Clinical Trial Data Highlight Korean Pharma’s R&D Shift Into Innovation
Executive Summary
New clinical trial approval data show that early-stage studies of novel drug candidates by South Korean pharma and biotech firms sharply increased in 2018, underlining the industry’s ongoing shift towards innovation. Trials of oncology drugs continued to dominate, while clinical work in rare disorders such as hemophilia and Crohn’s disease has noticeably increased.
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