History of KMEDIhub
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History of the Daegu-Gyeongbuk Medical Innovation Foundation (KMEDIhub)
2025
July 2025
- Rated A in the Ministry of Health and Welfare’s Management Performance Evaluation
January 2025
- Inauguration of the K-MEDI hub’s 5th chairman (PARK GU-SUN)

2024
July 2024
- Rated A in the Ministry of Health and Welfare’s Management Performance Evaluation
2023
August 2023
- Rated A in the Ministry of Health and Welfare’s Management Performance Evaluation
May 2023
- Rated Excellent in the National Balanced Development Project Evaluation
2022
October 2022
- Rated A in the Ministry of Health and Welfare’s Management Performance Evaluation
April 2022
- Rated Excellent in the National Balanced Development Project Evaluation
2021
September 2021
- Rated A in the Ministry of Health and Welfare’s Management Performance Evaluation
August 2021
- Inauguration of the K-MEDI hub’s 4th chairman (YANG JIN-YOUNG)

2020
September 2020
- Rated A in the Ministry of Health and Welfare’s Management Performance Evaluation
2018
June 2018
- Inauguration of the K-MEDI hub’s 3rd chairman (LEE YEONG-HO)

2015
August 2015
- Hosting of the 1st DGMIF Forum Seminar

January 2015
- DGMIF designated as a “misc. public institution” under the Ministry of Health and Welfare
- Inauguration of the DGMIF’s 2nd chairman (Lee Jae-tae)

2014
December 2014
- Completion of the DGMIF research institute dormitory

November 2014
- Inauguration of the Resident Companies Council in the Daegu-Gyeongbuk Medical Cluster
- Hosting of Medivalley Open Day 2014

2013
November 2013
- Completion of four centers as core government research facilities

May-August, 2013
- Completion of the Communication Center and entry of the DGMIF

2011
October 2011
- Opening ceremony for government facilities and Communication Center

March 2011
- Finalization of the Medical Cluster Plan(KRW 4.6 trillion in total costs, provided by Daegu City)
- Inauguration of the DGMIF’s 1st chairman (Kim Yu-seung)

2010
December 2010
- Establishment of the Medical Cluster Corporation

2009
December 2009
- Announcement of the “High-tech Medical Cluster District” designation (1.05 million square meters in Innovation City, Sinseo-dong, Dong-gu)

August 2009
- Official designation as a “High-Tech Medical Cluster”(Daegu: chemically synthesized medical products, IT-based; Osong: biopharmaceuticals, BT-based)

March 2009
- Enactment of the “Special Act for the Designation and Support of High-tech Medical Complexes”
