Jung Won Shin
Jung Won is a reporter based in Seoul covering South Korea, most recently working for PharmAsia News. Her work covers corporate activities in the South Korean pharma/biotech sector as well as government policy and regulatory news. In her role, Jung Won focuses on R&D strategies, clinical development, licensing deals and other major corporate deals and activities in the country's pharma/biotech sector as well as major government measures or regulatory activities in the sector.
Prior to joining Informa, Jung Won worked for Dow Jones Newswires in Seoul, covering stories in various industries and government. Outside of work, she likes to travel and spend time with her family and friends.
Latest From Jung Won Shin
EuBiologics On COVID-19 Vaccine And Fulfilling Public Health Mission
EuBiologics CEO Yeong Ok Baik sat down with Scrip at CPhI Korea to talk about why he wants to develop vaccines for global public health needs and what plans are in store for its late-stage recombinant protein candidate for COVID-19.
Asia Deal Watch: Hansoh Teams Up With OliX On SIRNA Therapies
Among other Asia deals, Takeda adds to pair of recent gene therapy tie-ups with a CNS-focused cell therapy partnership with Immusoft; earlier it licensed ex-US rights to JCR’s Hunter syndrome drug.
Hanmi CEO On Success And Failure Of License Deals
The CEO of South Korea's Hanmi Pharm shares experiences around licensing deals and turning around returned assets, identifying "great opportunities" in the near term for the country's pharma and biotech sectors as global partners continue to hunt for novel products and technologies.
Poziotinib’s Shift Of Focus To HER2 May Increase Approval Chances
Encouraging new data for Spectrum/Hanmi’s poziotinib presented at ESMO may increase the chances of approval for the pan-HER inhibitor as a possible first-line therapy for NSCLC with the HER2 exon 20 insertion mutation, although the patient population is limited.
Asia Deal Watch: Beximco Broadens Offerings, Capabilities With Sanofi Bangladesh Buy
Plus deals involving Biosplice/Haisco, SciClone/Tarveda, Everest/Sinovent/SinoMab, Kyowa Kirin/AM-Pharma, Sandoz/Bio-Thera, Dr. Reddy’s/Citius, Jiangsu Hengrui/Mabworks, GeneQuantum/BrightGene, Innovent/GenFleet and Takeda/Mirum.
Korea Should Pursue Two-Pronged Strategy In Global Vaccine Hub Bid
South Korea is making a strategic push to strengthen its vaccine capabilities, with a focus on COVID-19 and future pandemics and the aim of becoming a global development hub. But one expert told a recent meeting that these goals should not overshadow the government’s original aim of becoming self-sufficient for the national immunization program.