Korea’s newly developed drugs get cold shoulder

Although Korea has thus far produced a total of 20 original pharmaceutical products since SK Chemicals’ Sunpla (platinum complex) was approval as the country’s first new drug in July 1999, local doctors have still turned their cold shoulders to these drugs.

Market officials said Korean makers have in the past put out popular drugs like Stillen (antacid) and Zydena (udenafil), but none of the...