Domestic 7-ACA makers bracing for lower export price

Korea's pharmaceutical makers producing 7-ACA (7-aminocephalosporanic acid), an intermediate of cephalosporin antibiotic, are now striving to cope with its lower pricing of $98.0 kg offered by Chinese counterparts this year, even though the normal price of such bulk material was in the level of $115 per kg earlier.

With the prices of 7-ACA spiraling continuously, domestic bulk makers have no...