Pugang Pharmaceutic Company

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The Pugang Pharmaceutic Company 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]

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]

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  1. ^ a b 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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