Daewoong Pharmaceutical

Daewoong Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Native name
주식회사 대웅제약
Company typePublic
KRX: 069620
IndustryPharmaceutical
Founded1945; 80 years ago (1945)
Headquarters
Seoul
,
South Korea
Websitewww.daewoong.co.kr
Daewoong Pharmaceutical
Hangul
대웅제약
Hanja
Revised RomanizationDaeung Jeyak
McCune–ReischauerTaeung Cheyak

Daewoong Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Korean: 주식회사 대웅제약) is a pharmaceutical company headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.[1] Daewoong Pharmaceutical primarily engages in the manufacture of pharmaceutical products, including prescription and over-the-counter healthcare products.

History

Daewoong Pharmaceutical was established as Kawai Pharmaceutical Company in 1942. Daewoong was officially incorporated in 1945 as Daehan Vitamin Chemical and changed its name to Daehan Vitamin Industrial in 1961. In 1966, Yoon Young-hwan purchased Daehan Vitamin, which was in financial difficulties, and changed its name to the current form, Daewoong Pharmaceutical, in 1978.[2]

References

  1. ^ Cha, Sangmi (August 11, 2020). "South Korea's Daewoong Pharma gets India nod to test anti-parasite drug for COVID-19". Reuters. Seoul.
  2. ^ Takezawa, Shinʼichi (1986). In quest of human dynamism. Asian Productivity Organization. p. 227. ISBN 978-92-833-1087-7.
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