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CJ seeks to take up more market share of flagship products
CJ CheilJedang Corp. said the combined sales of its top 10 drugs amounted to 147.3 billion won last year.
These medicines include dietary therapy Basen (23.2 billion won in sales), lipid-lowering agent Mebalothin (...
Education minister grilled over medical graduate school system
Rep. Yoon Seok-yong of the ruling Grand National Party said that there must be a fundamental change in the education system, which include improving the current medical graduate school system, during a National Assemb...
60% of elderly people understand drug’s efficacy
Almost 40 percent of elderly patients aged over 65 have not been fully informed of drug’s therapeutic effect due to lack of drug guidance from doctor or pharmacist, according to a recent survey of 605 elderly people c...
Jinyang teams up with Choong-wae over antiplatelet agent
Industry watchers expect the domestic antiplatelet agent market is about to heat up, as Jinyang Pharm has joined hands with Choong-wae Pharm to market Clivix (clopidogrel) tablets.
Launched in November 2006, Clivix...
Bukwang’s stocks attract local investors
The share price of Bukwang Pharm has been on gradual increase as its investigational drug Levovir (clevudine) has been globally spotlighted these days.
Clevudine is an oral, once-daily pyrimidine nucleoside analog ...
Incentive drugs for substitute dispensing decline in January
A total of 3,777 incentive drugs (including 155 control drugs), which have been endorsed by bioequivalence tests, are available for substitute dispensing as of January 31 this year, down 146 items compared with 3,923 ...
Government urged to get tough against doctor’s illegal rebate
Pharmacists have been calling for the government to legislate a new bill designed to prevent doctors from receiving undue rebates.
Shady deals between doctors and pharmaceutical firms have been criticized for drivi...
Drug wholesalers agonizes over hosting of IFPW meeting
The Korean Association of Pharmaceutical Wholesalers (KAPW) is considering hosting the next general membership meeting of the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Wholesalers (IFPW).
KAPW chairman Lee Han-woo...
Park Dong-joo named sales director of CJ
Park Dong-joo, 46 has been appointed as new hospital business director for CJ Cheiljedang Corporation.
Between 1990 and 2005, Park held high-ranking positions in AstraZeneca Korea and Novartis Korea in sales and ma...
KDRA to launch technical business committee
The Korea Drug Research Association (KDRA)’s PharmaTech Business Center (PTBC) said it will set up its ninth technical business committee with 62 staff members representing 41 pharmaceutical companies.
The committe...
