GLOBAL HEADQUATERS
Korea Health Industry Development Institute
Promoting Korea’s Healthcare Industry
With the rapidly-growing healthcare industry across the globe, KHIDI aims to promote the growth and excellence of the Korean healthcare industry by providing guidance and insight for companies to expand innovative technologies to the North American market.
Business Overview
Supporting healthcare businesses throughout multiple areas of work,
from market entry to industry resource establishment.
Our Mission
“KHIDI’s mission is to promote the Korean healthcare Industry by supporting export and overseas marketing, the advancement of Korean healthcare services toward foreign patients, and the overseas expansion of healthcare service institutions.”
KHIDI's Areas of Support
Pharmaceuticals
KHIDI’s goal is to support the global pharmaceutical business expansion by strengthening the industry capacity while also expanding R&D activities. KHIDI facilitates the process by providing support throughout pharmaceutical companies' entire business process and providing consultation on overseas expansion and marketing.
Medical Devices
KHIDI helps implement government policies to further advance Korea’s medical device industry. Years of experience allow to build strong infrastructure for industrial ecosystem, aiming to improve quality of Korea’s medical device products to compete against global industry.
Medical Services
KHIDI is involved in promoting Korea’s excellence in medical services including offering training programs for medical professionals from around the world, sharing and expanding the Korean medical system and resources across the world.
Cosmetics
KHIDI promotes exports by discovering policy tasks to foster the cosmetics industry’s leap forward as a ‘G3 cosmetic export country,’ and by developing and expanding sales channels for domestic small and medium-sized cosmetics companies to enter overseas markets.
Our Vision
KHIDI envisions to be a professional institution that creates
social values and the future of the healthcare industry
February 1999
Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI) founded
January 2000
Designated as an institution for the management of R&D projects related to healthcare technology
January 2001
Designated as an institution specialized in technology trade and evaluation in the healthcare
industry
September 2006
Hosted the 1st BIO KOREA
January 2008
Designated as Senior-friendly Industry Support Center
May 2008
Designated as an institution authorized to produce national statistics (Statistics Korea)
December 2009
Announced 'MEDICAL KOREA' brand
November 2010
Moved to Osong Health Technology Administrative Complex
June 2012
Started authorization program for innovative pharmaceutical companies
June 2016
Designated as supporting institution for overseas healthcare expansion
March 2018
Opened Biohealth Innovation Startup Center
September 2019
Launched Healthcare big data platform
May 2020
Operated a support center to alleviate problems faced by companies developing
COVID-19 treatments vaccines
October 2020
Designated as a special institution
for coupling and utilizing of
pseudonymous healthcare data
KHIDI History
Adding Value to Change and Innovation
Change brings about inspiration to many industries and technologies. KHIDI quickly responds to changes in the healthcare business environment to support innovation and advancement in technology.
“KHIDI’s mission is to promote the Korean healthcare Industry by supporting export and overseas marketing, supporting the advancement of Korean healthcare services toward foreign patients, and supporting overseas expansion of healthcare service institutions.”
