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Pharmacists to get cash receipt card
The National Tax Service unveiled its plan on March 11 to issue a cash receipt card to pharmacists for verifying their expenditure statement from March 14.
"Without issuance of separate tax statement or cash recei...
Dong-A targets W800 billion sales
Backed by active promotion of flagship products (e.g., Stillen, Zydena) and strenuous overseas expansion, Dong-A Pharm has set an ambitious goal of 800 billion won in sales and 100 billion in operating income this yea...
Daewoong teams up with Genexel-Sein to develop new biodrugs
Daewoong Pharm and Genexel-Sei, Inc. are to carry out a joint research for development of new antibodies, protein and biosimilar products.
The two companies exchanged a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in a signin...
KT to lower Web-EDI transmission charge by 3%
The Web-EDI (electronic data interchange) transmission charge to be imposed on medical institutions will be reduced by three percent from this month, an official from the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service...
KFDA to seek military service exemption of pharmacists at factory
The Korea Food and Drug Administration says it would seek to exempt compulsory military service of pharmacists working for regional pharmaceutical plants as part of efforts, not only to attract adequate number of prod...
Government sees medical device industry as growth engine
The government said that the medical device industry will be promoted as one of the next growth engines for the Korean economy. While Korea has entered into a period of stagnation akin to the global economy, the medic...
Daewoong to file overseas patent application over new dementia treatment
Daewoong Pharm and Medifron DBT, a pharmaceutical company specializing in the development of neurological treatments, said on March 10 it will jointly file its patent application of DBT-1339, a novel treatment for Alz...
Hospitals, clinics to face on-spot inspection in second half
The Ministry of Health, Welfare and Family Affairs plans to inspect some hospitals and clinics that have so far overcharged medical insurance, including the same medical corporations that established a plural number o...
LG CNS to offer free medical check-ups
LG CNS said it would, in collaboration with the Korean Industrial Health Association, provide its free medical examination for a total of 100 employed working at two small- and mid-sized firms within this month, as pa...
Stem cells emerge as leading stock
Stem cell-related stocks have come back to the throne as the U.S. President Barack Obama will sign an executive order overturning President’s Bush’s embryonic stem cell research policy, according to Mirae Asset
Sto...