries over drug misuse and rising health insurance costs. As of 9:30 p.m. Sunday, it had received 29,527 signatures....

6+ day, 12+ hour ago   (792+ words) SK biopharmaceuticals is strengthening its R&D capabilities by bringing in global experts across drug discovery and clinical development, while focusing on physician-led development that incorporates patient needs and clinical practice early in the process. The company said Tuesday that…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago   (1641+ words) The Korean government and pharmaceutical industry are at odds over whether Korea is losing priority in global drug launches, as multinational drugmakers reassess where to introduce innovative medicines first amid growing pressure over international price differences. The Ministry of Health…...

1+ week, 8+ hour ago   (319+ words) Dong-A ST said Monday it has signed a supply agreement with Schiller Asia Pacific to distribute its wearable patient monitoring platform HiCardi in six Asia-Pacific markets, expanding the Korean drugmaker’s push into digital healthcare overseas. Under the agreement, Dong-A ST…...