A Korean doctor appointed as a joint multinational clinical researcher.

Novartis Korea and the SNU hospital announced on Oct. 4 that Prof. Oh Byeong-hee of SNU hospital, a cardiologist, was appointed by Novartis as a responsible officer for the multinational clinical studies on Allyskyren, a new anti-hypertension drug., which is the first case in Korea.

The government has encouraged the domestic clinical research works to step up at an international standard, fo...