About Us

Human Health!
Through innovative Biomaterial technology

As a subsidiary of the Pusan National University (PNU)
technology holdings company, SNVIA is committed to developing and manufacturing medical microneedle products based on the innovative embeddable microneedle technology.

SNVIA’s embeddable microneedle technology is the world-first medical microneedle platform that enables safe and reliable delivery of drugs through skin without a risk of infection or bleeding.

We’ll put effort and enthusiasm into research and development so as to develop high value medical devices and medicines that can contribute to improving the life of patients by cooperating with pharmaceuticals. With the PNU’s outstanding technology, SNVIA will continue the research and development to be a global venture business.

CEO Howard K.LEE

Leadership

  • YANG, Seung Yun (CEO) / Founder / Ph.D in Polymer Engineering Obtained a Ph.D in polymer engineering at POSTECH and worked as a postdoc at Harvard Medical School.
    Currently he is serving as a professor in the Department of Biomaterials and Science at Pusan National University (PNU)
  • Howard K. LEE (CEO) / Co-Founder / BS in Electrical Engineering / MBA /Ph.D Supported incubation and overseas expansion of about 30 IT/SW firms at Korea IT Industry Promotion Agency (currently, NIPA). Conducted more than 40 cases of technology transfer and investment promotion at Chonnam National University and Wonkang University.
  • KIM, Se Min (Senior Managing Director) / Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering Obtained a Ph.D in mechanical engineering at Dong-A University. He served as a process management expert of Chemical Plant at the HHI (Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.) and OTIS Co., Ltd.

  • Lee, Sung Hee (CFO) / Business Administration BS After majoring in business administration at Seoul National University I worked for Hyundai Electronics Industry (currently Hynix Semiconductor), In charge of Amikogen Co., Ltd. and Genolution IPO Having succeeded in listing two KOSDAQ bio companies
  • SONG, Yeon Suk (Head of R&D) / Ph.D. Candidate PhD candidate at the Graduate School of Korean Medicine, Pusan National University. Over 13 years of experience in medical device development, including leading multiple device development projects, establishing clinical trial strategies, and implementing GMP-compliant manufacturing processes.