Daegu Gyeongbuk Advanced Medical Industry Promotion Foundation (Chairman Yang Jin-young) participated in the 3th International Medical Equipment and Hospital Equipment Exhibition ‘KIMES 23’ held at COEX, Seoul from March 26rd (Thursday) to 38th (Sunday).
Daegu-Gyeongbuk High-Tech Medical Industry Promotion Foundation (K-MEDI hub) contributes to the development of the domestic medical industry in accordance with Article 11 of the ‘Special Act on the Promotion of High-Tech Medical Complex’ and turns the Daegu-Gyeongbuk High-Tech Medical Complex into a global medical industry R&D hub. It was established to foster
The foundation currently operates the ‘New Drug Development Support Center’, which promotes research on local production of anticancer drugs, the ‘Advanced Medical Device Development Support Center’, which develops surgical robots and diagnostic devices, and the ‘Preclinical Center’, which supports animal testing, and is the first public institution in Korea. It consists of a ‘Pharmaceutical Production Center’ equipped with GMP-certified facilities and capable of producing medicines, and a ‘Strategic Planning Headquarters’ that supports these centers. In particular, in the case of the Advanced Medical Device Development Support Center, it supports the entire process from technology development to commercialization by closely supporting industry, academia, research institutes, and hospitals from medical device design, prototype production, and performance evaluation.
This exhibition introduces the role of the four research centers that make up the foundation and their research achievements so far, and promotes the distribution of medical device products that the foundation is responsible for through demonstrations of representative products and corporate explanations of medical device companies in the complex selected to participate in the joint pavilion. We have provided a venue where you can directly see the role of the cycle process. In addition, through the introduction of the Medical Technology Testing Training Center, Advanced Clinical Trial Center, and Startup Support Center, which are scheduled to operate in 4, efforts were made to not only develop medical device products but also build infrastructure and expand networks across the domestic high-tech medical industry.
An official said, “We participated in KIMES 2023 to raise awareness of K-Medi Hub among medical industry officials through the operation of the foundation’s promotional hall and to promote the various R&D achievements and products of companies residing in the high-tech complex and companies related to digital therapeutics.” In addition, through participation in this exhibition, we aim to collect information on the latest trends and R&D directions in the overall domestic and international medical industry and discover potential cooperation partners by introducing areas that can be jointly researched and developed with the Advanced Medical Device Development Support Center. “In particular, we want to secure a cooperative network in the domestic medical device industry by promoting and raising awareness of KOAMEX 2023, which is being held by the foundation this year,” he explained the background to participating in the exhibition.
Future planned projects were also announced. First, the Medical Technology Testing and Training Institute, scheduled to open in 2025, plans to support training for professional medical personnel, including health care professional qualification examinations and training, and aims to contribute to improving the quality of domestic medical services through the construction of a training center on the 1st basement level and 6th floor above ground. In addition, the Advanced Clinical Trial Center operated by Kyungpook National University Hospital supports the safety and effectiveness of medical device prototypes through close cooperation with the foundation and support of treatment spaces on the first basement floor and the fourth floor above ground, a clinical research room, and analysis and research space. The official explains that he will be in charge of verification.
The establishment of a medical industry specialized startup support center with a budget secured in 2023 is a project to support the demand for startups among national and regional medical industry workers as part of the future growth engine development project. K Medi Hub Startup Support Center has a total project cost of KRW 200 billion and is 4 floors above ground. It will provide full-cycle support related to start-ups, such as space, technology research, and prototype production for early-stage medical device companies specializing in digital therapeutics, a new medical technology field. Is expected. Lastly, KOAMEX 6, which will be held at EXCO in Daegu from June 30 to July 7 this year, will bridge the gap between year-round domestic medical device exhibitions after KIMES Seoul and provide a venue to share trends in the rapidly changing medical industry. Is expected.
On the other hand, KIMES is an exhibition specializing in medical devices and hospital facilities that has grown steadily with the development of the Korean medical industry since its first meeting in 1980. It has transformed into a technology-intensive high-tech industry such as rehabilitation medicine.
In KIMES 2023, new technologies and products suitable for the era of convergence, such as smart healthcare in the era of the 4th industrial revolution, robot medical care and eco-friendly medical waste facilities, advanced hospital facilities, medical information systems combined with IT technology, and the automobile industry for rapid patient transportation, will be presented. showed off In addition, various information was provided, including seminars on medical technology, new technologies, and overseas marketing, as well as domestic medical industry policy seminars to show the latest information and the direction of the medical industry.
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