Input 2021.02.20 16:27 | Revision 2021.02.20 16:47
Use of the initial dose of 120,000 donated doses
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Regarding the special corona vaccine syringe that President Moon Jae-in personally visited and praised as a’best practice for win-win cooperation’, the quarantine authorities “did not sign a purchase contract” on the 20th. “It is because there is no system to do it.”
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“It was very necessary and important to secure the minimum residual syringes early, so we have been grasping the current status of domestic producers and the like since last January. After such a process, on January 26th, two domestic companies. “We signed a contract for supplying syringes with the company,” he said. “It was not because Poonglim Pharmatech was intentionally excluded, but we considered the fact that there was no such system to mass-produce syringe products produced by Poonglim Pharmatech at the time.”
“There are two major syringes used for this year’s COVID-19 vaccination,” Yang said. “The minimum remaining LDS syringe is contracted for about 40 million, and supply is starting, and general syringes are also being supplied by the Public Procurement Service in early January. “We made a bid through it,” he explained.
Poonglim Pharmatech, which used to import and sell medical devices, began to develop LDS syringes last year, completed the production of prototypes in one month with the help of Samsung Electronics and the government, and supported by Samsung Bioepis and the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety on the 17th. It has even been approved for use by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). According to the company, it is receiving requests to purchase 260 million syringes in 20 countries including Japan.
However, it is known that the Korean quarantine authorities will not use Poonglim Pharmatech syringes as they have already completed the contract to purchase the necessary syringes.
In response, Yang said, “Punglim Pharmatech has revealed its intention to donate about 120,000 syringes, and is expected to be used for initial vaccination (domestic). The 117,000 vaccines produced by Pfizer will be brought into Korea for the first time on the 26th, and Poonglim Pharmatech will use a syringe for this quantity.
On the 18th, President Moon visited Poonglim Pharmatech in Gunsan, Jeollabuk-do with government officials such as Kwon Chil-seung, Minister of Small and Medium Venture Business and Kim Gang-rip, Minister of Food and Drug Safety. Samsung cooperated in all directions. Thank you.”
The company has built a smart factory system that mass-produces up to 20 million products per month from March with the help of the Samsung Electronics Smart Factory Support Center through the government-promoted’Small and Medium-Sized Smart Factory Construction Project’.
Poonglim Pharmatech vice president Mihee Cho appeared on the previous day (19th) and said, “We initially participated in the project as a means to accelerate the introduction of the (corona vaccine) required by the government.” ) I was able to find a point where I could coexist by playing a role.”
Vice President Cho said, “With the help of large companies, we were afraid that the corporate culture we had maintained in our own way would change or that technology would not be leaked,” he said. “But Samsung is working with us for licensing, data inspection, and product mass production.” did.
Vice President Cho said, “I am currently working with Pfizer, and I have made a request for supply of 18,000 worldwide (from Pfizer) in a short period of time.” “Japan will give about 80 million in the month of April or May. I’m doing it, but I’m also discussing it now.”
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