SK Chemicals, NCPC signs co-development of recombinant based albumin

SK Chemicals said on December 13 that it has signed a contract with North China Pharmaceutical Group Corporation (NCPC), a state-owned and the largest chemic pharmaceutical enterprise in China, to co-develop human albumin, using genetic biologic recombination process.

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