Production of Sputnik V in Korea to kick off in May
Posted : 2021-04-20 16:40
Phial labelled Sputnik V coronavirus disease vaccine , March 24, 2021 / REUTERS-Yonhap
A subsidiary of South Korean bio-tech company GL Rapah will begin producing Russian COVID-19 vaccines in the country in May, with all doses bound for export, industry sources said Tuesday.
Under the agreement with Russia s sovereign wealth fund, Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), Hankook Korus will first manufacture 150 million doses of Sputnik V at a local factory, they said.
Another 500 million doses of Sputnik V will be manufactured in accordance with an agreement between a GL Rapha-led consortium and the RDIF.