President-elect Suk-Yeol Yoon’s transition committee has officially started working. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Yoon’s transition committee has opted to separately establish a special committee for COVID-19 response and operate the healthcare sector through the subcommittee for social affairs, welfare and culture. Therefore, policies on COVID-19 control, domestic health, and welfare, as well as pharmaceutical and bio-industry will be jointly established by the special COVID-19 committee and the social affairs, welfare, and culture. subcommittee.

After the 20th presidential election ended with Yoon’s victory, the domestic healthcare and pharmaceutical-bio industry officials keenly eyed the compos