Kakao Healthcare Partners with i-SENS for 'Chronic Disease Management' Digital Healthcare

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Kakao Healthcare announced on the 16th that it signed a 'Comprehensive Business Agreement for Chronic Disease Management' with i-SENS earlier this year. The two companies will first join forces to launch a blood glucose management service based on continuous glucose monitoring systems (CGMS).

Hwang Hee, CEO of Kakao Healthcare.
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Kakao Healthcare and i-SENS are collaborating to improve chronic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and obesity both domestically and internationally. Specifically, Kakao Healthcare will develop digital healthcare solutions and platforms, while i-SENS will continuously develop excellent products for patient treatment and health management. Furthermore, they plan to cooperate to enhance user convenience and expand into the global market.

i-SENS, a domestic specialist in blood glucose monitoring systems (BGMS), submitted an application for medical device approval for the continuous glucose monitoring system (CGMS) 'CareSens Air' to the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety on the 28th of last month. i-SENS expects to receive domestic product approval in the third quarter of this year and plans to pursue European CE certification within this month as well.

Earlier, on the 2nd, Kakao Healthcare announced that it would launch a blood glucose management service using continuous glucose monitoring systems and smartphones within the third quarter of this year, focusing on diabetes, one of the representative chronic diseases. The two companies intend to collaborate to help users conveniently correct their lifestyle habits through digital healthcare and to reduce the national incidence rate of diabetes.

Nam Hak-hyun, CEO of i-SENS, stated, "To improve various chronic diseases, we aim for a global reach through collaboration not only with Kakao Healthcare but also with various startups and platform companies."

Hwang Hee, CEO of Kakao Healthcare, said, "Considering the domestic population entering a super-aged society, we will cooperate to improve patients' quality of life and reduce socio-economic costs through technology-based mobile services," adding, "We will strive to achieve our mission of 'Making People Healthy through Technology' and contribute to the promotion of national health."

Meanwhile, Kakao Healthcare is actively establishing a foundation for expanding the digital healthcare ecosystem by signing business agreements with hospitals and healthcare-related startups. To date, it has signed agreements with a total of 26 hospitals and startups and continues active discussions for collaboration.

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