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Drug-related administration to be deregulated
The pharmaceutical industry is expected to enjoy deregulation as the Korea Food and Drug Administration has adopted a series of measures to overhaul drug-related administration since May 1.
·Approval of bioequivale...
Government to mull some drugs' reclassification
The Ministry of Health, Welfare and Family Affairs is considering switching some prescriptions drugs into over-the-counter drugs for people's convenience.
The ministry official Kim Kwang-ho said in an interview tha...
Up-graded Tamiflu synthesis method developed
More advanced synthesis method for Tamiflu will be locally available until next month, according to Pharmswell, a Korean biopharmaceutical company.
Tamiflu is Swiss-based Hoffman-La Roche's antiviral for general in...
Number of oppositions on health insurance premium increasing
More Koreans are complaining about annual hike of health insurance premiums, statistics showed.
According to the National Health Insurance Corp. (NHIC), a total of 1,579 cases were filed against the health insuranc...
Lotte Confectionary to sell anti-hangover gums at pharmacy
Lotte Confectionary says it will release two different types of function gums at pharmacy, aiming to encourage managed cholesterol intake and anti-hangover within this month.
Lotte introduced three types of functio...
Generic Lipitor to shake up Korea's statin market
Pfizer's blockbuster cholesterol-lowering agent, Lipitor (atorvastatin), will lose its steam, when its generic competitors will appear.
Dong-A Pharm decided to launch its generic Lipitor from next month, and other ...
Pfizer Korea, KONECT to hold international symposium
Pfizer Korea and KONECT (Korea National Enterprise for Clinical Trials) will hold an international symposium in Seoul on May 19 to discuss their future R&D strategies to enhance the capacity of Korea's clinical trials...
Pharmaceutical export growth gains steam
Korea's pharmaceutical export growth in the first quarter of this year remained strong, a local report showed on May 13.
In the first three months of the year, drug exports reached $349.7 million, up 9.53 perce...
Drug makers call for reassessment of new drugs
Representatives from Korea's two business lobby groups - the Korea Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association and the Korea research based Pharmaceutical Industry Association held a workshop to review the government's ...
Dongwha sets sales target at 235.8 billion won
Dongwha Pharm has set its sales target at 235.8 billion won this year, according to the company.
Based on its endeavors for change and innovation,'' the company aims this year to lay the groundwork to be one of th...
