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Prices of 4,273 medicines to be re-evaluated this year
The government plans to re-evaluate the prices of 4,273 drugs in 2008, triggering deep concerns from pharmaceutical firms that have suffered from relentless price cut-down under the current positive list system.
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Health insurance to cover 8 medicines
The Ministry of Health, Welfare and Family Affairs says eight medicines will get listed in the national health insurance.
The eight items include Hanmi’s Pidogle/Esomezol, Yuhan Corp.’s Prakanon and AstraZeneca’s S...
West Busan Drug Logistic Park to be constructed in 2010
The West Busan Drug Logistic Park is scheduled to be constructed in 2010 as 12 wholesalers already executed their land space agreement for the park.
The Logistic Park is located at the best strategic traffic area, ...
Local drug wholesalers seeking to promote B2B business and credit card system
A number of leading wholesalers in Pusan are rushing into B2B service and credit card system in a bid to firmly establish more transparent business practice.
Samwon introduced its new NPS settlement system and B2B ...
Government likely to appoint six regional KFDA directors next month
With the government plan to disband the six regional agencies of the Korea Food and Drug Administration, attention has been focused on possible six candidates of six regional KFDA directors, according to pharmaceutica...
Drug makers urged to go global
Domestic pharmaceutical firms need to upgrade their global standard policy in the era of free trade agreement instead of heated argument over wholesaler margin, according to experts.
They argue that the wholesaling...
Hanmi’s Pidogle to benefit from health insurance
The National Health Insurance Corporation says Hamnmi Pharm’s Pidogle, a chemically modified clopidogrel, will be eligible for health insurance from next month.
“We have amicably reached an agreement with Hanmi to ...
LG’s Utropin adds indication for SGA
LG Life Sciences says the Korea Food and Drug Administration has recently approved an additional indication of Utropin, a growth hormone, for the treatment of small for gestational age (SGA).
SGA is a term used to ...
Korea recalls Sanofi Aventis' enoxaparin after OSCS contamination
The Korea Food and Drug Administration has recently recalled one batch of the anticoagulant medicine Clexane (enoxaparin) which has been found to contain the contaminant over-sulphated chondroitin sulphate (OSCS).
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Lee Chin-soo becomes NCC presidentThe government announced on June 17 that it has appointed Lee Chin-soo, a renowned specialist in lung cancer, as the fourth president of the National Cancer Center, according to...
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