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Cut-throat competition weighs down small-sized manufacturers
Many small- and medium-sized pharmaceutical firms find it much harder to increase their revenues amid fierce competition in domestic generic drug market.
The top 30 pharmaceutical firms, which are relatively rich i...
Price gap widens among renowned OTC items in Seoul
The prevailing prices of 50 renowned brand items, such as Uwhangchunsimwon, Helmin, Doctor Bease and Ssangwhatang, are different in Seoul area, according to data released by Rep. Lim Du-sung of the ruling Grand Nation...
Bonviva provides more treatment opportunity in patients with osteoporosisOnce-monthly Bonviva (ibandronate) has comparable efficacy to other bisphosphonates in a diverse population of patients in clinical settings and clinicians will have a greater a...
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Novartis Korea to expand free coverage for LucentisNovartis Korea says it has expanded the scope of its patient assistance program for Lucentis (ranibizumab injection) for the treatment of neovascular (wet) age-related macular d...
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Keunwha to introduce new medicines for aphthous ulcers
Keunwha Pharm signed a license-in agreement with the US based Uluru Inc. to distribute Uluru’s two new drugs for the treatment of aphthous ulcers - Aphthasol Paste and OraDisk A.
Aphthasol Paste contains 5% amlexan...
Roche, AIDS patients to seek compromise over Fuzeon
Roche Korea says its president will have a consultation with AIDS patients sooner or later to discuss the possible supply of Fuzeon, a treatment for AIDS.
“Roche Korea needs to express its explicit position on the ...
Multivitamin Centrum is not expensive, Wyeth Korea says
Wyeth Korea, an importer for multivitamin Centrum, has clarified that the Korean price tag of Centrum is inexpensive compared to other same brands in other countries.
The company said in its press release that the ...
Koreans pay 5 times for imported multivitamins
Korean consumers are paying five times the price for imported multivitamins compared to those in advanced economies like the United States pay, a report found on July 1.
According to a report by the Korea Consumer ...
Government urged to ban indirect advertisement of Champix and Gardasil
The Korean Pharmacists for Democratic Society has called for the government to prohibit two foreign-invested pharmaceutical firms’ television advertisements – Pfizer’s smoking cessation medicine “Champix” and Merck’s ...
Pfizer’s sponsorship over Champix stirs debate
Pfizer Inc., a multi-national drug maker, is accused of trying to gain publicity for smoking treatment Champix that may not be advertised.
The company has been financing online, television and print commercials for...
