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Mirae Asset, Yuanta Selected as Co-managers of 500 bln-won K-Bio Vaccine Fund

SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Mirae Asset Venture Investment Co. and Yuanta Investment Co. have been selected as co-managers of a 500 billion-won (US$346 million) state bio fund aimed at supporting domestic pharmaceutical companies’ development of innovative medicine and entrance to the global market, the health ministry said Wednesday. The equity firms have been [...]

S. Korean Firms Donate Millions of Dollars to Vietnam’s Vaccine Fund

SEOUL, June 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean companies operating in Vietnam have donated millions of dollars to help the Southeast Asian nation procure coronavirus vaccines, officials in Hanoi said Sunday. Samsung Electronics Co. reportedly donated about 2.8 billion won (US$2.48 million) to the central and provincial governments in Vietnam earlier this month, with some [...]