KDDF New Drug R&D — staged-pipeline (seed)
Funds Korean pharmaceutical teams through staged support from lead compounds through clinical development.
The Korea Drug Development Fund (KDDF) is a staged-pipeline grant mechanism co-funded by three Korean ministries — the Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW), the Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT), and the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) — with KHIDI serving as the lead executing institution for MOHW's share. The programme funds new drug R&D from early lead identification through Ph…
Funds Korean new drug R&D from lead candidate identification through Phase 2 clinical trials via a staged, milestone-gated pipeline co-funded by MOHW, MSIT, and MOTIE.
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