National Bio Commission to launch next month...Vice Chairman Lee Sang-yeop, Vice President of KAIST

The National Bio Commission, chaired by the president, will be launched next month to oversee and coordinate domestic bio-policy.

Park Sang-wook, senior presidential secretary for science and technology, held a briefing today and announced the state-of-the-art bio initiative in April this year and quickly reorganized related governance, leading to the launch of the National Bio Commission.

President Yoon Suk Yeol will be the chairman of the National Bio Commission, and Lee Sang-yeop, a master in the bio field, has been appointed as the vice chairman.

Authoritative experts in all bio fields, including Kim Bit-na-ri, head of the Institute of Basic Science, Ko Han-seung, president of Samsung Bioepis, and Kim Young-tae, president of Seoul National University Hospital, will participate as members.Chief Park

said, "The bio sector has been criticized for being segmented by the Ministry of Science and ICT, the Ministry of Health and Welfare, and the Ministry of Commerce and Industry for dealing with policies and R&D," adding, "The National Bio Commission will be able to organically connect the entire value chain from basic research to clinical and commercialization."