Industry Overview

Statistics

Market size

- 12th biggest country in the global pharma market

<Market size of Korea pharmaceutical industry>

Source : MFDS

Export and Import

<Korea Pharma exports and imports>

Source : MFDS

Technology Transfer

Year 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Value
(Number of cases)
$7.1bn
(14)
$7.9bn
(15)
$11bn
(34)
$4.8bn
(16)
$5.9bn
(20)

Source : KPBMA

Industrial R&D Investment

<R&D Expenses-Revenue Ratio (2022)>

Source : MOHW, Bank of Korea, Financial Supervisory Service

New drugs development Pipeline

<Number of Pipelines>

Source : KPBMA

<Pipelines by new drug type>

Source : KPBMA

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