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Shares of Choong-wae rallied
Shares of Choong-wae Pharm reached a record high during trading on February 26, driven by bright prospects of new drug development and pharmaceutical bulk export.
Choong-wae ended up 14.6%, to 1,550 won, at 12,000...
Insecticides market contested by 2 foreign invested firms
Business sources say the domestic household insecticides market has emerged as an arena of two foreign makers – Henkel Homecare Korea and Jonson & Johnson Korea.
The two makers plan to target pharmacy market to boo...
Yungjin’s management, labor union to seek co-existance
The management and labor union of Yungjin Pharm will seek its full cooperation amid business downturn.
The company has made its painstaking efforts to stay afloat despite the last five year’s deficit.
Mutual con...
Yuyu’s Uclid wins Korea's new drug development and technology awards
Yuyu Pharm’s Uclid, a combination of ticlopidine HCl and ginkgo biloba extract, has recently won the Grand Prize in Korea’s New Drug Development Award hosted by the Korean Drug Research Association (KDRA)
It took ...
Korean wholesalers at crossroads
The country’s wholesaling medicine business s standing at a crossroads, many experts say.
With large companies and foreign capitals eying to infiltrate into the domestic wholesaling market, Korean wholesalers are s...
KPMA to create fair competition
Members of the Korea Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association have rolled up its sleeves to stamp out irregular business activities through the recent launching of a fair trade promotion center.
Under the all-out e...
Generic testing helpful to prediction of initial dose of warfarin
An algorithm incorporating genetic information is helpful in predicting the appropriate initial dose of warfarin in patients who are "outliers" - that is, those who require either higher- or lower-than-average doses o...
Pharmacists seeking to cut credit card fees
The Korean Pharmaceutical Association has called for the government to take the necessary measures to lower the current credit card fees pharmacies are charged, at a public hearing hosted by Rep. Chun Hae-sook on Febr...
Kim named director of Dongwha
Dongwha Pharm appointed Hyung-wook as its new director, responsible for taking charge of foreign business involving export and licensing.
The 39-year-old Kim worked for the U.S. based LSK BioPartners, Inc. as direc...
Mixed reactions over stem cell
Recent advances in stem-cell research have raised new hopes and uneasiness. On the hope front comes the discovery that stem cells can be derived from reprogrammed adult skin cells, making it appear less important to u...
