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MSD Korea to recruits subjects with advanced multiple myeloma
MSD Korea said on January 7 that it will conduct its local phase 3 and Phase 2b Studies in seven universities hospitals for Merck & Co’s Zolinza (vorinostat), Merck’s oral histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor, in pati...
Choong-wae Medical received EU certification over Digital X-ray system
Local medical device maker Choong-wae Medical Corporation, an affiliated company of Choong-wae Holding, says it has acquired an EU certification for its homegrown VIDIX II, digital X-ray, one of the modernist digital ...
Kim Bum-soo named to medical head of Sanofi-Aventis Korea
Sanofi-Aventis Korea appointed Kim Bum-soo as its new medical director, responsible for taking charge of over medical affairs as of Jan. 5, 2009.
The 46-year-old Kim was a professor at Inha University Hospital betw...
Ahngook, Gangwon University to expand cooperation in green growth
Ahngook Pharm and Gangwon University signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on January 7, to expand a low-carbon, green-growth cooperation in an eco-friendly field.
The MOU calls for commercializing a patent te...
Cash flow problem hit drug wholesalers
With leading pharmaceutical firms moving toward cash transaction settlement, cash-strapped drug wholesalers are agonizing over the future transactions.
Experts say it will become inevitable for major pharmaceutical...
Theraflu gaining popularity
Novartis Korea says its recently launched flu medicine “Theraflu” has received a number of inquiries from customers.
Theraflu is produced in several forms and flavors, but is best known for its original powder for...
Drugmakers to report on drug samples
Pharmaceutical firms are obligated to report their handling of drug samples to the Health Insurance Review and Assurance Service (HIRA) from this year, it was announced on January 5.
According to the HIRA, “non-c...
Online drug sales booming
The on-line drug market being operated by Yaksan Pharm has been very successful as demonstrated by the fact that its sales of drugs through the Web site have been expanding rapidly since its inception last year.
Th...
Abbott Korea’s new shape-up campaign kicks off
Abbott Korea says it has started a “Back to the Original” campaign to help its female employees get into shape, gaining a big popularity in the company.
To this end, the company has checked employees’ body-mass ind...
Leading pharmaceutical firms seek risk-averse management
Major Korean drugmakers – Dong-A Pharmaceutical and Yuhan Corporation - are expected to become more conservative this year in the wake of ever-increasing bankruptcies in the wholesaling sector, strengthening risk mana...
