Strategic consulting · Pharma & biotech

An insider's perspective on healthcare in Korea and Japan.

DotoriLabs partners with global pharmaceutical and biotech teams to decode what these markets actually think — and what they are about to do next. Customer insights, launch strategy, and market access, built on primary research from the ground.

Our method travels. We also take selective engagements in mobility, energy, and advertising.

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Korea · Japan
Serving global teams
Founded 2023
01  /  Practice areas

Three capabilities, one market-native point of view.

01

Primary research & customer insights

We run our own fieldwork. Interviews with KOLs, payers, and patients — in their language, in their context — plus focus groups and surveys designed to surface signal, not noise.

  • In-depth interviews (KOLs, payers, patients)
  • Focus groups (face-to-face, online, hybrid)
  • Surveys & questionnaires
02

Market assessment & launch strategy

End-to-end launch support for global teams entering or scaling in Korea and Japan — grounded in quantitative opportunity framing and qualitative market truth.

  • Patient & HCP customer journeys
  • Unmet needs & competitive landscape
  • Opportunity assessment & sales forecast
  • Clinical trial design assessment
  • Brand & sales org workshops
  • Concept testing
03

Market access

The Korean and Japanese reimbursement environments are unforgiving for global teams operating at a distance. We translate the systems, the stakeholders, and the pricing dynamics.

  • Regulatory landscape analysis
  • Pricing strategy support
Core practice

Pharmaceutical & biotech

Selective engagements

Mobility  ·  Energy  ·  Advertising

Two ways in.

For pharma & biotech teams

Bring us your hardest Korea & Japan questions.

From disease landscape mapping to launch readiness and reimbursement strategy, we design bespoke research programs for global teams who need ground truth from East Asian markets. Start with a 30-minute call — we will tell you honestly whether we are the right fit.

support@dotorilabs.com
For healthcare experts in Korea & Japan

Join our network of moderators & advisors.

We collaborate with experienced HCPs, payers, market access leads, and industry veterans as paid interview moderators and expert advisors on select projects. If you know the Korean or Japanese healthcare system from the inside, we would love to meet you.

dahye@dotorilabs.com
03  /  Founder
Dahye Seo Helping healthcare companies thrive in the APAC market.

Built by a pharma consultant who chose this ground.

Dahye Seo founded DotoriLabs in 2023 after nine years in global pharmaceutical consulting — most recently at ZS in Tokyo and San Francisco, where she supported some of the world's largest pharma companies on launch strategy, market access, and sales force design.

Earlier in her career she was an analyst at the World Bank focused on South Asia. She holds an MA in International Relations and International Economics from Johns Hopkins SAIS, a BA from Waseda, and spent a year reading Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Oxford (Hertford College). She is also an experienced interview moderator and workshop facilitator.

Dotori 도토리  — Korean for acorn. Small, unassuming, but the quiet beginning of deep-rooted things. The work we try to do for our clients.