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K-beauty breaks boundaries to offer broader solutions

Beauty companies in Korea are increasingly expanding beyond their traditional businesses into beauty devices, energy-based devices and medical aesthetics as they seek to become comprehensive beauty solution providers. APR, which operates the cosmetics brand Medicube and home beauty device label AGE-R, has begun expanding into medical devices. “For the new medical device businesses, approval…

K-beauty breaks boundaries to offer broader solutions

Korean beauty firms are broadening their horizons, venturing into beauty devices, energy-based treatments, and medical aesthetics to become all-encompassing beauty solution providers. APR, which manages the cosmetics brand Medicube and home beauty device label AGE-R, is now stepping into the medical device market. The company disclosed in its half-year report that approval procedures for its new medical device line and manufacturing facilities are currently in progress, with the commercial launch date contingent upon acquiring pertinent approvals and completing commercialization preparations.

APR plans to launch new medical devices, such as an energy-based device employing focused ultrasound technology and a skin booster utilizing polynucleotide. During an August conference call, APR announced that the focused-ultrasound device had recently obtained domestic approval, potentially debuting as late as this year. The company's polynucleotide-based skin booster has already secured Class II medical device clearance.

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