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Roche Diagnostics Korea to introduce CoaguChek XS systemRoche Diagnostics Korea is preparing to sell the CoaguChek XS system under the health insurance coverage after its approval from the Korea Food and Drug Administration, accordin...
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8 out of pregnant women take iron supplements
79.5 percent of pregnant women took iron supplements for their better health, according to a survey on September 5.
According to Medipost, a leading biotech company based in Seoul, 73 percent of a total of 426 preg...
Diagnostic test fee accounts for 76% in medical treatment
The diagnostic test charges for total medical costs increased up to 76.2 percent in 2004, according to Kim Kang-lip, a health ministry official.
In an international symposium on September 4, Kim said that this surg...
An elderly patient spends 50,000 won a month at pharmacy
The elderly patients, over 65 years old, who visited a pharmacy, paid around 50,346 won on average, according to a report by the National Health Insurance Corporation on September 4.
The doctors' bills for these ol...
Rapid approval of generic biopharmaceuticals eyed
The Korea Food and Drug Administration is moving to establish a new regulation to allow the speedy product license procedures of generic biodrugs for the domestic pharmaceutical industry that is expected to be hard hi...
'M-vix' to debut in October
SK Chemicals said on September 3 that the company is planning to begin selling its anti-impotence medication M-vix (mirodenafil HCl) in October as the Korea Food and Drug Administration plans to enact a bill to design...
Eli Lilly to expand R&D investment
Eli Lilly and Co. will unveil its plans to increase investment for cancer research in Korea, aiming to take advantage of the country's talented medical scientists and need for new drugs, according to Lilly Korea.
L...
Purchase of anabolic steroid to be restricted as controlled drug
The Korea Food and Drug Administration announced on September 3 that it has designated anabolic steroids as controlled substances that may induce the misuse or overdose.
Anabolic steroids are said to produce increa...
Dong-A to showcase one-touch package of Panpyrin Q
Dong-A Pharmaceutical Co. is preparing to introduce the comfort of one-touch package containing five bottle of Panpyrin Q, an oral OTC cold remedy from this month.
As for the new package, consumers will find it eas...
Prices of imported drug raw materials soar
Prices of imported raw materials such as intermediate have been soaring, worrying the domestic importers and manufacturers for finished products.
The majority of Chinese drug bulk manufacturers have raised their ex...
