The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety issued the first national shipment approval on the 26th, ahead of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccination.
On the 17th, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety approved 787,000 (1574,000 batches) of’Korea AstraZenecacovid-19 vaccine’.,
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety made rapid progress by reducing the national shipment approval period, which normally takes 2-3 months, to 20 days. The vaccine will be used for the domestic Corona 19 vaccine vaccination, which will be implemented by the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in February.
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety designated the Corona 19 vaccine as a target for expedited shipment approval in January to ensure that the quantity needed during the corona 19 pandemic could be supplied in a timely manner, and took precedence over other countries’ shipment approval.
The’Korea AstraZenecacovid-19 vaccine’, which was approved for shipment this time, was manufactured by entrusting all processes by SK Bioscience, and the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety received detailed test methods from the manufacturer from August last year, Reagents were prepared and assay methods were prepared.
In addition, in preparation for the concentration of applications for national shipment approval of the Corona 19 vaccine, the sample storage room was expanded and additional storage freezers were secured.
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said, “We will do our best to ensure that the Korean people can receive the vaccine with confidence by thoroughly verifying the Corona 19 vaccine introduced in Korea by making full use of the relevant infrastructure such as experts and equipment required for national shipment approval.” .
On the other hand, information on the national shipment approval of the Corona 19 vaccine can be checked in real time in the website of the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety,’Coronavirus Infectious Disease-19 (COVID-19) Vaccine and Treatment Information’.