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KPA carries out demo project for ‘digitalization of paper prescriptions’
The Korea Pharmaceutical Association(President Chan-Hwi Cho, KPA) signed a memorandum of understanding on the 26th to improve efficiency of delivering prescriptions between hospitals and pharmacies, enhance convenienc...
Serial Number Committee to carry out preparation of aggregation guideline and demo project
A demo project will be conducted to inspect standardization of medicine aggregation.
The Serial Number System Revision Committee on the 26th had discussions about ways to standardize aggregation and combined use or u...
Dong-A ST challenges ‘Viread’ with ‘Virreal,’ hepatitis B treatment
Dong-A ST will challenge ‘Viread’ by launching ‘Virreal Tab,’ a hepatitis B treatment, on the 1st of October.
Virreal Tab is a product which changed fumarate from tenofovir disoproxil fumarate, the main substance of ...
“We only take returns of medicine directly supplied from us”
While pharmaceutical distribution companies are seeking for solutions for the 1.5 year suspension as an administrative measure from violating the serial number system, some pharmaceutical companies were criticized for...
Medicines suspended supply and manufacturing due to various reasons
There are an increasing number of medicines going out of stock or be suspended manufacturing for various reasons.
Alvogen Korea is expected to suspend manufacturing of ‘Colonyte Powd’ and ‘Colonyte Powd 2L’ due to it...
182 medicines including Follitrope Prefilled Syringe Inj newly registered for health insurance service
182 medicines, including Follitrope Prefilled Syringe Inj, an infertility treatment, will be newly applied for the health insurance service from the 1st of October.
The Ministry of Health and Welfare(MOHW) amended an...
KRW 1.9 trillion exports in 1st half of the year, increased by 6.9%
The 1st half of this year’s medicine exports were KRW 1.9 trillion, reaching KRW 2 trillion, and 106 listed pharmaceutical companies recorded KRW 8.3 trillion sales.
The Ministry of Health and Welfare(Minister Neung-...
C&R Research founds first Korea-China joint clinical CRO company in China
In order to provide clinical trial and approval services in China, C&R Research announced on the 21st it founded the first Korea-China joint CRO organization called ‘C&R-LEWEI JV (北京乐维创信医药科技有限公司)’ with Lewei in ...
Myungmoon acquires approval of its stomach and head & neck cancer treatment as ‘first generic’
Myungmoon Pharm, which has recently concentrated its capacity into the anticancer drug business, acquired approval of its stomach cancer and head & neck cancer treatments, ‘Tego Cap 20 and Tego Cap 25,’ from the Minis...
Jeil Pharmaceutical’s new diabetes type I drug development selected as MOHW’s project
‘JP -2266,’ a new oral diabetes type I drug being developed by Jeil Pharmaceutical(CEO/President Seok-Jae Sung), was selected as the Ministry of Health and Welfare’s high-tech medical technology development(new drug d...
