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[JW NOW] JW makes another breakthrough by penetrating the European TPN market as the first Asian com
JW Group has persistently invested considerable amounts of money and resources to build a global- scale manufacturing infrastructure over a long period of time to grow our presence in overseas markets, and such effort has come to fruition as a sales license for Finomel, a three-chamber total parenteral nutrition (TPN) product, in Europe following the completion of the decentralized procedure (DCP) in the region; now JW has become the first Asian company to earn such a license for a TPN product in Europe. As the full- swing production of Finomel is soon to begin, it may be an opportune timing to reflect on the efforts we have made to accomplish this remarkable feat.
Break into the 1 trillion won global TPN market!
A three-chamber TPN product Finomel (launched as Winuf in Korea) independently developed by our group received a sales license from European countries including the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Belgium. It is the first time that a TPN product from an Asian company made a foray into the European market, which makes it all the more meaningful.
The production of a TPN, given its nature to require a direct infusion of fluids into a vein, requires stricter quality control and more sophisticated manufacturing technology. Finomel’s success to open the European market with a notoriously high and sturdy barrier is a testimony to JW’s global leading technology and competitiveness in TPN production.
Baxter has recognized the value
Baxter International (NYSE: BAX) is a global healthcare company headquartered in the US. It is a developer, manufacturer, and seller of essential medical products that save and sustain the lives of patients with hemophilia, immune disease, cancer, infectious disease, or other acute or chronic disease; it founded its Korean office in 1991. It is a strong market leader in the PN industry, dominating at least a third of the global market.
The headquarters of Baxter in the US
This influential market player Baxter, taking interest in JW’s TPN manufacturing technology and growth potential, signed an agreement for exclusive license and supply with the group in July 2013.
And last year following the EU-GMP certification of the manufacturing line for the three-chamber TPN at the JW Dangjin Production Complex in March, the DCP (Decentralized Procedure) to obtain marketing authorization in Europe was finalized, and then sales license applications for Finomel were filed to the medicine agencies of individual countries in Q4.
Finally, the EU-sales license has come out this year, realizing JW’s landing in the European market that has eluded many entry attempts for a long time. It is a valuable result of the group’s tenacious determination to continue investing in a fluid business that many pharmaceutical companies are reluctant to jump into because of troublesome profitability as well as its relentless efforts to develop related technologies.
JW will begin the mass production of Finomel at the end of April, and the product will officially hit the European market beginning in Q2.
R&D and investment looking ahead translates into a great success
What defines JW Group is “fluids.” We chose fluid products early on despite their not-so-high profitability and have walked on a tumultuous road untrodden by others. Under our founding philosophy to uphold corporate social responsibility, we have continuously invested in a fluid business and grown our strength in the pharmaceutical market.
Establishing Korea’s first fluid research lab in 2003, we developed non-PVC films for fluid bags and high-functional, multi-chamber containers first and then constructed the world-largest, eco-friendly factory specializing in non-PVC fluids in Dangjin, South Chungcheong Province with 160 billion investments in 2006. From raw materials to produce fluids to finished goods, our technological and manufacturing capabilities encompass the entire product cycle of fluids from R&D, manufacturing, and supply chain management to make ourselves one of the top players in the world fluid market.
JW fluids developed with the spirit of pioneer and originality will soon be seen everywhere in the fields of medical service across the world. We, all JW members, can take pride in what we have achieved.
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