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ArticleFrontiers in public health2020

Steering the Private Sector in COVID-19 Diagnostic Test Kit Development in South Korea.

Sora Lee

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Article in Frontiers in public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 30% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sora LeeMenzies Centre for Health Governance, School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet), ANU College of Asia & the Pacific, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia.
Australian National University · AU

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Responsive private sector engagement in developing test kits for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in South Korea offers a valuable case study in public-private partnership and infectious disease governance. Korean biotech firms promptly developed diagnostic test kits, and the nation achieved capacity to test more than 20,000 people daily. This was a direct result of the continuous application of lessons learned from the Middle Eastern respiratory syndrome outbreak in 2015. South Korea had been strengthening the private sectors' infectious disease governance and response capacity, creating various new constructive pathways toward public-private partnership. Regulatory amendments were made to better liaise with the private sector. Government-led investment had increased in the research and development of testing technologies over the past 5 years. Furthermore, the Korean government had introduced fast-tracking approval, allowing open competition for more than 20 domestic biotech companies to develop test kits. An overview of test kit governance informs us of the importance of public-private partnership for pandemic threats.

Indexed as

Private SectorPublic-Private Sector PartnershipsCoronavirusCoronavirus InfectionsHumansInvestmentsReagent Kits, DiagnosticRepublic of KoreaResearchSARS-CoV-2Reagent Kits, Diagnosticbiotech industryCOVID-19governanceinfectious diseaseprivate sectorSouth Koreatest kit

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PMID33282810
PMCPMC7705236
OpenAlexW3104662882

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