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Biologics World Korea: Counting On A Paradigm Shift In Biologics Market

 
• By Jung Won Shin

Biopharmaceutical experts from around the world gathered in Seoul at the recent Biologics World Korea 2015, at which a group of panelists discussed the strategic direction of the biologics industry in Asia and a paradigm shift in the global biologics market.

SEOUL – The panelists believed the biopharmaceutical market will shift away from the U.S. and EU to Asia in the longer term, and expected more than 65% of the global biopharma market to be in Asian territories by 2030, raising the need to discuss and prepare for regulatory and harmonization issues.

Saying South Korea and Asia are the future in the area of biologics, one of the panelists, Alan Liss, principal...

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