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How Pinotbio Is Helping Build Korea's ADC Ecosystem

'Imbalance' In Technology Demand/Supply

 
• By Jung Won Shin

Pinotbio CEO Dooyoung Jung shares his views on the Korean ADC industry’s situation and efforts needed for the sector to grow, the strengths of his company's camptothecin-based platform and pipeline, and R&D and business strategies.

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Pinotbio Aims To Become Mainstream Next Generation ADC Player • Source: Shutterstock

Antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) technology is poised to remain under the spotlight and become a main global trend that will lead anticancer drug development in the next several years.

In South Korea, meanwhile, ADC players are trying to build an ecosystem amid an “imbalance” in the demand

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