Input 2021.02.20 18:08 | Revision 2021.02.20 19:19
On the 20th, a preliminary candidate for the Mayor of the Democratic Party, Park Young-sun, said, “Now, we will reveal” about a special syringe that a domestic small and medium-sized company successfully developed and approved for production with the help of Samsung and the government. (Seoul Mayor) The announcement was delayed.”
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Candidate Park said, “How anxious would Poonglim Pharmatech CEO Cho be if I persuaded the small and medium-sized business owner that he would not do so and if I quit without FDA approval? I was worried that I would have to take responsibility until approval was obtained.” He said, “Poonglim was initially concerned about technology takeover by large companies,” and said, “I made a guarantee that there would be no technology takeover, and I was invited.”
Candidate Park also posted a post about the company on Facebook the day before (19th). Candidate Park requested that the Japanese government purchase large quantities of special syringes for vaccination produced by Korean companies, but shared an article stating that the reactions were mixed among netizens, and said, “Vice President Poonglim Pharmatech consulted on export issues to Japan.” Shouldn’t I send a syringe to Japan? I’m honestly worried.”
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The company said that it was approved for use by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on the 17th with support from Samsung Bioepis and the Food and Drug Administration. President Moon Jae-in personally visited Poonglim Pharmatech in Gunsan, Jeollabuk-do on the 18th, and expressed his gratitude to Samsung, saying, “Following the diagnosis kit, we have shown the excellence of K-quarantine again.”
According to the company, Pfizer in the U.S. ordered 180 million units, and Japan recently requested to purchase about 80 million units. Japan, which started vaccinating against the coronavirus, is reported to be in danger of discarding the difficult vaccine because it could not obtain a syringe.
When this fact became known, among the domestic netizens, “You are only importing syringes with export restrictions?” “Send it, but let’s put the phrase’Dokdo is our land’ and the picture of’Girl’s’ in the syringe” and the opinion that “it is a matter that is directly related to life, so we should send it from a humane level of course.”
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