SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will be able to start the coronavirus vaccination of its people in the first quarter of next year on a limited basis, according to Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun. “Inoculation will begin as early as in February or March at the latest,” he said in an interview with [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Friday it will push to sign COVID-19 vaccine procurement contracts with Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen and Pfizer later this month and ink another deal with Moderna next month. The health ministry last week said it has secured early access of the vaccines developed by four pharmaceutical [...]
GAITHERSBURG, Md., Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX), a late-stage biotechnology company developing next-generation vaccines for serious infectious diseases, today announced an Advance Purchase Agreement with the government of New Zealand for the purchase of 10.7 million doses of NVX-CoV2373, Novavax’ candidate vaccine against COVID-19. Currently in Phase 3 clinical testing in [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Seven out of 10 South Koreans plan to travel abroad after coronavirus vaccines are developed, a survey showed Wednesday. According to Incheon International Airport Corp.’s recent survey, 70.2 percent of South Koreans and 82 percent of foreign nationals said they have overseas travel plans after the development of COVID-19 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The first batch of a coronavirus vaccine for U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) is expected to be shipped to South Korea as soon as it is approved for emergency use, Gen. Robert Abrams said Monday. The USFK commander made the remark in an interview with the American Forces Network radio [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean Air Co., South Korea’s largest carrier, said Wednesday it has shipped a COVID-19 vaccine ingredient from Incheon to Amsterdam using its cold chain logistics as it gears up for upcoming deliveries of vaccines. A passenger flight transporting a Korean company’s vaccine ingredient departed from Incheon International Airport on [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Experts have argued that coronavirus vaccines should be distributed based on priorities. The Korean Society for Medical Ethics (KSME) published a statement on Tuesday, calling on all sectors to discuss the issue of distributing COVID-19 vaccines and utilizing ER resources to overcome the current health crisis. The KSME emphasized [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has secured early access of COVID-19 vaccines developed by four pharmaceutical companies and from a global vaccine project for 44 million people, the health ministry said Tuesday. The Ministry of Health and Welfare said it has preordered 64 million doses of vaccines by four drugmakers — AstraZeneca [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has signed a deal with British-Swedish bio giant AstraZeneca Plc. to purchase the company’s COVID-19 vaccine, health officials said Thursday. Seoul, however, didn’t disclose the details of the contract, including financial terms and the amount of vaccines to be bought. “(South Korea) recently signed a vaccine supply [...]
GAITHERSBURG, Md., Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX), a late-stage biotechnology company developing next-generation vaccines for serious infectious diseases, today provided an update on its COVID-19 vaccine program. NVX‑CoV2373 is a stable, prefusion protein antigen derived from the genetic sequence of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus spike (S) protein and adjuvanted with Novavax’ proprietary Matrix‑M™. [...]