Bukwang starts shipping first local hepatitis B drug

Bukwang Pharm says it will send to the Philippines the first ship loaded with 6,600 packs (30 mg x 30 caps) of Levovir capsule, the first domestically developed treatment for the disease and the 11th original Korean drug to be formally certified by the government in 2006.

Eisai obtained exclusive right to develop, manufacture and market Clevudine in eight Asian countries including China from...