- CEO
- Je-Man Yoo
- Full Time Employees
- 792
- Sector
- Health technology
- Industry
- Pharmaceuticals: major
- Address
- 161, Yeoksam-ro Ansan-si GY South Korea 06246
- IPO Date
- Jan 20, 1990
- Business
- Shinpoong Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (019170.KS) manufactures and markets pharmaceutical products, including active pharmaceutical ingredients and finished dosage forms, with a focus on antibiotics, antivirals, anticancer agents, painkillers, anti-inflammatory drugs, and anthelmintics. The company produces cephalosporin antibiotics such as ceftriaxone sodium (Cefaxone Inj.), ceftazidime (Tazicef Inj.), and ceftizoxime sodium (Varucefa Inj.); penicillin antibiotics including piperacillin-tazobactam (Lynactam Inj.), ampicillin-sulbactam (Bactacin Inj.), and amoxicillin-clavulanate (Clamoxin Inj.); and diverse finished products like Pyramax (anti-malarial drug), Triam Inj. (triamcinolone acetonide), Bretra Tab. (letrozole), Liveract Infusion Inj. (L-ornithine L-aspartate), Spectinomycin Inj., and Gentrisone Cream (betamethasone, clotrimazole, gentamicin); as well as drugs for hypercholesterolemia, knee osteoarthritis, shoulder periarthritis, surgical adhesion barriers, prescription drugs, wound dressings, health functional foods, and over-the-counter products. Founded in 1962 and headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, Shinpoong operates manufacturing facilities in South Korea, including dedicated plants for cephalosporin and penicillin antibiotics compliant with KGMP and EU-GMP standards, and exports to approximately 50 countries across Europe, America, Africa, Asia, and other regions through distributors and joint ventures. In recent developments, the company signed a supply agreement with EMI Pharm D.O.O. in Serbia for its anti-adhesion barrier Medicurtain, granting exclusive rights in Serbia and Montenegro; continues global expansion of Pyramax following EMA approvals for tablets in 2012 and granules in 2015; and maintains ongoing R&D efforts in APIs and novel therapies through its Central Research Institute.