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Branden Ryu is the founder, chief executive officer, and chairman of BIORCHESTRA. Branden earned his Ph.D. degree from the Graduate school of medicine at the University of Tokyo and completed the Harvard MIT health science and technology internship program at MGH. Also, he has experience as a researcher at Harvard medical school. After his research career, he found BIORCHESTRA to focus on developing RNA-based therapeutics in 2016. He has discovered the novel RNA biomarker and invented the novel ASO modality to treat neurodegenerative diseases. Under his leadership, BIORCHESTRA has expanded the new RNA modalities to cure neurological disorders including genetic rare diseases. Based on these scientific results, he has filed more than 129 patent applications since 2017.

Bonnie Bain, PhD, is the Global Head and EVP of Healthcare Operations and Strategy. Bonnie has over 20 years’ experience in the healthcare sector and a proven track record of developing innovative solutions on both the client and agency sides of the business. Bonnie was GlobalData Healthcare’s first Western analyst, and under her leadership, the company launched a number of premium syndicated reports, analytical tools, and databases in the pharmaceuticals and medical devices space. Prior to GlobalData, Bonnie was Vice President and Global Research & Analysis Director for Informa’s Pharma Division, which includes Datamonitor Healthcare, Scrip Group, and Business Insight. Bonnie also worked for several years at Decision Resources as an Analyst and Project Manager. On the client side of the industry, Bonnie worked for several years as a Senior Manager in Marketing Strategy and Analytics at Boston Scientific, where her work contributed to the successful commercialization of the first ever Access and Visualization Platform at the company. Bonnie has a PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Purdue University and completed a Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Molecular Pharmacology at the University Of Miami School Of Medicine. She also has a graduate certificate in Applied Management Principles from Purdue University Krannert School of Management.

Yohan Bae is Executive Director, Clinical Development Division at Kangstem Biotech Co. Ltd since he joined in Mar 2020. He has almost 30 years of drug development experience ranging local and global regulatory affairs, clinical development, and patient access for pharmaceutical and medical device. Before he joined in Kangstem Biotech, Mr. Bae has worked for large international pharma and medical device companies such as Alcon, Bristol-Myer Squibb, and Boehringer-Ingelheim. He holds a master’s degree in Pharmacology from Pharmacy College, Kyunghee University.

EDUCATION :

l  Duksung Women’s University, College of Pharmacy

l  Sookmyung Women’s University. Graduate School of Clinical Pharmacy

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

l  Current: Celltrion, Head of Clinical Development Division

l  Dec 2013 ~ : Celltrion

l  C&R Research

l  PPD Korea