Healthcare
Samsung Reveals Galaxy Buds Pro Help Hearing Impaired People
Samsung Electronics announced the research findings published in the Clinical and Experimental Otorhinolaryngology, an ENT-related research and development scientific journal....
Korean Startup Real Water’s Unique Solution to Keep Microplastics at Bay
Korean startup Real Water has come up with a unique solution to filter out microplastics from bottled water to reduce synthetic polymer...
Samsung Electronics Expands Health Monitor App to 31 New Countries
Samsung Electronics announced that they would be expanding the availability of the Samsung Health Monitor app. Samsung’s expansion of the...
AIA Life, SK, Samsung Releases Healthcare Platform for Smartwatches
AIA Life announced the release of their new healthcare platform, the ‘AIA Vitality X T Healthy Habit’ Galaxy Program. In...
Naver D2SF Invests in Logistics Techtaka, Digital Healthcare Medibloc
South Korea's largest internet portal operator Naver invested in two startups — Techtaka Co. and Medibloc Co. — in the...
Looxid Labs to Unveil Senior Cognitive Care Solution LUCY at Facebook Accelerator Seoul Demo Day
South Korean startup Looxid Labs Inc. announced that it would unveil its cognitive care solution dubbed "LUCY" for seniors at...
South Korean Firms to Inject 10 Trillion Won into Biotechnology by 2023
South Korean biotech companies, including Celltrion and Samsung Biologics, would jointly invest a total of 10 trillion won ($9.03 billion)...
Samsung Biologics to Manufacture Eli Lilly‘s COVID-19 Antibody Treatment
Samsung Biologics announced on Tuesday that it successfully produced the first batch of Eli Lilly’s COVID-19 antibody treatment. This came...
SK Telecom Conducts Trials for AI-Based Dementia Detection Tech
SK Telecom (SKT) announced on Monday that it began testing an artificial intelligence (AI)-based program capable of detecting dementia by...
KT, NGeneBio Inks Deal to Develop ICT-based Digital Healthcare Service
South Korean telecom company KT Corp. announced on Friday that it signed a memorandum of understanding with molecular diagnostics startup...
SK Telecom Introduces Mobile App-Based DNA Test Service, Care8 DNA
Mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. announced on Monday that it collaborated with gene testing company Macrogen Inc. to introduce a...
Five Promising Korean AI Startups Transforming the Healthcare Industry
As a continually evolving and growing technology, artificial intelligence (AI) has become more relevant across healthcare systems. Startups are tackling...
Samsung Introduces Portable UV Sterilizer for Smartphones
As the COVID-19 pandemic gripped the world to almost a standstill, it emphasized the great importance of personal hygiene. In...
Daewoong to Begin Trial of COVID-19 Stem Cell Treatment in Indonesia
Daewoong Pharmaceutical, a South Korean bioengineering company, stated on Monday that it would conduct phase 1 of clinical trials for...
Samsung Partners with Leading Wellness and Fitness Brands
Along with the COVID-19 pandemic comes a “new normal” of working and staying at home. People are spending more time...
Celltrion to Distribute Antigen and Antibody COVID-19 Testing Kits Abroad
Celltrion Group announced on Tuesday that it plans to broaden its diagnostic portfolio for SARS-CoV-2 by introducing antigen and antibody...
SK Telecom Invests 27.6Tln Won in Nanox’s Medical Imaging Technology
SK Telecom said on Friday that it would enter the medical imaging industry after injecting a total of 27.6 trillion...
NAVER D2SF Invests in Digital Health and Autonomous Driving Startups
Through its startup accelerator D2SF Startup Factory, Naver Co. invested in two new startups in digital health and autonomous driving....
Celltrion’s CT-P59 Antiviral Candidate Reduces COVID-19 Virus 100-Fold
Celltrion announced on Monday that its antiviral treatment candidate CT-P59 for COVID-19 positively lowered the amount of SARS-CoV-2 virus in...
ulikekorea Introduces AI-Based COVID-19 Body Patch Monitoring Tech
uLikeKorea announced on Wednesday that it successfully developed a "COVID-19 body patch monitoring technology" that could monitor the user's real-time...
