Russian drug company says it shipped $74K worth of medication to North Korea

NK News – North Korea News · May 27, 2026

A Russian pharmaceutical firm says it has shipped its first batch of heart and blood pressure, dementia and hair loss drugs to North Korea for an expected sale date in June. The shipment covered nearly 20,000 packages of various medicines worth some $74,300, the St. Petersburg-based drugmaker WERTEX announced in a press release on Tuesday. […]