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Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen from Home and Abroad:
It gives me immense pleasure in welcoming all of you to the
11th Seoul International New Pharmaceuticals Forum co-hosted
by the Financial News and the Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology(KRICT).
First of all, I would like to express our deep appreciation and
profound thanks to Jeon, Hye-Sook, member, the Health Welfare Committee,
National Assembly, Lee, Eui-Kyung, Minister of Food and Drug Safety, Kim, Sung-Soo,
Managing director, Science, Technology and Innovation Office, Ministry of Science
and ICT and former chief of KRICT, Kim, Chang Gyun, acting chief of KRICT, Won,
Hee-mok, chairman, Korea Pharmaceutical and Bio-Pharma Manufacturers Association,
and officials from sponsoring institution, who are taking their precious time for today's event.
The pharmaceutical industry is also being changed drastically by the 4th industrial revolution.
Time and cost management is the biggest challenge especially for developing new pharmaceuticals,
but the new technological advances are likely to allow us to overcome such challenge.
It is generally known that it takes at least a decade and requires from hundreds of billions
to trillions of won for R&D performed in a new pharmaceutical drug. Compared to the time
and effort involved, probability of success is merely 3 to 4%, which isn’t that high.
And a clinical trial is important in the development process of new pharmaceuticals. However,
new pharmaceuticals that have been effective in the pre-clinical trials fail to be effective
on the human clinical trials, which frequently leads to discontinue the development of new
pharmaceuticals. It has been anticipated that costs and time for clinical trials can be reduced,
if the effects of new pharmaceuticals can be confirmed at the cellular level of human tissues.
With the development of new technologies since the advent of the 4th industrial revolution,
studies on the effects of pharmaceuticals through tissue chips and organoids are lately
carried out vigorously. That’s because the technology which enables to make 3-D cell structure
using stem cells has become available.
I hope that presentations and discussions on ‘tissue chips’ and ‘organoids’ at the forum today
could help Korea to become a powerful nation for pharmaceuticals. I wish all the best of luck
and good health for all of you here. Thank you.
Kim, Joo Hyun
President
Financial news