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Concerns are growing over delayed drug distribution
More and more pharmacists have rising concerns about the delay of drug supply as Zuellig Korea's associate wholesalers decided to boycott the renewal of agreement to protest Zuellig Korea's margin policy, unless the l...
Diabetic drug markets in tumultuous turmoil.
A tremendous change seems to explode in the diabetic drug markets by the recent article on the cardiovascular disease risk of Avandia, an diabetic drug for the patients with type II diabetes, published in the New Engl...
Simvicort Smart as most ideal asthma therapy.AstraZeneca Korea (AZ Korea) took a symposium at Imperial Palace hotel on June 1 during the Spring conference of the Korea Society of Asthma and Allergy under the theme of "New ...
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SK Chemical launches lidocaine patch
SK Chemical said on May 31 it has launched Lidotop patch, which is a topical analgesic patch approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1999 to treat the pain associated with post-herpetic neuralgia (P...
Entertainment expenses of foreign drugmakers surpass 39 billion won
Leading foreign-invested pharmaceutical firms spent a total of 38.9 billion won in entertainment expenses last year, according to a recent report by the Financial Supervisory Service.
Entertainment expenses...
Pharmaceutical stock price index ever on rising.
Just in 2 days after the pharmaceutical stock price index reaching over the level of 4000, it showed break its record again by running over 4100, and on May 31 it being closed at 4108.79, 2.62% high from the previous ...
Dubious prescriptions discovered, pharmacists say
The number of prescriptions on dubious business transactions made by medical institutions was 20 for two months between April and May this year.
According to the Seoul chapter of the Korea Pharmaceutical Associatio...
Champix sales soar
Pfizer Korea said on May 31 that its sales of Champix tablets (varenicline tartrate), a medication for smoking cessation, amounted to around 2.0 billion in just one week after it was launched on May 21.
Champix is ...
Daewoong to skip out from mosquito killers market this year.
The market for insecticide products against flies and mosquitos seems to be changed this year.
An industrial source said on May 31 that Daewoong, one of the leading insecticide product suppliers, may not run this ...
OTC remedies for heat rash and skin softening may be sold at supermarkets.
Non-prescription remedies for heat rash, skin softening, tooth whitening and quit-smoking will be reclassified as a quasi-drug, which may be bought at other stores than pharmacies from June 1 according to the revised ...
