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Since 2011, South Korea has been the only country in the world to formally classify propofol as a controlled narcotic — a regulatory choice most other countries, including the US, have never made. That unusual classification sits at the center of a niche but highly profitable corner of Korea's pharmaceutical industry, dominated by a single mid-cap company holding roughly 20% of the domestic anes..