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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”