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- Komipharm International Co., Ltd. Komipharm International Co., Ltd. (041960.KQ) is a South Korea-based biopharmaceutical company principally engaged in the development, manufacture, and sale of veterinary vaccines, pharmaceuticals, disinfectants, and bio-fertilizers for livestock including swine, bovine, poultry, canine, and avian species; it also pursues human pharmaceuticals such as anticancer drugs and cancer pain-relieving agents, alongside clinical pathological testing, experimentation, and analysis services. The company's core veterinary offerings encompass vaccines like PRO-VAC BBNE for infectious bronchitis, egg drop syndrome, and Newcastle disease in chickens; H5-AINK against highly pathogenic avian influenza and Newcastle disease; PRO-VAC CORYZA for infectious coryza; PRO-VAC ND-IB and PRO-VAC IB for Newcastle disease and infectious bronchitis; and PRO-VAC ABBNE for multiple avian pathogens, with pharmaceuticals available in injectable, powder, oral solution, topical, and disinfectant forms targeting pneumonia, pasteurellosis, enteritis, mastitis, swine erysipelas, septicemia, leptospirosis, and bacterial diseases. Komipharm operates internationally with distribution in Europe, Asia, and Africa, maintains a workforce of approximately 161 employees, and reported veterinary medicine sales of 58.78 billion KRW in 2024, reflecting significant growth from prior years. Founded in 1972 as Korea Microbiological Laboratories Co., Ltd. and renamed Komipharm International Co., Ltd. in September 2004, the company is headquartered at 107 Shihwa Gongdan 1-Ra, Jungwang-Dong, Siheung-Si, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. Recent developments include increased investment in its Australian subsidiary Komipharm International Australia Pty Ltd, with a noted stake expansion as of mid-2025 and a prior 19.9 billion KRW capital commitment, alongside ongoing R&D in human therapeutics and global market participation such as at VIV Africa 2024.