Jung Won Shin
Senior Editor
Jung Won focuses on coverage of all aspects of news in the Korean pharma and biotech industry as well as for regulatory matters. She covers major pharma and biotech conferences in Korea as well as interviewing key opinion leaders. She also handles a regular Korean language podcast on Scrip/Pink Sheet stories. She has worked previously for Dow Jones Newswires, covering various industry sectors and the economy.
Latest From Jung Won Shin
Dong-A ST Faces New Wave Of Change As It Challenges Norms
Dong-A ST’s president of R&D Jae-Hong Park talks to Scrip about the changes needed in the domestic pharma sector and wider industry if Korean biopharma firms are to step up to global levels.
How KIMCo Is Orchestrating Korean Pharma Collaborations
KIMCo CEO Kevin Kyunghwa Huh talks about the consortium's efforts to become a platform of collaboration for Korean pharmas, including plans for the latest joint investment project as well as how the domestic industry is evolving in terms of globalization and open innovation.
Korea’s Biopharma Regulatory Reform Push To Focus On Innovation, Streamlining
South Korea is aiming to implement a broad range of regulatory reform steps to better compete with global rivals and speed up patient access to novel therapies.
Korean CDMO Industry Entering A Renaissance Or Growing Too Fast?
The Korean contract development and manufacturing industry is rapidly growing with more established firms and newcomers set to sharply expand capacities and diversify portfolios, but competition to secure relevant workforce in the country is also getting fiercer.
Bridge Bio Committed To Novel UC Candidate Despite Phase II Efficacy Miss
South Korea’s Bridge Biotherapeutics aims to continue development of its first-in-class ulcerative colitis candidate BBT-401 despite its failure to meet the efficacy endpoint in a multinational Phase IIa study, and is also looking to progress other pipeline assets and out-licensing deals.
Deal Watch: Moderna, ElevateBio Subsidiary To Combine mRNA With Gene Editing
Moderna and Life Edit will team up to develop transformative or curative therapies for challenging genetic diseases. Erytech and Pherecydes unveil plan to merge and extend runway into 2024.