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[Kukmin Ilbo] Drug discovery is not like IT and it requires investment with patience
2015-06-04
[Drug discovery is not like IT, it requires investment with patience.]
The role of Institut Pasteur Korea is to develop small molecules that have the potential to be new drugs. Institut Pasteur Korea has made progress fast by leveraging its bio imaging technology with high throughput screening technology. “Funding requires more patience. It is difficult to foster drug discovery capabilities in Korea if funding basic research is regarded as investing in IT or the car industries..”