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.
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Plus deals involving Hyundai/Pharma/Avelos, Yuhan/Boehringer Ingelheim, SciClone/Eisai, Viatris/Nxera/Idorsia, Nxera/Holling and Takeda/BridGene.
The latest activity in the South Korean biotech sector includes IPOs by Orum and Dongkook Life, as well as progress with ADCs at multiple firms.
Plus deals involving Pfizer/Mylan, Radiance/CSPC, Polymed/Photys, Kyorin/Cyrano, Zydus/Synthon, Ellipses/Genome & Co., OliX/Lilly, AdvanCell/Lilly and more.
Several major South Korean pharma firms benefited from solid sales of new drugs, and in some cases M&A deals, outside the country, although overall growth was generally weak. Meanwhile, a long-running leadership dispute at Hanmi has been resolved.
In an ongoing effort to accelerate the commercialization of select innovative drugs and medical devices, Korea’s MFDS is launching a new program for certain products that will receive regular regulatory consultations until they reach the approval stage.
The CEO of Korean biotech Bridge Biotherapeutics shares progress and strategy for its lead candidate for IPF, along with thoughts on what Trump and the ongoing Korean political crisis might mean for the industry.