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Discontent mounting over multinationals’ hesitant action
Despite local pharmaceutical wholesalers’ desire to make a direct transaction with foreign-invested manufacturers here, most of multinational firms are still hesitant on how to cope with antipathy of Zuellig’s associ...
Two drugmakers win medication redemption lawsuit against goverment
The Seoul Central District Court ruled on October 14 that Yungin Pharm and Ildong Pharm should not refund their revenues associated with bioequivalence fabrication cases, while 60 million won was fined to six local bi...
Bill to simplify commercialization of ACT proposed
A lawmaker has proposed a bill to let an autologous cell therapy commercialize with Phase I clinical trial only, holding a promise to patients with rare or life-threatening diseases.
Under the proposed bill, a drug...
US FDA OKs Korean neutropenia treatment drug
Hanmi Pharm said it has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to conduct Phase 1 clinical trial of LAPS-GCSF (HM10460A, a drug for the treatment of neutropenia, following an approval on novel er...
Multinational, Zuellig challenged
CEOs of multinational pharmaceutical firms and Zuellig Korea officials held a meeting on October 13 to discuss ways to keep wholesalers from making direct transactions, while associate wholesalers with Zuellig are thr...
Oral premature ejaculation to go on sale in Korea
Jassen Korea says its oral premature ejaculation medicine “Priligy” (dapoxetine) will be available in Korea from October 20, the first launching in Asia.
Premature ejaculation is a distressing sexual dysfunction th...
HIRA criticized over Lipotor’s moderate price reduction
The Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA)’s recent decision to make a moderate price reduction applied to Lipitor, the world's best-selling medicine made by Pfizer, has invited criticism from a lawmake...
Drug patent website satisfy users
The majority of users, who visit drug patent website “Patent Informedix”, express their satisfaction on the contents, according to a recent survey conducted by the Korea Food and Drug Administration between September ...
Government urged to delete first generic with no sales or production records
A lawmaker said that 375 generics with no sales or production performance should be deleted from a list of insurance eligible medicines in a bid to prevent doctors from prescribing such drugs.
When a generic drug g...
Questions raised over domestically produced vaccine
Controversy on the safety of locally available vaccine will heat up as a total of thee elderly people died on October 5, 6 and 7 after being shot with seasonal vaccines produced by Green Cross Corporation.
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