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  Global Trend

  Musk’s ‘Brain Chip’ Nears BCI Commercialization

  Brain-computer interface (BCI) technology that restores the voice of patients who have lost their speech and revives the sense of touch in patients who have lost sensation has been developed. Getty Image Bank Brain-computer interface (BCI) technology is showing increasing potential to become a pract

  2026.07.20
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  Pharmaceutical R&D

  Daewoong Pharma Adopts ‘Mini Liver’ for Drug Toxicity

  Kwon Seok-yoon, President of the Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (left), and Park Sung-soo, CEO of Daewoong Pharmaceutical, pose for a commemorative photo after signing a technology transfer agreement for liver organoid production and drug evaluation at the Magok Research Ce

  2026.07.15
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  Pharmaceutical R&D

  Dong-A ST Reports Alzheimer’s Drug Candidate Boosts Cognition

  At AAIC, a Dong-A ST researcher is presenting a poster to conference participants. Provided by Dong-A ST Dong-A Socio Holdings’ pharmaceutical affiliate Dong-A ST announced on the 15th that it presented preclinical study results for its Alzheimer’s disease drug candidates “DA-7505” and “DA-7503” at

  2026.07.15
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  Clinical Trial

  Is One Hypertension Pill Enough? Ultra‑Low‑Dose Triple Therapy Proven

  Antihypertensive medications and a blood pressure monitor used for hypertension treatment. A domestic research team has confirmed the efficacy and safety of an ultra–low-dose triple combination therapy. Getty Images Bank A domestic research team has become the first in the world to demonstrate throu

  2026.07.15
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  Medical / Clinical Case

  Medical Team Pioneers Minimally Invasive Cervical Myelopathy Treatment

  Hospital Director Kim Hyun-seong When cervical disc herniation or cervical spinal stenosis worsens and compresses the spinal cord, it can progress beyond numbness or weakness in the hands and feet to gait disturbance and even paralysis. In particular, cervical myelopathy surgery is highly complex, s

  2026.07.15
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  MedTech

  After 47 Years, World’s First Portable Insulin Pump Commercialized

  Wearing of Sooil Development’s insulin pump “Dana-i.” Provided by Sooil Development Diabetes is no longer someone else’s story. The international medical community views more than 10% of the world’s adult population as living with diabetes, and that number is rising steeply. In Korea as well, amid a

  2026.07.15
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  Bioprocessing / CDMO

  Acquisition-to-Export Strategy: Boryung’s Global Gamble

  Boryung Corp.’s production complex, the Yesan Campus. Provided by Boryung ‘Acquire the original drug businesses of global big pharma. Use the resulting production capacity to expand the contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) business, and then accelerate the overseas expansion of

  2026.07.15
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  Medical / Research

  Herbal Extract Eases Male Urination Issues, Trials Completed

  Based on scientific research findings and human application test results, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety has officially recognized the Chamdanggui Hwanggi Extract Complex as an individually approved functional ingredient that “may help maintain prostate health.” Getty Images Bank “Just after l

  2026.07.15
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  Bioprocessing / CDMO

  KRW 100 Billion Implant Plant Planned in Wonju

  Investment of more than KRW 100 billion has been attracted to Wonju City, Gangwon Province. Gangwon Province and Wonju City on the 13th signed an investment agreement worth KRW 102.3 billion with Shinheung MST Co., Ltd. for the establishment of a new Wonju plant in the small conference room of the m

  2026.07.14
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  MOU

  Elexlab, Vitallab Sign MOU on AI Bio, Marketing

  Photo courtesy of Elexlab Bio healthcare technology company Elexlab (CEO Choi Sin-sik) announced on the 13th that it has signed a strategic business agreement (MOU) and main contract with Vital Lab, a marketing specialist company led by former national basketball team player Woo Ji-won, to strengthe

  2026.07.13