SCM Lifescience CEO On Developing High Purity, Disease-Specific Stem Cell Therapies

Emerging Company Profile: Capitalizing on its proprietary platform technologies designed to develop high efficacy, disease-specific and low cost stem cell products, South Korea's SCM Lifescience aims to prove in clinical trials how its product candidates differ from existing stem cell therapies.

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When CKD Pharm Vice Chairman BG Rhee left the pharma firm and became CEO of SCM Lifescience in May, people were curious to know what had drawn him to the stem cell therapy company.

"First of all, Korea has a relative strength in regenerative medicine. And SCM’s differentiated, specialized technology stood out among regenerative...

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