Innovation and access to medicines: European and Korean perspectives

LES Benelux has featured Jiyoung Yoon in its LinkedIn speaker announcement for Panel 3 of the LESI Pan-European YMC Conference 2026. Seeing her alongside European colleagues, with Near & Wise IP beneath her photograph, is a proud moment for our team.

Shared questions, different systems

Panel 3 explores the EU Pharma Package and its implications for innovation and intellectual property. How can a system encourage new medicines while helping their benefits reach those who need them? These connected questions invite perspectives beyond a single jurisdiction, including experience from Korean pharmaceutical and biotechnology patent practice.

From patent protection to innovation in practice

As a Korean patent attorney, Jiyoung Yoon will bring a comparative perspective on European and Korean frameworks. The conversation offers an opportunity to consider what differences between systems mean for research, protection, technology transfer and commercialisation. At Near & Wise IP, we value international exchanges that help us see cross-border IP strategy in a wider context.

Sharing Korean experience, learning new perspectives

International dialogue is an opportunity both to contribute experience and to learn from fellow practitioners. We look forward to Jiyoung sharing her Korean experience with confidence and listening closely to European colleagues. Thank you to LES Benelux and the fellow panellists for making this exchange possible—we look forward to the conversation in Amsterdam on 13 November.