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About BUKWANG PHARM
Trusted
Company
Bukwang Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. was established
on October 17th, 1960 and has since continued to produce excellent medications
with the aim of improving global health for the last 55 years. Since Bukwang was
listed in the Korea Stock Exchange in 1988, Bukwang is proud to have kept a
healthy financial status and stable track record that earned trust from its
employees and shareholders. Bukwang’s operating profit is at the top of the rank
in the industry, nearing 20% as of financial year 2014.
Bukwang’s
armamentarium consists of more than 100 products in various therapeutic areas:
liver disease treatments such as Levovir and Legalon, diabetic complication
products such as Dexid and Thioctacid, CNS disorder drugs including Lonasen,
Ixel and Orfil, and respiratory disease treatments such as Azeptin and Asima.
Bukwang continues to grow its original drug business through consistent focus on
new drug development.
Achievements
Bukwang was designated as “Korea
Innovative Pharmaceutical Company” by the Korean government. Bukwang developed
Levovir (clevudine) as the 4th new drug for hepatitis B in the world and
licensed out to countries in Asia. Also, the first GMP manufacturing facility in
Korea was established by Bukwang, and a new GMP facility that meets global
standards was built as well, which improved our productive competitive
edge.
Bukwang is developing innovative new drug candidates in partnership
with pharmaceutical and bio-venture companies in Korea and abroad. Bukwang is
carrying out multinational clinical trial for an anti-diatetes compound together
with Melior Pharmaceuticals in the US, and co-developing a targeted anti-cancer
drug with LSK BioPartners in the US. Also, Bukwang licensed in a novel candidate
for movement disorder in Parkinson’s disease patients from Contera Pharma in
Denmark, which Bukwang acquired in 2014. Bukwang has an affiliated company
called Anterogen, a Korean bio-venture company specializing in cell therapies
using adult stem cells. In 2012, Bukwang participated in financing of EyeGene, a
Korean bio-venture, and in 2015, invested in Acer Therapeutics, a rare disease
specialist company in the US. In addition, Bukwang signed a strategic
partnership with TVM Capital Life Science, a globally renown venture capital
firm, and carried out investment in an American CRO through Medivate Partners, a
leading healthcare investment firm in Korea. Bukwang will continue to invest in
promising companies in Korea and abroad.
In addition to ethical drugs,
Bukwang is expanding its consumer health division with OTC products, household
goods (toothpastes, hair care, skin care) and nutritional supplements with the
hope of improving the consumers’ health and quality of life.
R&D
Bukwang is focusing its investment on R&D
and currently developing the following new drug candidates:
MLR-1023: insulin
sensitizer in type 2 diabetes
JM-010: levodopa-induced dyskinesia in
Parkinson’s disease patients
JM-012: morning akinesia in Parkinson’s disease
patients
SOL-804: Prostate cancer treatment
Dyna Therapeutics: Drug
research and development
Bukwang acquired 100% shares of Contera Pharma ApS
in 2014, which is a bioventure company specializd in CNS area. We are
establishing an R&D network with the Danish academia, laboratories, pharmas
and bio-ventures.
Also, Bukwang has a subsidiary company Anterogen Co., Ltd.,
a Korean bioventure developing cell therapies using adult stem
cells.
From Bukwang Website!
