Korean Journal of Agricultural Science (농업과학연구)

Institute of Agricultural Science, CNU (충남대학교 농업과학연구소)
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A Study on Economic Analysis of R&D Output -With Respect to Hirudin-

연구개발제품(硏究開發製品)의 경제성분석(經濟性分析) 연구(硏究) - 히루딘을 중심으로 -

  • Hyeon, Byung-Hwan (R&D Policy Section and Economic Analysis Section, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology) ;
  • Lim, Jae-Hwan (Dep. of Agricultural Economics, Colleage of Agriculture, Chungnam National University)
  • 현병환 (KIST 생명공학연구소) ;
  • 임재환 (충남대학교 농과대학 농업경제학과)
  • Published : 1997.06.30
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Abstract

Hirudin is a potent thrombin inhibitor originally derived from the medicinal leech. Leeches were commonly used at the turn of the century for bloodletting and are still used today in some countries. So, hirudin is being developed as a alternative to heparin which has several shortcomings. This study is intended to analyze R&D trends, potential market for hirudin and existing anticoagulant drug market. Anticoagulant drug market in Korea is estimated by over 1,200 billion won in 2010 and revenues in the world market are forecasted to reach 1.62 billion dollar in 1999.

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