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FTC officials raid pharmaceutical firms in rebate probe
A team of officials from the Fair Trade Commission (FTC) raided the headquarters of CJ Jeildang and Janssen Korea on January 12 and 13, respectively, as part of a widening investigation into kickback allegations again...
KPMA launches drug technology research group
The Korea Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association said it has launched a new drug technology research group to beef up efforts to develop new pharmaceutical technologies through a closer collaboration between industr...
Drug manager to receive mandatory training
The government plan to run mandatory basic training to improve the capacity of managers involved in the manufacture and import of medicines, possibly in the first half of this year.
A bill to have managers in produ...
Handok Pharm hosts “CURE 2010 Symposium” on benign prostatic hyperplasia
Handok Pharm hosted an international symposium under the theme of “New paradigm in LUTS/benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH),'' in Seoul in January 9.
About 150 renowned urologists in Korea gathered at the Seoul Hilt...
Schenell Biopharmaceutical jumps into biosimilars
Schenell Biopharmaceutical Inc. is jumping into a blue ocean for newer versions of innovator biopharmaceutical products, biosimilars, following an agreement with Aprogen Co. to take over all marketing rights of biosim...
Health ministry change name to Ministry of Health and Welfare Affairs
The Cabinet meeting has recently decided to change the name of health ministry to Ministry of Health and Welfare Affairs from Ministry of Health, Welfare and Family Affairs.
Instead, the Ministry of Gender Equality...
Promotion elevates morale of OTC managers
This year’s executive promotion announcement at major pharmaceutical firms has enhanced the morale of OTC personnel.
A number of OTC managers have promoted to executives at Dong-A Pharm, Chong Kun Dang Pharmceutica...
Wholesalers emphasizes closer collaboration with drug makers
Closer cooperation between domestic wholesalers and drug makers is likely to pick up, with efforts being made to step up exchanges in the “win-win” spirit, according to the Korea Association of Pharmaceutical Wholesal...
Bukwang starts shipping first local hepatitis B drug
Bukwang Pharm says it will send to the Philippines the first ship loaded with 6,600 packs (30 mg x 30 caps) of Levovir capsule, the first domestically developed treatment for the disease and the 11th original Korean d...
Safety of Lanzhou botulinum toxin proven for 8 years
Botulinum toxin manufactured by China’s Lanzhou Institute of Biological Products has not been associated with deaths for the last eight years, according to Hanall Pharm.
The company claimed that no death has been r...
