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Roche's Fuzeon will not be discussed in health insurance meeting next month
Roche Korea's anti-AIDS agent Fuzeon (enfuvirtide) will be exclusive from the government's health insurance meeting to be held next month, according to the Ministry of Health and Welfare.
The ministry officials sai...
Digestive tablets will not sold at supermarket, KPA chairman says
The Korean Pharmaceutical Association (KPA) says the government will not allow digestive tablets and other OTC products to be marketed at supermarkets, according to the KPA chairman Won Hee-mok.
He said the Ministr...
Pharmacists oppose OTC drug sale at supermarkets
Pharmacists have reaffirmed its position OTC drugs should not be sold at supermarkets.
In its general meeting on February 27, the Korean Pharmaceutical Association made it clear that the sales of OTC drugs at super...
Ildong's Samion likely to get more sales
Ildong Pharm's Samion (nicergolin), cererovascular medine, is expected to increase as leading ginkgo biloba preparations Ginexin and Tanamin will be non-eligible for health insurance from this May.
Ildong garnere...
VGX Pharmaceuticals grants VGX International to exclusive license for VGX-1027
VGX International announced on February 28 it has granted VGX International an exclusive license to its VGX-1027, lead drug candidate for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and type 1 diabetes (T1D).
VGX-1...
Roche Korea's brinkmanship tactics draws criticism
Roche Korea, a Korean branch of Swiss based multination drugmaker, is under fire for allegedly raising the insurance price Fuzeon (enfuvirtide), new class of AIDS drugs.
Fuzeon works by preventing the AIDS virus fr...
Health ministry looks into doctors
The Ministry of Health and Welfare said on February 25 it has embarked on looking into about 100 doctors who are suspected of having taken bribes from 10 local pharmaceutical companies, based on data provided by the F...
Concerns growing over expanded probe on undue business practice
There is mounting concerns that the ongoing police investigation will expand to the whole pharmaceutical industry as police rounded up hundreds of doctors who are suspected of having taken bribes from pharmaceutical f...
Pharmaceutical firms to ban individual support for scientific eventsThe Korea Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association said on February 26 it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Korean Institute of Medicine and the Korean Medical...
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KFDA's senior civil servant tenders resignationThe Korea Food and Drug Administration said on February 26 it has accepted the resignation of Moon Byung-woo, assistant director of the KFDA who were suspected of having used a ...
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