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Belarus’ ambassador meets with CEO of Korea’s vaccine company

MINSK, 17 December (BelTA) – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to the Republic of Korea Andrei Popkov met with SK Bioscience CEO Ahn Jae-yong, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Embassy in the Republic of Korea.

SK Bioscience is one of Korea’s largest vaccine manufacturers. The company is pursuing its own COVID-19 vaccine and is collaborating with global biotech companies to produce components for a coronavirus vaccine.

During the meeting the parties exchanged views on the latest trends in the bio-pharmaceutical industry, emphasized the importance of having national infrastructures to produce vaccines, and discussed possible ways of cooperation, including in the field of research.

They also discussed a possibility of partnerships between companies from different countries in the production of vaccines.

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