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Koru Pharma
Business

KORU PHARMA
Industry
Medical aesthetics (focus on K-beauty products)
Key Products
AVALON Fillers, various other medical aesthetic products
Technological Achievement
Patented MCO Tech for optimizing hyaluronic acid cross-linking, enhancing product biocompatibility.
Growth
Future Plans
Filed for preliminary review to list on KOSDAQ in August 2023; potential IPO by 2025.
2016 revenue:
1 billion KRW
2023 revenue:
30 billion KRW
1x
30x
NEWS
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Biography
Roman Vernidub had a dream to create a billion-dollar startup by the age of 35, and to run it with only a few hundred workers. With Koru Pharmaceuticals, a trading company dealing with cosmetology and pharmaceutical products, he may have a chance. The company's annual sales in 2017 and 2018 were $12 million and $17 million respectively, and it now supplies more than 300 products for beauty salons, dermatology clinics and hospitals in over 50 countries.
CEO, Founder
Koru Pharma
07. 2016 - Present
korupharma.com
Koru Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. is a supplier of innovative pharmaceutical and cosmetological products from South Korea. The range of products supplied includes injectable fillers, biorevitalizers, anesthetics, lipolytics, mesothreads, serums, modelling masks, etc.
Assistant in Trade Facilitation Unit, Trade and Investment Department
United Nations
08. 2013 - 11. 2013
Roman Vernidub joined the Trade and Investment Division (TID) on 21 August 2013 as an intern and will be working in TID until 18 October. During his time with TID, he is working in the areas of assessing implementation of trade facilitation measures in Asia and the Pacific. In the meantime, he is also keen to apply econometric approach to assess the impact of trade facilitation.
Economic Affairs Officer assistant
United Nations
12. 2012 - 03. 2013
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) is the regional development arm of the United Nations for the Asia-Pacific region. Established in 1947 with its headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand, ESCAP works to overcome some of the region’s greatest challenges by providing results oriented projects, technical assistance and capacity building to member States. My main working duties as an intern in UN ESCAP regional office for North and North-East Asia were to provide assistance in the report on sub regional trade (Mongolia-Russia-China), project survey 2013 for North-East Asia, survey on trade facilitation in Greater Tumen Region and other reseaches connected with economic development in Asia.
education
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Sogang University
Doctor of Philosophy
PhD International Business/Trade/Commerce
2014-2020
Sogang University
Master's degree
International Trade and Finance
2011-2013
경북대학교 / Kyungpook National University
Bachelor's degree
2008-2011
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