Kakao Healthcare

Coreline Soft's flagship product, AVIEW LCS
By  Adam Ang 02:59 am April 5, 2024
South Korean medical AI company Lunit has recently secured deals with hospitals in Europe, where the medical device market – the second largest after the North American market – is worth $155 billion. It won the contract to supply a lung disease screening solution to TeleDiag, the largest teleradiology group in France.  Lunit was also chosen to provide a mammography analysis solution to the...
'Pasta' mobile diabetes management app by Kakao Healthcare
By  Adam Ang 12:31 am February 2, 2024
Kakao Healthcare has unveiled its latest AI-driven mobile diabetes management app.  Called PASTA (Personalised, Accessible, Supportive, Tech-enabled, and Affordable), the app currently links to two CGM devices: CareSens Air by local manufacturer i-SENS and Dexcom's G7. The app will also pair with the Mallya smart cap for insulin pens by the second quarter.  Once the CGM device is linked, the app...
Medical students wearing Jolly Good VR headset
By  Adam Ang 11:45 pm November 9, 2023
Jolly Good announces new palliative care VR training module Jolly Good in the United States, in partnership with Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women’s Hospital, has developed a new VR training module in palliative care communication.  They came up with the VR module to help medical professionals acquire the necessary communication skills to provide care to terminally ill patients and their...
Kakao Healthcare CEO Hwang Hee and Novo Nordisk President Sacha Semienchuk during the MOU signing
By  Adam Ang 02:51 am August 10, 2023
Kakao Healthcare, the digital healthcare business of South Korean internet company Kakao Corporation, has partnered with Novo Nordisk to further develop its diabetes management service powered by mobile and AI technologies. The two organisations recently signed a memorandum of understanding to launch a smart healthcare service to support patients with diabetes. According to a press release, Kakao...
A Dexcom user checking their blood glucose level in real-time via mobile app
By  Adam Ang 01:55 am June 23, 2023
The digital healthcare business of South Korean internet company Kakao Corporation has entered into a collaboration agreement with Dexcom to set up a global digital diabetes management service. According to a press statement, the deal combines Kakao Healthcare's capabilities in AI and software technology with Dexcom's continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) devices, Dexcom G6 and G7, which the...