Korea’s Clinical Trial Landscape In 2022: Approvals Fall To Pre-COVID Levels
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Executive Summary
The Pink Sheet takes an infographic look at South Korea's clinical trial trends in 2022 to illustrate how the country's biopharma R&D is developing and how activities are recovering in the post-pandemic situation. One key takeaway is that approvals for trial starts have fallen back to pre-COVID levels, suggesting a falling off of activity related to drugs and vaccines for the virus.
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