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Lighter punishment sought for smooth drug supply
The Korea Food and Drug Administration says it has a plan to alleviate a harsher administrative dispositions to some drug makes who failed to comply with the current small drug package system in 2008.
The plan is d...
Wholesalers fail in hospital bids
Several wholesalers’ bid to supply medicines to Youngnam University Hospital fell shot yet after failing to meet the suggested prices of the hospital, sources said on March 9.
A wholesaler did not hide a sense of d...
Government to strengthen drug quality regulations
A total of 71 medicines, ingredients and excipients will be redefined in the Korea Pharmacopoeia (KP), with an aim to strengthen the quality standards for better health of general public, according to the national wat...
Drugmakers to recruit new employees
This month is expected to be the most crucial season for job hunters, as a number of pharmaceutical companies that have recruitment plans like other industries are scheduled to employ new talents.
According to a po...
Sebivo demonstrated better antiviral activity compared to lamivudine in patients with hepatitis
Handok Pharm announced on March 9 new clinical data of Sebivo (telbivudine) for 24 weeks of treatment of chronic hepatitis B (CHB). Handok is a co-distributor of Sebivo in Korea.
Data from the second year of the ph...
Concerns growing over financial stability of health insurance
There are growing concerns over the financial stability of health insurance as healthcare spending is expected to surge in the near future since the country's elderly population will rise significantly.
In a forum ...
Drug-emergent adverse events top 46,168 for 8 years
A total of 46,168 adverse events caused by a variety of medicines to the Korea Food and Drug Administration have been reported for the recent eight years (2002 to 2009), a whopping 312-fold increase, according to Kim ...
Nutrition for your health concerns
Turning to health supplements is ideal for people of any age who are looking for additional support through naturally occurring ingredients.
Ideally, people would receive all of their required nutrition from the f...
Daewoong Bio to build 65 billion won plant in Kyunggi Province
Daewoong Bio says it will invest 65.0 billion won to build a cGMP plant producing a variety of pharmaceutical raw materials.
“To expand our production capacity of export-oriented pharmaceutical bulks, including UDC...
Korea Bone Bank to commercialize bone-regenerating protein
Korea Bone Bank a Seoul-based medical device maker, expects the company to be a global player in the emerging market for bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs), known for their ability to stimulate the production of new b...
