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Chong Kun Dang Pharmaceutical became the first Korean pharmaceutical company to export products to the US market through the obtainment of the U.S. FDA approval.
Chong Kun Dang Pharmaceutical Corp is one of the leading Korean pharmaceutical manufacturers and has a great strength on domestic sales not only with prescription drugs indicated for anti-hypertension, anti-hyperlipidemia and anti-diabetics but also with OTC drugs such a Penzal, Prefemine, Modcol and consumer health such as insecticides, hairdye, etc.
Their high-tech manufacturing facility, Cheon-An plant located in Cheon-An City, Chung Cheong Nam Do has an area of 13,700㎡ and gross floor area of 5,000㎡ .
Here the process of dispensing raw materials, production, packaging and release of finished products is controlled by an automated warehousing system.
Chong Kun Dang was the first in Korea to run its own research institute; it also invested a huge
portion of its resources in nurturing and training research manpower.
Chong Kun Dang Research Institute is characterized by three independent laboratories:
The New Drug Discovery Labs, for identifying innovative drug candidates, The Technology Development Labs, dedicated to generic drugs, APIs, and botanical drugs,
and The Bio Research Labs for developing antibodies, vaccines, and recombinant proteins.
Chong Kun Dang has distinguished achievements in drug development including the following :
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