SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean drugmaker SK Bioscience Co. said Wednesday it has signed an agreement with the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) to extend capacity reservations for manufacturing COVID-19 vaccines by the end of 2022. The agreement was signed between SK Bioscience CEO Ahn Jae-yong and Richard Hatchett, CEO of [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The government on Sunday called for all foreigners illegally staying in South Korea to receive COVID-19 vaccines, saying that it will not lead to deportation or other immigration measures. Seoul has allowed undocumented foreigners, including those who overstayed their visas, to get the vaccine shots, just like its own [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea carried out a final government-wide mock drill Friday for the planned transport of COVID-19 vaccines ahead of the beginning of the inoculation program next week, the defense ministry said. Earlier this month, health authorities and related agencies conducted the first mock drill at Incheon International Airport, west [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s drug safety agency has stepped up efforts to speed up the approval process for COVID-19 vaccines and treatments amid a third wave of coronavirus outbreaks. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said Tuesday it would apply for a special import procedure for Pfizer’s vaccines. The [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea aims to get 70 percent of its population inoculated by September and start the first vaccination next month, with so-called “herd immunity” here predicted to be created by November, health authorities said Monday. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) announced a set of core tasks [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean vaccine maker SK Bioscience Co. will be assigned to the role of managing and distributing COVID-19 vaccines for the coronavirus through an Internet of Things (IoT)-based integrated control center. The company will be bringing in the first batches of Pfizer Inc.’s vaccines, which will require cold storage. [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s medicine regulator said Sunday it will shorten an approval process of COVID-19 vaccines and treatments, as the nation signed deals to import coronavirus vaccines amid the winter wave of the pandemic. It usually takes about 180 days for a vaccine to be approved under a standard licensing [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has signed deals with Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen and Pfizer to purchase COVID-19 vaccines, with a goal of starting vaccinations in the second quarter of 2021, health authorities said Thursday. The government will buy vaccines for 10 million people from Pfizer and 6 million from Janssen, which [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean Air Lines Co. and Asiana Airlines Inc. — South Korea’s two biggest carriers — are preparing to transport vaccines for the novel coronavirus as governments around the world continue throw resources behind efforts to develop a vaccine. While it is still too early to decide when or how [...]