A maker of active pharmaceutical ingredients and finished drugs headquartered with its plants in Asan, Chungcheongnam-do, producing cephalosporin antibiotic and anticancer APIs and building an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) CDMO facility.
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Products & pipeline
General APIs (Synthesis Plants 1 and 3)
Marketed
Synthesis Plant 1 and Synthesis Plant 3 (completed in 2015) produce general APIs such as clopidogrel and vildagliptin for Korea, Japan and Europe; Plant 1 holds Japanese PMDA approval and European CEP registrations.
Cephalosporin APIs and finished drugs
Marketed
Synthesis Plant 2 makes cephalosporin APIs such as cefpodoxime and cefmetazole acid, the injection plants make sterile APIs such as ceftriaxone and cefazedone, and the oral solid and powder-injection plants produce cefpodoxime proxetil tablets, cefaclor capsules and cefotaxime and ceftriaxone injections.
Anticancer APIs (Synthesis Plants 4 and 5)
Marketed
Synthesis Plants 4 and 5, completed in 2014, use closed containment systems to produce cytotoxic anticancer-class APIs including lenalidomide, pemetrexed and ramosetron.
ADC CDMO
Service
Building a linker-payload production facility in Asan and offering an integrated ADC service from development through analysis, process development and commercial production, based on its own linker platform; it already produces preclinical ADC samples with biotech partners.
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Recent developments
Completion reported
The Asan plant passed a U.S. FDA inspection covering the fifth-generation cephalosporin API ceftobiprole and the anticancer drug lenalidomide, with a Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI) classification.
Progress reported
Installing ADC linker-payload production equipment in Asan as it builds up its ADC contract development and manufacturing business.
Announced
Received KRW 20 billion in low-interest loan support from the National Growth Fund to build its ADC production facility.
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Experience in official career sources
Talent pool
KyongBo Pharmaceutical — open talent application (always open)
Applications observed open
Observed 2026-10-26
Work
Unconfirmed — The careers site lists only an always-open application; duties could not be confirmed.
Experience & requirements
Unconfirmed — Eligibility requirements could not be confirmed from the careers site listing.
Information from a role guide does not establish a current vacancy.
Individual vacancy
KyongBo Pharmaceutical rolling recruitment (entry / experienced)
Closed posting
Observed 2026-10-26 · Application window Date unconfirmed — 2026-10-26
Work
Unconfirmed — The posting details are delivered as images or scripts, so duties could not be confirmed.
Experience & requirements
Unconfirmed — Beyond being open to new and experienced applicants, experience requirements could not be confirmed.
Sources & coverage 8
A brief based on selected official material, not an exhaustive product or vacancy list.
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