Major Status
Biocluster expansion
- LocationIndustry facilities and educational research sites in Districts 4, 5, 7, and 11 of Songdo International City
- Development Details
- - Biopharmaceutical, medical, healthcare
- - Attracting R&D, production, and service companies
- - Establishment of corresponding infrastructure in related fields (creation of bio clusters)
- Total areaApproximately 2,000,000㎡
Major Achievements
The world's largest biopharmaceutical production capacity in a single city
- Songdo (880,000L) > San Francisco> Singapore
Establishing a stable supply base by attracting global companies in biomedicine materials
- Ajinomoto Genexine (2013), Charles River Korea (2012), Cytiva Korea (2016),
Merck (2016, M Lab Collaboration Center / 2017, manufacturing facility),
Saint-Gobain (2018), Thermo Fisher Scientific (2021), Satorius (2022)
Acquired the highest number of product licenses in Korean biomedicine
- R&D and developed the world's first licensed antibody biosimilar (Remsima)
- 10 out of 25 domestic licensed products developed by tenant companies in Songdo
- Led exports of domestic medicine (accounting for 46.3% of annual average exports of medicine over the last five years (2017-2021))
On par with European bioclusters
- Signed an agreement with four bio-clusters to support tenants in the Incheon Free Economic Zone
- Organizations contracted : Incheon Free Economic Zone Authority, Biocat (Spain), BioM (Germany), BioPmed (Italy), Cyonbiopole (France)
※ During the government's 3rd (2017-2025) Basic Plan for Biotechnology Development (announced in September 2017)
Songdo is a production and global cluster to expand the cluster-centered bio-ecosystem
Status of tenancy
분야별 주요 입주기업표 - 분야, 입주기업 제공 표
sectors |
major tenant companies and institutions |
Research/manufacturing |
- Celltrion, Samsung Biologics, Binex, Janssen Vaccine, STGEN BIO, SCM LIFESCIENCE, Samsung Bioepis, Satorius
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Process support |
- Ajinomoto Genexine, Macrogen, Cytiva Korea, Merck, Saint-Gobain, Thermo Fisher Scientific
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Medical/pharmaceutical devices |
- i-SENS, Olympus, Osstem Implant, Utah-Inha DDS & Advanced Therapeutics Research Center
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Research/services |
- Korea Polar Research Institute, Eone Laboratories, Gachon University Lee Gil Ya Cancer and Diabetes Institute, Macrogen, Knotus, Charles River Korea, Korea Conformity Laboratories
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Incubation |
- Start Up Park Incheon, Rehoboth, Yonsei University, BRC
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Universities |
- Yonsei University, JEI University, Incheon National University, Gachon University, Ghent University (Global Campus)
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