Purpose and Background

The government’s strong intention on supporting HT R&D to intensively foster the healthcare industry

• Recognizing HT R&D as the one axis of implementing the creative economy by including the fostering the healthcare industry as a future growth industry in the government agenda
  → Necessary to expand research-driven hospital fostering and R&D support in consideration of the Health and Medical Technology Act and the government agenda
• Raising the need for supporting the creation of the research ecosystem including the establishment of the cooperative virtuous cycle among industries, universities, institutes, and hospitals in the cross-ministerial mid- to long-term R&D plan for national health