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Green Cross launches new cataplaster for back pain
Green Cross Corporation sad it has recently launched Zenol Hotex, a new cataplaser for management of back pain for the first time in Korea.
Zenol Hotex contains a hot pepper extract as an active ingredient to allev...
Prescription by generic name under fire
The 'Participatory Government' cannot avoid severe criticism on its performance on the prescription by generic name, as the government yet failed to resolve the controversial issue, according to theCitizens' Coalition...
KPMA chairman urges to unite industrial power against challenges.
It was highly valued for Chairman Huh Il-seop of KPMA's board of directors to have managed wisely for a effective convergency of the industrial power with his flexible coordinating capacities against the industrial un...
Boram to register process patent for orlistat.
The Central Research Center of Boram Pharmaceutical company said that the company got approval of the process patents for the similar compounds of orlistat (the active ingredient of Roche's Xenical) and its preparatio...
KFDA approves 4 orphan drugs
Recently, the Korea Food and Administration has newly designated four orphan drugs sildenafil citrate, nilotinib, galsulfase and irusulfase, in addition to the currently approved 113 orphan drugs.
- Sildenafil cit...
Yuyu starts anti-dust campaign
Yuyu Pharm has kicked off a campaign to prevent yellow the yellow dust phenomenon, seasonal storms that choke the Korean Peninsula each spring.
It has recently become an environmental concern as the dust, combined ...
Major foreign-invested pharmaceutical firms expanding presence in Korea
This year, thee major multinational drug makers Pfizer Korea, GlaxoSmithKline and Sanofi-Aventis, are poised to expand their presence in the domestic market with their new brand items.
1) Pfizer Korea
The annua...
Industry ignores mandatory production for small package drugs.
A small package drug production at the pharmaceutical industry was enforced by the law 4 months ago but up to now it is hardly to see any implementation. As a result, most of pharmacies are still complaining and askin...
Proprietors of pharmacy in their 40s top in average monthly sales
Proprietors of pharmacy in their forties posted 33.6 million won, the highest average monthly sales in all age groups (pharmacists 20s to 60s), according to a report released by the Korean Pharmaceutical Association.
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GSK firstly on the public advertising for vaccines in Korea.
For the first time in Korea, GSK may put a public advertising campaign for their vaccine preparations.
Two public advertising programs will show a good company image of GSK in the vaccine production, stressing tha...
