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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
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  AI Healthcare

  Daewoong Pharma Adds AI to Endoscopy for GI Care

  Daewoong Pharmaceutical CEO Chang-jae Lee (right) and Weisen CEO Kyung-nam Kim pose for a commemorative photo after signing the agreement. Provided by Daewoong Pharmaceutical Daewoong Pharmaceutical is entering the AI endoscopic image analysis software market through a partnership with medical artif

  2026.07.10
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  K-Beauty

  Inner Beauty Rides GLP-1 Wave as K-Beauty Growth Driver

  Products are displayed at CJ Olive Young’s first U.S. store, which opened on May 29 (local time) in Pasadena, California. Photo=Getty Images The inner beauty segment, often referred to as “ingestible cosmetics” in the global beauty market, is emerging as a new growth axis. As the popularity of GLP-1

  2026.07.09
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  AI Healthcare

  Wearable Patch Shows Brain ‘Cleaning’ During Sleep

  A graphic visualizing real-time monitoring of the brain’s waste clearance (“brain cleaning”) process and physiological changes during comfortable sleep at home using a wireless wearable sensor attached to the forehead. Image created with the generative AI Gemini. While a person sleeps, the brain car

  2026.07.09
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  Biopharma

  SCL Science Wins Code, Begins Supplying Hemostats

  SCL Science announced on the 8th that its independently developed Grade 4 bioabsorbable hemostatic agent “InnoSEAL Plus DL” has recently obtained a treatment material code from Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital of The Catholic University of Korea and that the initial shipment has been completed.The treatmen

  2026.07.08