28-Sep-17 According to the Korean government's biotechnology development plan, the government will increase the number of new drug candidates by 100 to 185 in 2026 and help companies come up with at least five new blockbuster drugs. [image: Business Korea]

27-Sep-17 KT Corporation (formerly Korea Telecom) announced it will enter Kazakhstan’s digital healthcare market and plans to develop the overseas digital healthcare market aggressively in the future, and market its mobile diagnostic solutions. [image: Business Korea]

26-Sep-17 Air Liquide is expanding its healthcare business in Japan with the acquisition of Sogo Sangyo Kabushiki Kaisha, a Japanese player with a strong presence in the home healthcare and medical gases markets, especially in the Tokyo region. [image: Air Liquide]

25-Sep-17 Medical professionals in Korea are looking to data-driven healthcare, such as precision medicine, artificial intelligence and big data to address rising costs, chronic illness, and aging population. But concerns remain around the public's willingness to accept these services. [image: Korea Biomedical Review]

25-Sep-17 The Korean medical industry in the United Arab Emirates hosted its “K Medical” event showcasing Korean medical services and technology, as it looks to attract more than one million Muslim tourists and 800,000 medical tourists by 2018. [image: Business Korea]