Choong-wae develops generic drug for imipenem

Choong-wae Pharm said on June 7 that it has succeeded in developing the first generic drug of imipenem, a broad-spectrum antibiotic following penicillin and cephalosporin families.

Imipenem, developed by the US drug giant MSD in the later 1980s, is a popular antibiotic and its worldwide market is worth more than $600 million a year.

However, due to the technical difficulty in synthesis re...