[Asia Economy Reporter Myung-hwan Lee] Ildong Pharmaceutical is soaring on news that it has signed a supply contract for antigen test kits.


As of 1 PM on the 7th, Ildong Pharmaceutical is trading at 45,450 KRW, up 22.18% from the previous trading day. Trading volume has also surged, breaking the highest volume record in the past five days.


On the same day in the morning, Ildong Pharmaceutical announced that it had signed a supply contract with Rapigen for the 'BioCredit COVID-19 Ag.' The BioCredit COVID-19 Ag is a professional-use COVID-19 antigen test kit developed by Rapigen. It is a kit that can detect COVID-19 infection using a nasopharyngeal smear specimen collected deep inside the nasal cavity, and test results can be confirmed within 15 to 30 minutes.



Ildong Pharmaceutical stated that it will hold additional discussions regarding the distribution of Rapigen's self-test kits to pharmacies and other outlets.


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