Reports began to surface that North Korean pharmaceutical companies were preparing to export their drugs to Russia. These weren’t familiar over-the-counter remedies like ibuprofen, but supposedly original medicines developed and manufactured in North Korea — drugs that, according to their producers, can treat everything from Ebola to drug addiction[…]
NK News[…]listed several examples:
*Royal Blood-Fresh — made from fermented soybean components and said to “improve blood health”[…]
*Angungsahyang — a mix of musk, essential oils, and unspecified plant extracts that[…]delivers “immediate effects” for aphasia, paralysis, and even coma
NK News notes that North Korean health products aren’t entirely new to the Russian market[…]Kumdang-2, a ginseng-based injectable, has been imported for years. Its packaging claims the drug is effective against hepatitis, malaria, tuberculosis, influenza, substance addiction, insomnia, and dozens of other conditions[…]
None of these drugs are officially registered with the country’s Health Ministry — meaning there’s no entry for them in the State Register of Medicines

There also isn’t any evidence that the North Korean medications actually work. No clinical trial data for these products can be found — though that’s hardly surprising, given how rarely North Korean scientists publish in international journals[…]
There’s a simpler route North Korean manufacturers might take: selling their products[…]as dietary supplements[…]
Kumdang-2 — which its makers call the “best remedy” for dozens of illnesses — is officially registered in Russia as an herbal facial toner[…]
Allowing North Korean pharmaceuticals into the Russian market could be yet another form of compensation — a thank-you for Kim Jong Un’s support in the war against Ukraine