SK Bio Begins New Coronavirus Vaccine Development Using Versatile Platform

Korean vaccine specialist SK Bioscience moves to develop versatile platform technology to deal with outbreaks of infectious diseases such as the new coronavirus, as the number of infections in the country surges.

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New Versatile Platform Technology Aimed At Virus Outbreaks • Source: SK Bioscience

South Korea's SK Bioscience has begun R&D of a platform technology that could rapidly develop vaccines against mutated viruses, such as the new coronavirus and those causing MERS (Middle East respiratory syndrome) and SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome), and help to more quickly deal with massive outbreaks of such emerging infectious diseases.

The new platform aims to provide the versatility to expedite vaccine development through an identical process, even for new mutated viruses causing respiratory diseases, and with strong safety despite high...

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