Interview with Hyun Ho Jung, CEO, Medy-Tox
What drove you to make the move from the academia to the business sector when you decided to establish Medy-Tox in 2000? I founded Medy-tox in the year 2000, in…
Address: Ochang Science Industry Complex 641-4 Gak-ri, Ochang-eup, Chungbuk 363-883, Republic of Korea
Tel: +82-43-217-1555
Web: http://www.medy-tox.co.kr/
Medy-Tox is a biotech venture company established in 2000 with a goal of developing botulinum toxin-based injections. Through the hard work and dedication of our employees, MEDITOXIN (‘NEURONOX, in the overseas market) was developed in 2006. MEdy -Tox’s products are very popular with not only domestic customers but also overseas customers and the demand for them is rapidly increasing annually. Medy Tox aims to become the best bio pharmaceutical manufacturer in Republic of Korea and to compete with the world’s biotech venture company. Medy Tox’s genuine efforts on next-generation botulinum products have been paying off one by one. Meditox will be able to provide our customers with a different product every year.
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