Exports of health medicine-related industries this year amounted to $25.5 billion, similar to last year, but the export of medicines such as biosimilars and vaccines was notable. The pharmaceutical sector is expected to surpass $10 billion for the first time next year based on a single item, raising expectations as a next-generation "good son export sector." The Health Industry Promotion Agency (Acting Director Kim Young-ok) announced the "2022 Major Export Performance and 2023 Export Forecast" this afternoon (7th). Although it recorded the highest performance in the first half of the year* thanks to increased demand for COVID-19 vaccines, treatments, and diagnostic products, the decline in quarantine goods (vaccines and