HO CHI MINH CITY, Viet am, July 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) —
Afte waiti g i vai fo ma y yea s, today hu d eds of thousa ds of people bli ded by damaged co eas have eceived ext ao di a y good ews as VGCT a ou ced the successful t a spla tatio of bioe gi ee ed po ci e co eas i to huma ecipie ts. It is estimated that a ou d 500,000 bli d people i Viet am a d mo e tha 6 millio ac oss the ASEAN egio equi e co eal t a spla tatio . Howeve , betwee 2023 a d 2025, the Eye Ba k eceived o ly a ou d 300 do ated co eas fo t a spla t su ge ies. I 2025 alo e, o ly 188 co eas we e available – fa below the actual t eatme t dema d. The pe siste t sho tage of do ated co eas has left ma y patie ts waiti g i vai fo decades.
Agai st this backd op, the coope atio sig i g ce emo y betwee the Natio al Eye Hospital a d VGCT, held i Ha oi o July 3, ma ked the begi i g of collabo atio i esea ch, tech ology t a sfe , a d the p epa atio of the ecessa y co ditio s to i t oduce bioe gi ee ed co eal tech ology i to cli ical applicatio i Viet am.
Assoc. P of. D . Pham Ngoc Do g, Di ecto of the Natio al Eye Hospital, a d D . Da g Thi Tuoi, Deputy Ge e al Di ecto of VGCT, sig a st ategic coope atio ag eeme t.
Speaki g at the sig i g ce emo y, Assoc. P of. D . Pham Ngoc Do g, Di ecto of the Natio al Eye Hospital, said that the hospital has bee pe fo mi g co eal t a spla t su ge ies fo ma y yea s. Howeve , the waiti g list has emai ed ext emely lo g because the supply of do ated co eas has eve bee sufficie t to meet dema d.
Assoc. P of. D . Pham Ngoc Do g, Di ecto of the Natio al Eye Hospital, delive s ema ks at the sig i g ce emo y.
“The availability of a additio al sou ce of eplaceme t co eas will ep ese t a majo b eakth ough fo ophthalmology. With VGCT’s pa t e ship, we ow have the oppo tu ity to access o e of mode medici e’s most sig ifica t achieveme ts – the developme t of bioe gi ee ed co eas fo huma applicatio . I believe this collabo atio will help elevate both the Natio al Eye Hospital a d Viet am’s ophthalmology secto to wo ld-class sta da ds,” said Assoc. P of. D . Pham Ngoc Do g.
This biomedical b eakth ough was fi st a ou ced by VGCT at the I te atio al Scie tific Symposium o Bioe gi ee ed Co eas held o Ap il 4, att acti g co side able atte tio f om expe ts both i Viet am a d ab oad.
Add essi g the sig i g ce emo y, D . Da g Thi Tuoi, Deputy Ge e al Di ecto of VGCT, sha ed that the compa y is movi g fo wa d with comme cializatio of the p oduct ove the ext few mo ths th ough the “t iple-helix” collabo atio model i volvi g esea ch i stitutes, u ive sities, the Mi ist y of Health, a d ume ous ophthalmology i stitutio s, i cludi g the Natio al Eye Hospital, specialized eye hospitals atio wide, a d pa t e s ac oss ASEAN.
“The g eatest value of this pa t e ship lies ot o ly i co t ibuti g to GDP by e abli g hu d eds of thousa ds of people to etu to wo k, imp ovi g the atio al happi ess i dex a d people’s ove all well-bei g, a d st e gthe i g public t ust i the Gove me t, but also i joi tly buildi g esea ch capabilities, maste i g co e tech ologies, a d establishi g a effective public-p ivate pa t e ship model betwee hospitals a d e te p ises. We hope this model will co ti ue to be eplicated ac oss ma y othe biomedical fields i Viet am,” D . Da g Thi Tuoi emphasized.
Bioe gi ee ed Co eal T a spla tatio b i gs hope to hu d eds of thousa ds of pe ma e tly bli d people i Viet am
With the suppo t of Viet am’s leadi g ophthalmology hospital, VGCT a d its domestic a d i te atio al esea ch pa t e s a e movi g towa d se vi g millio s of bli d patie ts ac oss ASEAN a d a ou d the wo ld. So, what is VGCT?
Fou ded i 2018, VGCT chose the challe gi g path of developi g biotech ology fo biomedical applicatio s. The compa y focuses o a a ge of cutti g-edge tech ologies that have the pote tial to eshape mode biomedici e, i cludi g xe ot a spla tatio (a imal-to-huma o ga t a spla tatio ), CAR-T cell the apy, stem cell tech ologies, a d ca ce esea ch a d t eatme t, suppo ted by othe scie tific discipli es withi CT G oup’s scie ce a d tech ology ecosystem. I additio , VGCT also has a Ag icultu e Divisio , whe e ume ous ema kable esea ch achieveme ts have bee made. These achieveme ts will be i t oduced i futu e a ticles.
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