Pugang Pharmaceutic Company

The Pugang Pharmaceutic Company(Korean: 부강제약회사) is a pharmaceutical company founded in 1983[1] and operated by North Korea's Ministry of Public Health.[2] Although the company did have its assets frozen as a result of U.S. sanctions against North Korea,[3] its products are sold internationally by Lekar Korea, a distributor for the company based in Russia.[4][5]

Pugang Pharmaceutic Company
Hangul
부강제약회사
Hanja
富强製藥會社

Products sold by the company are mostly traditional Korean medicine ("Koryo medicine" in North Korea) supplements combined with high-technology products.[1] These products include Royal Blood-Fresh, and Kumdang-2. Many health claims made by the company have been dismissed as non-scientific outside of North Korea.[6][7]

References
  1. Tsai, Ting-I (21 February 2007). "North Korea's prescription for prosperity". Korea Times. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  2. Jin, Kang Mi (7 February 2017). "North Korean trading companies burdened with excessive loyalty demands". Daily NK. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  3. Fifield, Anna (19 June 2015). "North Korea claims it can cure MERS (and a whole bunch of other things)". The Washington Post. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  4. "North Korean Miracle Drugs Sold Online By Russian Distributor: Sanctions Schmanctions". Skeptic Review. 8 June 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  5. "Thực hư thông tin thuốc chứa vàng chữa ung thư của Triều Tiên" [It is true that the Korean medicine contains gold for cancer treatment]. VTC News (in Vietnamese). 21 December 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  6. Talmadge, Eric (27 August 2018). "Ostrich skin and Neo-Viagra? A shopping guide to North Korea". CTVNews. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  7. Ji, Dagyum (30 March 2017). "Three Russians arrested in South Korea for selling North Korean drugs". NK News. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
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