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Government urged to stockpile more flu virus vaccines
Korea should secure a sufficient supply of treatment drugs, including Tamiflu through a compulsory licensing that stops the patent periods of the drugs and allows the domestic production of their generic drugs, a lawm...
Government to spend 70 billion in health and medical projects
The government has unveiled its plan to spend a total of 69.4 billion won in a bid to promote disease-related research and strategic research and development (R&D) in the second half of the year, the Ministry of Healt...
New medicine Toviaz launched for overactive bladder
Pfizer Korea said it has released a new prescription drug called Toviaz (fesoterodine fumarate) to treat overactive bladder (OAB) in adults.
Toviaz, which is taken once daily, is available as an extended-release ta...
Number of chronic renal failure patients more than doubled in 8 years
Due to multiplying senior population and diets high in salt, the number of patients suffering chronic renal failure (CRF) has more than doubled between 2001 to 2008, showed a report released by the National Health Ins...
Government reluctant to issue compulsory license over Tamiflu
Health Minister Jeon Jae-hee said that the questions over whether the government should explore options for compulsory licensing have never been debated seriously.
During a session of the parliamentary committee on...
KPMA to assess possible damage of price cut
The Korea Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association has unveiled its plan to assess the possible damage that the government’s drug price cut policy would cause in the local pharmaceutical industry.
To this end, the ...
Bioequivalence testing over new combination drugs to be made compulsory next July
The Korea Food and Drug Administration announced that drug makers are required to conduct bioequivalence tests for new combination medicines from July next year as part of its efforts laid the foundation for Korean ph...
More efforts urged to fight flu
The Korea Medical Association said on August 3 that the government should step up measures to allow doctors to directly dispense antiviral agents and other necessary medicines in a bid to prevent further spread of the...
Move to establish drug related department at pharmacy college provokes protest
The government's move to allow some universities to establish a new drug related department at pharmacy colleges provoked criticism from the Korean Pharmaceutical Association.
The KPA officials showed strong opposi...
Dong-A overtakes Sanofi-Aventis Korea
Dong-A Pharm retook the number one spot in the local prescription drug market, industry data showed recently.
According to IMS data, Dong-A’s second-quarter ethical sales came in at 107.7 billion won, beating that ...
