- CEO
- Jae-Hyeong Park
- Full Time Employees
- 185
- Sector
- Health technology
- Industry
- Pharmaceuticals: major
- Address
- 27, Gyeonggang-ro Namyangju GY South Korea 12244
- IPO Date
- Dec 21, 2015
- Business
- HLB Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. researches, develops, manufactures, and markets specialty and generic pharmaceuticals in South Korea. The company offers an extensive portfolio of prescription drugs including skeletal muscle relaxants, tranquilizers, antihistamines, antihypertensive agents, pain relief medications, antipruritics, astringents, anti-inflammatories, alimentary system drugs, metabolic drugs, ophthalmic agents, local anesthetics, antiarteriosclerotic agents, expectorants, antipyretics, analgesics, antidiabetic drugs, chemotherapeutics, peptic ulcer agents, central nervous system drugs, antibiotics, digestives, antacids, dental drugs, multivitamins, parasitic skin disease drugs, dermatologicals, urogenital agents, amino acid agents, antitussives, mucolytics, anthelmintics, antidiarrheals, circulatory system drugs, vitamins, skin softeners, anti-hemorrhoid drugs, and liver disease agents; it also provides over-the-counter products, health functional foods under the Quanchell brand launched in 2023, peptide drugs, and contract manufacturing organization (CMO) services. HLB Pharmaceutical operates primarily in the domestic South Korean market with facilities including its headquarters and manufacturing plant in Namyangju-si, Gyeonggi Province, an R&D center in Gunpo, and additional laboratories in Dongtan and Chuncheon. Founded in 1998, the company, formerly known as Mediforum Pharmaceutical Incorporation and renamed in October 2020, achieved record sales of 100 billion won in 2022, acquired the Hyangnam Plant in February 2021 and C-TRI in November 2019, relocated its R&D center to Gunpo in February 2023, established a Korean Arthritis R&D Center in May 2023, and in April 2025 acquired Shin Hwa Advance, a pharmaceuticals distribution firm, to pursue vertical integration.