Almost a decade ago, when Dr. Ko-Chung Lin was working with Biogen as head of drug discovery in Boston, a few high ranking government officials from Taiwan visited the city. He had the chance to host them and arrange meetings with the CEOs and senior management of many biotech companies. At the end they asked Dr. Lin if he was interested in starting a biotech company back home in Taiwan. It was a tough call for Dr. Lin to take, after staying in the US for over 20 years. However, he decided to start a biotech company in Taiwan. PharmaEssentia came into existence in September, 2003.
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