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OPTUS Pharmaceutical

A total eye care pharmaceutical company that develops and makes prescription ophthalmic medicines for dry eye, glaucoma, allergy and other conditions, and single-dose eye drops.

Ophthalmic prescription medicines

Marketed

Prescription ophthalmic portfolio for hospitals and clinics covering dry-eye treatments, antibiotics, anti-allergy agents, steroids, and glaucoma and retinopathy treatments, including preservative-free eye drops such as Tearin Free and Diquafree.

QLOSI

Approved

Presbyopia eye drop in-licensed under a September 2024 exclusive Korean licence with Orasis Pharmaceuticals of the U.S.; approved by the U.S. FDA in October 2023. Korean approval has not been confirmed.

Osong Plant 1

Service

Eye-drop plant in the Osong biotech complex, Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do, using a one-step blow-fill-seal (BFS) system; certified KGMP in 2010 and EU GMP, CE and ISO 13485 in 2018, with annual capacity of about 470 million units after a fourth line was added in 2022.

Osong Plant 2

Service

Eye-drop plant started in August 2024 and completed in December 2025 with annual capacity of about 360 million units, bringing combined capacity with Plant 1 to about 830 million units a year.

Announced

Changed the QLOSI licence terms with Orasis Pharmaceuticals, dropping the approval-stage payment in favour of USD 2 million on Korean filing, USD 2 million at USD 40 million cumulative net sales and about USD 8.22 million at USD 80 million; the 15% royalty on net sales is unchanged.

Individual vacancy

Osong Plant 2 — Production engineering

Applications observed open

Observed 2026-10-26 · Application window Date unconfirmed — 2026-11-23

Work
Runs compounding, filling and packaging of single-dose eye drops, maintains the equipment, operates manufacturing facilities and solves process problems.
Experience & requirements
Requires at least an associate degree in an engineering field such as mechanical, chemical or pharmaceutical engineering and three or more years at a pharmaceutical company; five or more years managing packaging equipment in a pharma plant and experience on a new-plant construction task force are preferred.

Individual vacancy

Osong Plant 2 — Quality control (QC), clean area

Applications observed open

Observed 2026-10-26 · Application window Date unconfirmed — 2026-11-16

Work
Manages the clean area on site, cleans and disinfects it, launders and manages cleanroom garments, and keeps logbooks.
Experience & requirements
High-school education or higher; any major and experience level. Clean-area management experience is preferred. A 12-month contract role with review for permanent conversion afterwards.
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  1. 옵투스제약 ↗옵투스제약 · Published Date unconfirmed · Sources checked 2026-10-26
  2. OPTUS Pharmaceutical ↗OPTUS Pharmaceutical · Published Date unconfirmed · Sources checked 2026-10-26
  3. 미션&비전 ↗옵투스제약 · Published Date unconfirmed · Sources checked 2026-10-26
  4. 안과사업 ↗옵투스제약 · Published Date unconfirmed · Sources checked 2026-10-26
  5. 오송1공장 ↗옵투스제약 · Published Date unconfirmed · Sources checked 2026-10-26
  6. 옵투스제약, 노안 신약 기술료 재협상…136억 지급 부담 이연 ↗프레스나인 · Published 2026-10-22 · Sources checked 2026-10-26
  7. 옵투스제약, '클로시' 도입 기술료 지급 조건 변경 ↗메디포뉴스 · Published 2026-10-25 · Sources checked 2026-10-26
  8. 오송2공장 ↗옵투스제약 · Published Date unconfirmed · Sources checked 2026-10-26
  9. 연혁 ↗옵투스제약 · Published Date unconfirmed · Sources checked 2026-10-26
  10. [오송2공장] 생산기술 ↗옵투스제약 · Published Date unconfirmed · Sources checked 2026-10-26
  11. 옵투스제약 채용공고 ↗옵투스제약 · Published Date unconfirmed · Sources checked 2026-10-26
  12. [오송2공장] 품질관리(QC) 청정구역 ↗옵투스제약 · Published Date unconfirmed · Sources checked 2026-10-26