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Samjin’s clopidogrel drug takes on Plavix
Samjin Pharm is enjoying brisk sales of its blood-thinning agent, Platless (clopidogrel).
Sales of Samjin’s Platless reached 25.5 billion since its release in January 2007, making it one of the top-selling drugs in...
Whanin to launch first generic of risedronate drug
Whanin Pharm says it will launch the first generic drug of Actonel (risedronate sodium) 35 mg as a weekly dosage.
The insurance price of risedronate 35 mg is valued at 6,435 won per tablet.
Risedronate is used t...
Glivec approved for GIST treatment
The Korea Food and Drug Administration on March 4 approved the Novartis drug Glivec (imatinib mesylate) for the treatment of patients with Kit (CD 117) positive unresectable (inoperable) and/or metastatic malignant ga...
Benefits of national pension fund to be expanded
A total of 2.3 million people eligible for the national pension fund will receive more benefits of the fund from next month, up 4.7 percent from a year earlier, according to the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Family ...
Salespersons drain roils Korean drugmakers
The Korea Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association said it has attentively watched the attempts of multinational companies stationed in Korea to scout experienced salespersons of Korean pharmaceutical firms.
“Forei...
KPMA chief to give warning to drugmakers
Korea Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (KPMA) Chairman Ur Choon-sun will issue a strong warning to drug manufacturers over their irregular business practices in a forthcoming meeting in order to induce volunta...
Foreign funds eager to acquire Korean pharmaceutical firms
The merger and acquisition of Korea’s small- and mid-sized companies is talk of town nowadays amid steep Korean won’s slide.
A number of potential bidders who want these companies will remain a lucrative business i...
Novartis Korea appoints Kim as head of Novartis Venture Fund
Novartis Korea said it has appointed Kim Yeon-joon as Head of Novartis’s local venture fund. Kim is currently Medical Scientific Liaison Officer of the company.
This appoint was made following the promotion of Kim ...
Hamel Trade Award 2009 granted to Berna Biotech Korea
The Dutch Business Club Korea (DBCK), in co-operation with the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency awarded Berna Biotech Korea, a Korean unit of Crucell Berna headqu...
Efforts for self-purification are needed
The request report about Pfizer payments to Harvard Medical faculty members in the last two years has haunted the Korean pharmaceutical manufacturers, indicating tough law enforcement in the future in order to induce ...
