Yong Moon Choi
Bio-Pharm Solutions Co., Ltd, South Korea
Biography
Dr. Yong Moon Choi completed his PhD from the State University of New York and his postdoctoral studies from Purdue University under 1979 Nobel Laureate Herbert C. Brown. He is currently the president and CEO of Bio-Pharm Solutions, based in South Korea. He founded SK Biopharmaceuticals (New Jersey, Seoul/DIT, Shanghai) in 1993, and while there, Dr. Choi discovered and developed drug candidates for central nervous system (CNS) disorders. Under Dr. Choi's leadership, SK Biopharmaceuticals was the first Korean company to receive an IND by the US FDA (YKP10A), and in total, Dr. Choi has received 10 IND's from the US FDA. While at SK Biopharmaceuticals, Dr. Choi established a global R&D network with NIH National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, university institutes and Johnson & Johnson. He has filed 104 patents and published 29 papers in renowned journals.