Korea Pugang Corporation (Korean: 조선부강회사) is a North Korean holding company founded in 1979. Pugang Pharmaceutic Company (Korean: 부강제약회사; 富强製藥會社) is a pharmaceutical company founded in 1983. It is operated by North Korea's Ministry of Public Health. Although the company had its assets frozen as a result of U.S. sanctions, its products are sold internationally by Lekar Korea, a distributor based in Russia.
North Korea plans to sell its drugs in Russia, which treat everything from insomnia to leukemia. Of course, their effectiveness hasn't been proven.
Krasnodar company "Gradient" imports to Russia the injectable dietary supplement "Kumdan-2", produced by North Korean Pugang Pharmaceutical Corporation, according to data from the Federal Accreditation Service. The DPRK authorities advertise this product as a universal cure for all diseases - MERS, SARS and even HIV/AIDS.