Professor Kim Beopmin of Korea University Appointed as Head of Government Medical Device Project Team

Professor Beommin Kim, Department of Bio and Brain Engineering, Korea University

[Asia Economy Reporter Hwang Junho] Professor Kim Beopmin of the Department of Bioengineering at Korea University has been appointed as the head of a government project investing 1.2 trillion KRW to develop global-level medical devices.

Korea University announced on the 18th that Professor Kim, who served as the overall director of the Pan-Ministry Full-Cycle Medical Device R&D Project, has been appointed as the project leader.

For the next two years, Professor Kim will be in charge of the Pan-Ministry Medical Device Development Project, which progresses from technology development to product commercialization and clinical approval to develop global-level medical devices.

This project consists of four detailed sub-projects: developing medical devices with global competitiveness, leading the 4th Industrial Revolution and future medical environment, realizing medical public welfare, and strengthening medical device commercialization capabilities.

Professor Kim stated, “We will establish the foundation of the medical device industry that leads public health and future industrial growth.”

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