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  Diagnostics / Monitoring

  Exercise-linked protein may serve as early dementia alarm

  Getty Images Bank Protein released from muscles during exercise may serve as an “early warning” indicator of dementia risk, according to a domestic research finding. Observers say this opens the way to identify the risk of Alzheimer’s disease before symptoms appear, using only a simple blood test. I

  2026.08.18
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  Pharmaceutical R&D

  Korean Team Triples mRNA Efficacy Using Viral Mechanism

  The efficacy of messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA)-based therapeutics, which are genetic information carriers, has been enhanced by a newly developed technology. The method increases protein production by allowing mRNA to remain longer inside cells, applying the principle by which viruses protect the

  2026.08.14
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  Diagnostics / Monitoring

  SK Bioscience wins approval for triple virus test kit

  InstaQ product (left) and POCT reader InstaRead M (right). Provided by SG Biosciences SG Biosciences has received approval from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety for a respiratory virus multiplex diagnostic kit that can test for coronavirus disease (COVID-19), influenza A and B, and respiratory s

  2026.08.13
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  Pharmaceutical R&D

  TH Pharm Uses AI Redesign to Expand Metabolic Treatments

  Metabolic disease drug development specialist THPharm is pursuing a strategy to expand treatment scope (indications) through bio-AI-based “reverse engineering” in collaboration with global AI drug discovery company Insilico Medicine.“Reverse engineering” is a technique that, unlike the conventional

  2026.08.13
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  DTx / Platform

  LG CNS to Build AI Drug Discovery Platform for Dong-A Socio Group

  Front view of LG CNS headquarters. LG CNS announced on the 12th that, together with DAI (DAI), the IT affiliate of Dong-A Socio Group, it has completed the construction of Dong-A Socio Group’s artificial intelligence (AI) new drug development platform.The two companies spent about six months buildin

  2026.08.12
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  LG Electronics

  LG Electronics Targets B2B Medical Monitor Market After U.S. FDA Approval

  LG Electronics is significantly strengthening its B2B medical monitor lineup.LG Electronics announced on the 12th that its newly launched diagnostic monitor (model name 40HT513D) has received medical device approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).The new product is a 40‑inch monito

  2026.08.12
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  Biopharma

  Celltrion’s Omlyclo Gains 90% Share in Spain

  Panoramic view of a Celltrion plant. Celltrion is accelerating its push into the European market by expanding bids won and sales of major biosimilar products in Spain and Portugal.Celltrion announced on the 12th that ‘Omlyclo’ (ingredient name: omalizumab), a treatment for chronic spontaneous urtica

  2026.08.12
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  Medical / Research

  Severe Sleep Talking May Flag Parkinson’s Risk

  A new testing strategy has been proposed to use magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to first screen patients with REM sleep behavior disorder who are at high risk of progressing to Parkinson’s disease. Rather than performing expensive, highly sophisticated tests on all patients, the approach calls for

  2026.08.12
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  MedTech

  Using 40 Years of Filter Tech to Localize Dialyzers, Target Global Market

  At the Sinopharm business site in Dongtan, Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province, Kang Chang-ho, head of division at Sinopharm (left), explains the hemodialysis filter held by this newspaper’s reporter. Sinopharm, which possesses unrivaled filter production technology in Korea, has succeeded in localizing hem

  2026.08.12
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  Medical / Research

  Selective Angiography Boosts Acute GI Bleeding Care

  A study has found that, rather than routinely performing computed tomography (CT) and CT angiography (CTA) on all patients suspected of having acute gastrointestinal bleeding, selectively applying these tests to patients with a higher likelihood of bleeding can improve diagnostic efficiency. The res

  2026.08.12