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Pharmacist fees to rise by 1.9%
Pharmacy dispensing charges will go up by an average of 1.9 percent from next year, the National Health Insurance Corporation announced on November 10.
NHIC officials said it signed an agreement on the same day wit...
Wholesalers calls for wider direct transaction
Members of the Korea Association of Pharmaceutical Wholesaler have urged multinational drug manufacturers to open direct dealings for establishing a fair competition.
The association issued one statement on Novembe...
KFDA mulls BGMP guideline to ‘Joins’ generics
The Korea Food and Drug Administration is considering implementing the bulk good manufacturing practice to the generic versions of Joins, an arthritis drug developed by SK Chemicals Co.
In an information session on...
Hanall announces supply agreement with Chinese firm over H1N1 vaccine
In an effort to secure an adequate supply of the vaccine, Korea's Hanall Pharmaceutical Co. signed a memorandum of understanding with Ealong Biotech Ltd., a Chinese vaccine maker, on November 11 to purchase as many as...
Tamiflu shortfall predicted
A government’s recent document raised people's concerns over the H1N1 flu virus, saying the current stockpiles of Tamiflu for children are in short supply.
“Korea has stocked 843,738 doses of Tamiflu 75 mg, while t...
KFDA to beef up risk management system
The Korea Food and Drug Administration is considering gearing up to strengthen its risk management system in a move to re-examine efficiently GMP related validation work into a more-centralized one.
To that end, th...
Small- and medium-sized companies should be exposed to new technology
Domestic small- and medium-sized drug makers should focus on research and development of new drugs to survive in an era of the free trade agreements, experts said.
These firms should pursue the knowledge-intensive...
Sewon Cellontech makes 12.2 billion plant export deal
Sewon Cellontech said on November 9 it signed an agreement with Australia based Kellogg Joint Venture Gorgon to export its column in the Gorgon LNG Project. The column is a vertical type equipment and designed with lo...
Two pharmaceutical firms launch antidiabetic campaign in Dokdo
Handok Pharm and Novartis Korea launched an antidiabetic campaign in Dokdo, emphasizing a similar movement to protect pancreatic islet cell in the treatment of diabetes.
Located roughly halfway between Korea and Ja...
KFDA to get tough over imports of pharmaceutical raw materials
The Korea Food and Drug Administration has recently announced that it will implement more strict import regulations to prevent substandard substances being brought into the country.
Under the new regulations, which...
