The Koryo Chilbo Pharmaceutical Factory of the Pyongyang University of Medical Sciences is equipped with modern pharmaceutical production processes certified by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea for medicine production and quality management (GMP). It has established a circle of research, production and sale of Koryo medicines led by science and technology. It manufactures a wide variety of Koryo medicines from natural medicinal materials by employing traditional medical theories and methods as well as modern technologies for extraction and blending.  Its medicines and health foods are in great demand among the people for their high quality.