Green Cross stocks attracting investors on influenza A

As H1N1 influenza claimed the lives of three Koreans, shares of Green Cross Corp. have surged recently and the company’s total share values reached at 1.83 trillion won.

Indeed, Green Cross, the only Korean company with a facility for manufacturing vaccines for the flu, saw its share prices surge to 173,000 won on August 28 as the company is expected to churn out a preventive vaccine for the...