SK chemicals Site Manager● SK Chemical is leading the advancement of domestic vaccines
SK Chemical (CEO and Vice-chairman Kim Chang Geun) has planned to improve domestic vaccines based on the best production capacity in Korea, effective marketing and sales network.
Through the established new vaccine production complex and R&D for bio/vaccine area it aims to localize vaccines and to develop next generation vaccines.
The background of advancement of SK Chemical has hidden endeavor and passion.
SK Chemical started vaccine industry in 2006 by merging Dongsin Pharmaceutical, the leading firm for domestic biological medicines. In 2008, the company merged In2Gen, a representing bio venture company, to accelerate the advancement into the bio medical industry.
The advancement of production goes together. Last year the company set up an MOU with Xcellerex (CEO Guy Broadbent), a bio medicine and vaccine production company in the US.
As a result, it enabled to adapt next generation production technology with efficiency and flexibility to change its production line promptly when unexpected epidemics such as swine flu spread.
In 2010, the company was appointed as a participation company for [Customized vaccine raw material production supporting project] sponsored by Gyeongsangbuk-do and Andong-si and promoted by Gyeongbuk Institute for Bio Industry to establish vaccine production complex using cell culture method, a next generation technology.
[Customized vaccine raw material production supporting project] is a government sponsored project that the private business provider carries out to develop and produce national compulsory preventive vaccines to improve national public health and to secure vaccine independency.
When SK Chemical Andong Vaccine Plant with 140million dose size annually is completed in 2013, it will contribute to stable vaccine supply and to advance into overseas markets.
SK Chemical will continue to keep its effort to advance into the global market to show excellence of domestic medicines with accumulated R&D know-how and production advancement.