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INTERVIEW: KDDF CEO On Building R&D Success, Pipelines

 
• By Jung Won Shin

The South Korean pharma industry and government are notching up efforts to pursue open innovation for successful R&D, and the state-run Korea Drug Development Fund (KDDF) is at the center of this push. The CEO of the fund, which is supported by multiple government ministries, talks to PharmAsia News about how it is supporting domestic firms to more successfully acquire and develop novel global drugs.

SEOUL - South Korean pharma and biotech companies should bring in more innovative drug compounds from overseas to raise their chances of success in developing novel products and reducing R&D costs, says the CEO of the Korea Drug Development Fund (KDDF).

"We should engage more in open innovation by buying compounds that have initially been verified from overseas. According to statistics,...

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