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Game of truth underlies drug prices
Korean drug makers are the subject of grievances of local consumers amid the recent “blame game’’ with the government over generic prices, as they were found to have been profiteering the most from drug prices.
The...
Hepatitis B patients with renal failure to benefit from more health insurance
Hepatitis B patients with renal insufficiency will have more health insurance allowance for clevudine as Bukwang completed its dose-modifying studies.
The company will make its additional license application to the...
Voluntarily license-cancelled items trouble pharmacists
With the ever-increasing number of drugs whose licenses are voluntarily cancelled, Pharmacists have found it difficult to deal with stocks of these drugs,
A total of 3,776 items are voluntarily cancelled as of the ...
National bank unveils investment plan for GMP consulting firmKorea Development Bank decided to make a 1.5 billion investment for upgrading the domestic GMP (good manufacturing practices) business, according to Bio-Support Co., GMP partner...
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Korean scientists discover new mechanism of AIMP2/p38
A team of Korean scientists say that they have found a new mechanism of AIMP2/p38, a scaffolding protein required for the assembly of the macromolecular tRNA synthetase complex.
The team, led by Kim Sung-hoon, a p...
Linkage of product license-insurance price registration eyed
The Korea Drug Research Association has called for the government to shorten the period of assessing the possible health insurance prices of all medicines, when these drugs are approved by the Korea Food and Drug Admi...
GSK denies entry of generic business
The Korean unit of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has made it clear that it has no intention to set foot into the local generic business, despite spreading rumors.
“We have nothing to with our headquarters’ acquisition of a...
BMS Korea appoint two medical doctors
BMS Korea, a Korean unit of US-based Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, has appointed two doctors as part of its efforts to strengthen its medical marketing activities.
Lee Kyung-mi, 33, was formerly medical advisor of ...
5 pharmaceutical firms ranked in 1,000 Korean enterprises
Five pharmaceutical companies – Yuhan Corp., Choong-wae Pharm, Ildong Pharm, Chong Kung Dang and Taejeon Pharm, has been named in a list of 1,000 companies in Korea with a 60-year history, according to a local report ...
22% hospital pharmacists leaving jobs every year
22% of hospital pharmacists have opted for job-quitting on average in 71 hospitals across the nation within a year, according to a survey published by the Korean Society of Health System Pharmacists.
The survey sho...
