COMPANY ›› History

1956.01

Established as Korea Vaccine company

1968.02

Established Dae-A company and approved
as a medical devices manufacturer

1971.12

Approved as a sanitary material manufacturer

1972.08

Approved as a medicine manufacturer

1972.09

Acquired a patent for preparation
of poliomyelitis vaccine stabilization method

1976.01

Ha, Chang-Wha inaugurated as President

1979.12

Changed the trade name into Korea Vaccine Co., Ltd.
by joint-venture of Korea Vaccine corporation and Dae-A Corporation

1982.05

Registered the trademark ¡°KOVAX¡± in the Korean Intellectual Property Office

1984.11

Moved the pharmaceutical manufacturing factory into Ansan industrial complex

1991.02

Moved the medical devices manufacturing factory into Ansan industrial complex

1991.04

Completed construction of the KGMP(Korea Good Manufacturing Practice) Plant

1993.12

Certified as a business suited to practice KGMP

1995.02

President Ha, Chang-Wha won official commendation from the Minister of Health & Welfare

1995.07

Dae-A company converted into corporation, changed the trade name into Dae-A corporation

1996.07

Korea Vaccine Co., Ltd. merged with Dae-A corporation. Ha, Chang-Wha inaugurated as Chairman

1997.12

Obtained ISO-9002 certification for medical device product

2001.12

Obtained KGSP(Korea Good Supply Practice) certification

2002.05

Obtained CE mark(European Community mark) for medical device products

2003.05

Davis Choi inaugurated as President

2004.11

President Davis Choi received the Presidential Award New tech Korean in 2004
(as a person of industrial technology promotion)

2006.03

Chairman Ha, Chang-Wha received an award
from the Minister of Finance and Economy on the Taxpayers¡¯ Day

2006.04

Completed construction of the New GMP vaccine production factory
(meeting the international standard(World Health Organization)

2007.01

Implemented logistics system validation for the first time in the industry
:checks temperature changes in the warehouse, delivery vehicles, cold storage box, etc.

2007.02

Concluded agreement with Sanofi Pasteur on storage& distribution for pediatric vaccines

2007.09

Installed the fully automatic pre-filled syringe line for vaccine production

2007.12

Korea Vaccine Corp established as a spin-off from Korea Vaccine Co., Ltd.

2009. 6

Chairman Ha, Chang Wha was awarded a Civil Merit Medal(The 2nd Medical device day)