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Pfizer Korea to set up PK/PD hub center
Pfizer Korea plans to establish its PK/PD hub center to provide a fellowship program and a training program in Korea to educate researchers, as well as expand cooperation with Korean universities and institutes in maj...
Wholesalers, two drugmakers reach agreement on margin issue
Wholesalers and LG Life Sciences have reached an agreement on LG will provide wholesalers with more than average wholesaler margin and maintain its sales policy to distribute its whole products via wholesalers.
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Restrictions on the reimbursement of ginkgo biloba preparations to be eased
Standards for reimbursing ginkgo biloba preparations, such as SK Chemical’s Ginexin and Yuyu’s Tanamin, announced on January 1 are expected to be eased sometime next month, according to informed sources.
The publi...
KFDA to probe fake anti-obesity drugs
The Korea Food and Drug Administration has embarked on looking into false and exaggerated advertisements of the country's anti-obesity drugs following its administrative dispositions against Huons, Kwangdong and Docto...
Taejoon Pharm wins patent lawsuit against GE Healthcare
The Supreme Court ruled that Taejoon Pharm did not used patent-covered injection technology of contrast media developed by General Electric Healthcare, ending a three-year-long legal battle between the Korean firm and...
5-year sales trend of pharmaceutical firms and wholesalers outlined
According to statistics compiled by the Korea Tax Union, the growth rate of 75 pharmaceutical manufacturers in combined sales showed a fluctuating trend in a period ranging from 2003 to 2007, while that of 80 wholesal...
Tablet forms popular in approved medicines, KFDA says
A tablet form has been most popular in various dosage forms, according to the Korea Food and Drug Administration.
The KFDA says that of 30,483 medicines that have been approved so far, 12,885 tablet forms...
New insert papers for Ciprobay and Asprin are likely available in mid-April
Bayer Korea says that two old insert papers for Ciprobay and Asprin Protect are now being modified at the request of the Korea Food and Drug Administration and that new inserts papers for two products will be released...
Bae named as Novartis Korea DMR director
Bae Kyung-eun has been appointed director of Novaris Korea's DMR (Dermatological, Metabolic and Respiratory) unit following his position as a global brand director in the U.S. Novartis for two years.
A graduate of ...
Yungjin, Itochu sign MOU on cefcapene, third generation cephalosporin
Yungjin Pharm and Itochu Chemical Frontier Corporation, a global wide trading company in Japan, signed a memorandum of understanding on April 3 to enhance their strategic alliance in the field of pharmaceutical bulks....
