Yohnap
6/12/2007
The chief executive officer of the world’s largest drugmaker, Pfizer Inc., plans to visit a hospital in North Korea this week, the company’s South Korean subsidiary said Tuesday.
Jeff Kindler, along with around 40 Pfizer officials, is scheduled to visit the Kaesong Hospital in the inter-Korean industrial park in Kaesong on Thursday, Pfizer Pharmaceutical Korea said in a statement.
The chief executive officer was to arrive in South Korea later in the day for a three-day visit. He is to meet with local health officials and sign a memorandum of understanding with the Health Ministry during his visit.
During his first trip to South Korea, Kindler also plans to visit local research centers, including the state-run Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, to discuss possible joint projects for development of new drugs, the statement added.
The New York-based company manufactures the world’s No. 1 selling blood cholesterol drug Lipitor and the well-known erectile dysfunction drug Viagra. Kindler took the helm of the company in February.
