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Pfizer Korea to launch a first new quit-smoking drug soon.Pfizer Korea may advance the market launching of Champix (varenicline), a first oral stop-smoking prescription drug, in mid-May after the KFDA approval in March this year.
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Clinical studies for Lantus, a new insulin preparation presented.
Sanofi-Aventis has developed a long acting insulin called Lantus (insulin glargine) made by the DNA recombinant technology, showing an efficient blood sugar control for most of Asian diabetic patients including Korean...
KFDA warns pediatric suicide risk on 208 antidepressants
The Korea Food and Drug Administration said on May 15 it instructed pharmaceutical firms to attach a stricter warning about the risk of suicide in pediatric patients when labeling antidepressants.
Manufacturers of ...
Kolonn to introduce Chiesi's respiratory medicines
Kolon Pharm and Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A. in Italy has recently signed a distirbution agreement to release Chiesi's five respiratory drugs including Foster Formoterol Modulite, an HFA-based pressurised metered-dose i...
Leading drug companies to hold shareholder's meeting on May 25.
Most of the listed pharmaceutical companies having a fiscal year ended at March 31 planned to have their general shareholder's meetings on May 25. Daewoong, Il Dong and Dongwha had achieved favorable business performa...
New margin policy angers associate wholesalers
Domestic drug wholesalers are opposing Zuellig Pharma Korea's wholesaler margin policy in 2007, according to Yakup Shinmoon.
Their reaction came out after Zuellig will provide associate wholesalers with a sales mar...
Exclusive drug purchase card market rekindled
Banks are rekindling competition to issue more exclusive drug purchase cards to develop new cash-cows amid dwindling interest income from mortgage lending. Their policy change comes with the government's stricter regu...
KGSP wholesalers registered in too excessive number.
After the revocation of the required provisions for a wholesaler establishment, number of the KGSP wholesalers has been overflown during the past few years, showing too excessive competitions on the markets.
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Government urged to develop bird flu vaccine
Korea needs to start a research and development (R&D) project to find how to prevent bird flu and other infectious diseases among humans and animals, said Kim Yoon-kyung, a patent examiner.
In a recent pandemic inf...
New shape of America's trade policy on pharmaceuticals outlined
The United States is likely to demand re-negotiations in the free trade agreement (FTA) with Korea so as to have some provisions on its labor and environmental standards reflected.
Officials at the U.S. Trade Repre...
