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Income polarization between pharmacies
The income disparity between rich and poor pharmacies is growing, according to a report.
According to the recent announcement of the Korean Pharmaceutical Association (KPA), the average incomes of pharmacies adjace...
FTC to revamp drug industrial rebate practices.
The Fair Trade Commission is going to watch out strictly the collusion of public tenders after revamping the drug distribution patterns including the prevailed rebate practices in the pharmaceutical industry.
The F...
KPMA to elect Ur Choon-sun
The executive board of the Korea Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (KPMA) on February 14 agreed on the election of Ur Choon-sun as its chairman.
Ur, chairman of Ahngook Pharm, will be formally elected at the...
Bill to promote low-priced drug use in hospital may be ineffective, KPMA
The Korea Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (KPMA) said on February 9 that a bill to encourage hospitals to use more low-priced drugs, which is now under review at National Assembly, should be withdrawn, as it ...
Green Cross to set 430 BW of sales this year.
Green Cross announced the 2007 sales forecast setting at 430 billion won on Feb. 12 through the official notification, which was 17.3% up from the previous year.
The company 2006 financial statement reported a rem...
Pfizer Korea launches Lipitor's UCC's campaign successfully
Pfizer Korea said it launched its first UCC (User Created Content) campaign for Lipitor, which was successfully completed on January 26 with direct participation of doctors nationwide.
The marketing campaign, dubbe...
Pharmaceutical patent issue seen as a key FTA agenda
The pharmaceutical patent issues will be resurfaced on the Korea and U.S. free trade agreement (FTA) as a key agenda.
In the seventh round of the FTA talks in Washington DC, the U.S. side will call for their patent...
Government urged to withdraw FTA trade-off deal
In its official statement on February 12, the Health Right Network, a civic group for the people's health, called on the Korean government to withdraw from the free-trade agreement (FTA) trade-off deal, to this effect...
GMP rating to be disclosed this week.
During this week the GMP rating on pharmaceutical manufacturers will be disclosed.
The KFDA collected the results of all drug manufacturer's GMP levels rated last year and will announce it during this week at the ...
Government to push for medical law revision
The Ministry of Health and Welfare has recently reaffirmed its resolution to push for parliamentary approval this year, saying that the ministry is open to more discussions with doctors as we promised, but delaying th...
