Korea Should Pursue Two-Pronged Strategy In Global Vaccine Hub Bid

Focus On Future Pandemics And NIP

South Korea is making a strategic push to strengthen its vaccine capabilities, with a focus on COVID-19 and future pandemics and the aim of becoming a global development hub. But one expert told a recent meeting that these goals should not overshadow the government’s original aim of becoming self-sufficient for the national immunization program.

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Concerns over whether Korea’s hub plan will overshadow original vaccine policies • Source: Alamy

A couple of years ago, the South Korean government’s policy was to establish "vaccine sovereignty", or self-sufficiency in vaccines provided under the national immunization program, and then to develop other "premium" vaccines.

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