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Hanmi Pharmaceutical
is ‘Innovation’.

Overview

R&D-centric Biopharmaceutical Company

Hanmi Pharmaceutical is a representative Korean R&D-centric biopharmaceutical company established in 1973 by pharmacist Sung-ki Lim. We plow ahead in pursuing innovation based on our founder’s conviction as represented by his words, “Let’s use our technology to make better medicines” and his management philosophy of “Respect for humanity” and Value Creation.”

  • 1st Highest Number of Open Innovation
    Achievements
    Highest Number of Independently
    Developed Innovative Products
    among
    Korean Biopharmaceutical
    Companies.
  • 26+ Highest Number of Breakthrough
    New Drug Pipelines in Korea
  • 4.5Trillion Won Cumulative R&D Investment
  • AAAin CP Rating First and Only among
    participating
    companies
    in Korea

Performance

Hanmi is a
Pioneer

No path started as a path. Today Hanmi became the protagonist
in the development history of the Korean biopharmaceutical industry.
“First, Most, and Largest” are the indicators that compress the
key performance of Hanmi, overwhelming the industry.

First
Most
Largest
  • 1989
    First
    USD
    6 million
    Hanmi Pharmaceutical becomes the first Korean
    pharmaceutical company to export a technology
    to a global pharmaceutical company
    (the largest at the time)

    Export of the manufacturing technology for Ceftriaxone to Roche

  • 1997
    Largest
    USD
    74 million
    Hanmi Pharmaceutical records the highest technology exports in the pharmaceutical industry at the time
    (beating its own record)

    Export of micro-emulsion technology to Novartis

  • 2008
    Largest
    USD
    57 billion
    Highest ever sales of an incrementally modified drug as of 2008

    Hanmi Pharmaceutical releases Amodipin, Korea's first new salt-modified new drug (for high blood pressure)

  • 2009
    Largest
    USD
    78.6 billion
    Highest sales ever for a domestically developed, incrementally modified fixed dose combination drug for Amosartan in 2009

    Hanmi Pharmaceutical releases
    Amosartan, Korea's
    first fixed dose
    combination new drug
    (for high blood pressure)

  • 2013
    First
    FDA Approval
    The FDA approves Esomezol, the world's first incrementally modified new salt version of
    Esomeprazole

    First case of a new domestic incrementally modified drug

  • 2016
    Largest
    USD
    910 million
    Hanmi Pharmaceutical becomes the largest exporter of synthetic new drugs technology in the pharmaceutical industry (surpassing its own record)

    Licensing out of Belvarafenib (RAF targeted anti-cancer drug)

  • 2017
    First
    ISO Certification
    Hanmi Pharmaceutical becomes the first pharmaceutical company to obtain the ISO 37001 Certification for Anti-Bribery Management Systems

    Esomezole becomes the first drug produced by a Korean pharmaceutical to be listed in the U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP)

  • 2018
    Most
    122Cases
    Hanmi Pharmaceutical registers the most patents in the consolidated approved patent system

    The most links between generic licenses and pharmaceutical patents

  • 2019
    Most/First
    KRW 4.4176 trillion KRW 1.0139 trillion
    Records the largest value of prescriptions over the preceding ten years
    Hanmi Pharmaceutical becomes the first company to produce KRW 1 trillion worth of products in Korea

    Hanmi Pharmaceutical releases new 3-drug fixed dose combination medicines for treating Hypertension (Amosartan Plus, Amosartan Q), which become the first export product to enter the Mexican market.

  • 2020
    Most/First
    14Cases / AAA
    Holds the most blockbuster medicines developed in-house in Korea (UBIST)
    Obtains the highest CP grade “AAA” from the Fair Trade Commission for the first time in Korea

    Hanmi Pharmaceutical releases Amosartan XQ, the world’s first 4-drug fixed dose combination new medicine

  • 2021
    First
    4-drug
    fixed
    dose
    combination
    Hanmi Pharmaceutical releases
    Amosartan XQ, the world's first 4-drug fixed
    dose combination new medicine
    • Hanmi Pharmaceutical releases the world’s first esomeprazole dual delayed release ‘Esomezole DR’ SR capsule
    • Hanmi Pharmaceutical ranks No.1 in outpatient prescriptions for five consecutive years
    • Rosuzet records no. 1 sales as a prescription medicine developed by a domestic pharmaceutical company
    • New bio drug, Rolontis, receives the world’s first marketing approval in Korea
  • 2022
    Most
    20Cases
    Receives most orphan drug designations among
    Korean pharmaceutical companies (US FDA, Europe’s EMA, MFDS)

    First novel bioligics to receive FDA approval (Rolvedon), Hanmi Pharmaceutical releases fixed drug combination in China (meiyaping)