SEOUL, June 3 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Planet, a data analysis subsidiary of top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co., said Thursday it will invest 15 billion won (US$13.2 million) in local cancer diagnostics firm Bertis in a move to expand its presence in the digital health care industry. The move will make SK Planet the [...]
SEOUL, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co., Hyundai Motor Co. and other major South Korean companies are increasingly adopting “paid vaccine leave” for their employees as the country’s vaccine rollout gathers pace and more workers get vaccinated. The companies, including retail giant Lotte Group, pharmaceutical firms and game publishers have introduced vaccine leave [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Thursday launched an innovative pilot program to help non-priority people receive AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines made available from canceled appointments, but the so-called leftover vaccines can hardly be found in reality, many citizens said. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) began the test operation of [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Coronavirus vaccines left over after people do not show up for inoculations will be available for anyone who wants to get vaccinated via online reservations starting later this week, health authorities said Wednesday. Starting on Thursday, people will be able to sign up to get the leftover doses through [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea, touted as one of most successful countries in containing the new coronavirus pandemic without lockdowns, is gearing up for its next step to emerge as a global vaccine hub, with four COVID-19 vaccines already being or set to be produced here. The country’s vision to become a [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of South Korean students at high risk of addiction to smartphones and the internet increased last year on extended online classes at home amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a government survey showed Sunday. According to the annual survey of 1.27 million fourth, seventh and 10th graders nationwide by [...]
WASHINGTON/SEOUL, May 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Biologics, a South Korean biopharmaceutical firm, signed a deal Saturday to manufacture Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine at its local factory. Under the agreement, the biotech unit of Samsung Group will provide the U.S. drugmaker with contract manufacturing organization (CMO) services for its mRNA vaccine. It means that some of [...]
SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) has offered to provide part of its COVID-19 vaccines to the Korean government to help relieve the country’s vaccine shortage, government sources said Monday. USFK recently delivered its intention of providing around 13,000 doses of Johnson & Johnson (J&J) vaccines, and South Korean defense [...]
SEOUL, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean pharmaceutical giant Celltrion Inc. has begun the global supply of its COVID-19 antibody treatment starting with Pakistan, according to the company’s affiliate on Monday. Celltrion Healthcare, which handles Celltrion’s overseas business, said it has signed a contract with a Pakistan state-run company to export 100,000 tablets of [...]
SEOUL, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will ship to India hundreds of oxygen cylinders and other medical supplies to help the country fight the resurgent COVID-19 pandemic, the foreign ministry said Friday. Seoul plans to send 230 oxygen concentrators, 200 oxygen cylinders with regulators, and 100 negative pressure isolation stretchers to the country [...]