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Rules concerning medicines with improved formulation to be determined in March
The controversial rules concerning definitions and scope of medicines with better formulation will be final and conclusive during this month, according to the Ministry of Health and Family.
In a phone-call with the...
Multinationals seek diverse distribution networks
Stimulated by growing friction between Zuellig Pharma Korea and its associated wholesalers last year, some foreign-invested pharmaceutical firms plan to make direct transactions with Zuellig's associate wholesalers as...
Pharmacy's monthly dispensing revenue posted W8.97 million in 2007
The combined dispensing charges claimed by pharmacy amounted to 8.88 trillion won last year, up 10.5 percent from 8.35 trillion won in 2006, reflecting that the monthly income of each pharmacy stood at 8.97 million wo...
Park named marketing manager of Janssen TaiwanPark Myung-chul, deputy manager of Janssen Korea, has been named to the marketing manger at Janssen Taiwan, Janssen Korea said recently.
He will be involved in all of the mar...
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Ketotop tops brand rankings
Pacific Pharm beat pharmaceutical companies by large margins to be named as the best medicinal patch in Korea for the six consecutive year, according to a local survey.
The Korean Management Association (KMA) annou...
Adalat Oros differs from general products in pharmacokinetic profiles, BayerSchering HealthCare says
All once-daily nifedipine formulations are not pharmacokinetically the same, according to clinical data released by BayerSchering HealthCare on March 3.
Citing the theses published by British Journal of Clinical Ph...
Data fabrication of nifedipine sparks debate
BayerSchering HealthCare's claim that local nipedipine makers fabricated bioequivalence test data due to technical limitation in plasma concentrations of nifedipine for at lease 24 hours is groundless, according to Ph...
Wholesaler margins thinner
Drug wholesalers have seen their wholesaler margins worsening as some pharmaceutical makers have implemented new sales policy to shorten their money collection period.
For example, ethical associate wholesalers of ...
Government urged to carry out six-year pharmacy college education system
The Committee for Korea Pharmacy College is calling on the government to introduce Pharmacy Education Eligibility Test from next year to meet growing demand for pharmaceutical services under the proposed six-year phar...
Huons to build W40 billion GMP plant
Huons, local pharmaceutical maker, says it will invest 40 billion won to build a plant producing drug products for its exports to advanced countries, including United States.
The plant will be created at Jaecheon o...
