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Round of golf unattractive for doctors
With the year-end season approaching, some doctors even expect remuneration in cash instead of golf tour as they know they do their part in return for the gifts, according to pharmaceutical business sources.
For ex...
Korea needs earlier introduction of public health pharmacist system
Korea must implement an earlier introduction of the public health pharmacist system for graduates of pharmacy college, which may replace the obligatory military service for two years, according to three pharmacists wh...
Cold medicine sales show stable signs
The recent sales of cold remedies have maintained the similar pattern as did in last year, as domestic demand on cold remedies has been on the gradual increase
So far, the H1N1 flu pandemic emic was chiefly respon...
Korea United Pharm seeking to change local production base
Korea United Pharm Inc., a fast growing pharmaceutical company, is considering moving its production site to Vietnam to manufacture metformin tablets.
"Vietnam is our Asian base. Southeast Asian nations are likely ...
Myungin’s Igatan wins TV advertising award
Myungin Pharm said on November 24 that it grabbed a gold TV prize in 2009 Maekyung Adverting Award ceremony.
According to the organizers, the Igatan advertisement expressed well the dental drug’s concept – “We are...
Industry expert sees combination drugs as new growth engine
Combination products will turn out to be tremendously lucrative as one of strategic items once they receive formal approval from a reliable drug-licensing agency and are put onto the market, according to a local marke...
KPA opposes new pharmacy college plan
The government should scrap the plan to allow employees working at pharmaceutical firms to apply for the new department to be established in collages of pharmacy, the Korean Pharmaceutical Association said on November...
Handk to introduce new anticancer drug
Handok Pharm says it has recently signed a licensing agreement with the U.S. based Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a commercial stage biotechnology company with a primary focus in oncology, to develop and market Spect...
Allergan Korea launches new treatment for hypotrichosis of the eyelashes
Allergan Korea said it has launched LATISSE™ (bimatoprost ophthalmic solution) 0.03% as a novel treatment for hypotrichosis of the eyelashes.
Eyelash hypotrichosis is another name for having inadequate or not enoug...
Proper placement of pharmacists at hospital is still in debate
Pharmacists working at hospitals nationwide are still struggling to adjust the number of pharmacists per size of hospitals.
Under the current regulation, a hospital is required to recruit a pharmacist based on the ...
