Best Pharmaceutical Product
Best Biotechnology Product
Best Medical Technology
Best Digital Health Solution
Best Startup
We are very excited to announce the first edition of the Prix Galien Korea, honoring the biggest innovations in the life sciences. The Prix Galien is an honor of the highest order for the teams who bring forth life-changing drugs, biologics, technologies, methodologies, and digital solutions. Worldwide, it unites the greatest initiatives in incubation and acceleration and recognizes the industrial fabric from the start-up through to the blockbuster lab.
The premier prize for the research, development, and distribution of innovations improving the human condition will follow the inaugural Galien Korea Forum, which will take place as part of the World Knowledge Forum on September 10, 2026. Special guest Dr. Marty Makary, immediate past commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), will address the Forum.
Park Yeong Min, MD, PhD (Committee Chair)
Byoung Chul Cho, MD, PhD
Taeghwan Hyeon, PhD
Hail Kim, MD, PhD
Yeul Hong Kim, MD, PhD
Beop-Min Kim, PhD
Inee Mook-Jung, PhD
Byung Geon Rhee, PhD
“What an amazing recognition for our global team, who have spent decades developing and distributing this vaccine.”
- Pfizer Chairman and CEO, Albert Bourla, on receiving the prize in 2021
“The Prix Galien is a welcome initiative to stimulate creative research and promote excellence.”
- Barack Obama, President of the United States – 2008
“The Prix Galien USA recognizes the important research necessary to develop innovative medicines and devices that have a lifesaving impact on individuals and families across the globe.”
- Kathleen Sebelius, Former US Secretary of Health and Human Services
