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Scientists find way to combat alcoholic liver damage
Professor Kim Sang-gun at Seoul National University and his associates have found a key to tackle alcoholic liver disease, the leading cause of death worldwide.
Alcoholic liver disease has a known etiology but a co...
People with medical master's or Ph.D. degrees tops in employment rate
92.7 percent of graduates with master degrees in medical field succeeded in finding jobs last year, while the average employment rate of those with other master degrees was 79.5 percent.
The Korean Educational Deve...
Record breaking sales of prescription drugs for outpatients.
In proportion to ever growing elderly patient populations the total value of prescription drug sales for outpatients in July counted for 618,900 million won, the highest level of the sales by month.
Considering the...
28 drug makers to face heavy penalty
Recently, the Ministry of Health and Welfare announced that the prices of locally-produced medicines by 28 pharmaceutical manufacturers will be reduced as these firms took improper profits by taking advantage of local...
FTA will hurt pharmaceutical sector
It's obvious that prices of the drugs will soar, which will damage domestic clients' access to drugs, if a U.S.-Korea free trade agreement goes through and the patent period of new drugs made by the United States is e...
Passage of bills likely to be delayed
The National Assembly will hold its regular session next month but passage of thorny issues such as a revision on the Pharmaceutical Affairs Law will be postponed ahead of the Presidential election in December.
Hea...
A survey saying 4 in 10 diabetic patients found family link.
A survey sponsored by Bayer Healthcare reported that 38.5% of diabetic patients found a family link (relatives are excluded).
The survey was conducted for 143 diabetic patients by questionnaires who are supported ...
Experts to call for drug reclassification in promotion of OTC drugs.
Experts said that the non-prescription drug markets could be activated by reclassifying the prescription and non-prescription drugs instead of the current fixed rate system, which is implemented from this month.
Mr...
Low-grade imported raw materials should be discouraged
Some pharmaceutical manufacturers have been shown to import pharmaceutical bulks in low-grade purity, triggering some common types of unfair practices such as price fixing, illicit inducement of customers in the proce...
KRPIA names new vice chairmanThe Korean Research-based Pharmaceutical Industry Association (KRPIA) on August 20 named Lee Kyu-hwang, a former managing director of the Federation of Korean Industries (FKI), ...
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